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The Weekly Inventions of
Dr Splatterjacket

Three pieces of coloured paper are sitting on a desk alongside a plant, a cup of coffee and a pen. A hand is touching one of the pieces of paper.

CalmiPaper

9th May 2026

Having just performed the commencement song on my FluTonePen, I had expected all of the mining operations to immediately begin.

But they didn’t.

I walked over to the lead miner and found him looking extremely anxious and stressed.

“What is the problem?” I asked.

He replied, “Dein Lied war so schrecklich, dass ich weinen musste.” Which, in case you don’t speak German like I do, means, “I am very anxious and stressed.”

I couldn’t have my lead miner being anxious and stressed.

I needed him to be mining.

Or at the very least, telling other people to mine.

(Although, strictly speaking, that is my job.)

Instead of telling him to pull himself together, I reached into my pocket and handed him several sheets of CalmiPaper.

What is CalmiPaper?

CalmiPaper is paper infused with soothing aromatherapy scents designed to calm the mind and ease stress.

Clinical studies show it can make you feel calm, or at least convince you that you are calm, approximately 7% of the time under controlled laboratory conditions.

Amazingly… it worked.

He calmed down just enough to write a short note.

He borrowed my FluTonePen, scribbled something down, and then immediately began shouting at his team to start drilling.

Which they did.

Excellent.

I picked up the note.

Interestingly, while he is unable to speak English, he is apparently able to write it.

The note read: “This paper doesn’t work.”

That is the one small drawback with CalmiPaper. It has been clinically proven to not work in 93% of cases. But imagine if you are in the 7%. You won’t know unless you try.

So, get your CalmiPaper today!

Note to self: Consider using written English to communicate with the miners… maybe that would be easier than speaking German?