I enjoyed The Simple Truth, thanks for linking it.

[["If the pebbles didn't do anything," says Autrey, "our ISO 9000 process efficiency auditor would eliminate the procedure from our daily work."]]

This "ISO 9000" hypothesis has not been supported by direct observation, unfortunately...

Oh great, now I'm going to think "There's no dragon in my garage" every time I open my garage door for the next week...