Phoneless at the Bistro

A restaurant in Los Angeles is offering a five percent discount for patrons who surrender their cell phones at the door. Unfortunately, most people aren't going to hand their cell phone over to a stranger for an hour, especially considering how much of our personal information is attached to the little gadgets these days.

I say restaurants should instead deploy a Cone of Silence at each table and let the dinner guests text each other. Blissful silence; everybody wins. Except those dastardly K.A.O.S. agents, of course.