Spongeworthy!

Just as Elaine's closet is probably getting empty, good news from the FDA. Today, they decided the Today Sponge is once again "market-worthy."

  The company that now makes the contraceptive says the Food and
Drug Administration has approved its sale in the United States.
   When it was withdrawn from the market back in 1995, the sponge
was known as women's favorite nonprescription birth control
product. The device's original manufacturer halted production
rather than upgrade a manufacturing plant.
   The sponge's effectiveness and safety were never questioned.
It's been sold in Canada and over the Internet for the last two
years.
   The fierce loyalty of the product's fans made for a memorable
episode of the sitcom ``Seinfeld.'' The character Elaine stockpiled
a supply of the birth control device, then screened prospective
lovers to be sure they were "spongeworthy."