Singer Alanis Morissette says she was horrified by the abusive wheelchair handlers she encountered at airports when a sore heel forced her off her feet for two months.

“I have a memory in Italy where this one gentleman… was pushing me really quickly towards this post and he was on his cellphone, so I screamed at him,” Morissette told ShowBizSpy.com.

“And then this other woman in another country was pushing me into the elevator, just ramming me in and I just had this huge empathy with elderly people and all these people who are pushed in wheelchairs at airports - it’s not what you think, they’re being abused.”

We don’t know if this is being sold in North America, but in Britain they have a ceiling-mounted dryer that purportedly eliminates the need for towels.

Using a remote control, you adjust the heat and power and then “simply stand and enjoy the warm air” flowing around you from the Triton Body Dryer.

The Triton would benefit people with limited mobility, especially those who have trouble bending, balancing or need help in toweling off.

Featured below is a demo of the dryer on YouTube. But since the video features a nude young woman caressing her lithe glistening body, you may be asked to sign in to YouTube and promise that you are over age 18.

Eds. Note: Writing about the nude in the Triton video made us remember the scene in the movie “Knocked Up,” where the testosterone-driven characters seek to create a Web site listing the exact times to the second when naked nubile nymphs take to the screen in popular movies.

Our site, however, is different. Purists, we disdain popular movies and document nudity found only in home health products.

This photo was taken by Christopher Walker (aka SoylentGreen23) in the old Jewish district of Kazimierz in Krakow, Poland. The photo is so magnificent and the woman’s expression so joyfully serene that we wanted to put them in the Outstanding People category.

Of the photograph, Walker wrote, “I was wandering quite aimlessly … when I noticed someone taking photographs of the side of a building. As often happens I looked up to see what the subject was that had so captivated so many happy-snappers.

“The old woman looked so happy feeding the pigeons (despite the fact that they’re horrid creatures), and had such a wonderful expression. She saw us photographing her from below, and still she seemed kind and natural and not at all annoyed, which is a real rarity I think.

“So this is dedicated to her, to the mystery woman, for giving to me such a magnificent scene to shoot. I only hope I’ve done her justice.”

(via flickr.com)