from the annals of cluelessness

note this pretty oven thermometer...

the needle is exactly the same pretty blue as the completely unnecessary background circle, beyond which it protrudes a very, very tiny fraction of an inch. and it is exactly the same pretty blue as the numerals, and, more important, as the little tick marks at 5-degree intervals. i'd show you what it looks like when it's registering a temperature, but i'd prefer not to melt the scanner. besides, it makes absolutely no difference whatsoever what temperature it's registering -- you're not going to find that needle, pal.