the best of the shutdown some clever businesses are trying to make this a little easier on all those furloughed workers like in washington offering a raw deal discount on oysters. a dollar for anyone with a government i.d. or how about free knitting classes? fiber space in alexandria is offering just that. and then there s this one that really tickled our fancy. are you a federal employee that has been deemed nonessential? do you have a little too much time on your hands and nothing to do? is the recent government shutdown to blame? well, one michigan company is offering up a cure of its own. free vibrators for furloughed federal workers. they ll send up to 200 per day. and since the government isn t around to put those labels on, remember that the dangers of drinking while operating heavy machine machinery. rumor has it that the bars in washington are full during the shutdown. a group of chinese researchers