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SPI Sports/Science, a small Dallas-based company that began selling stress-relieving sound machines in 1993, is embracing that philosophy wholeheartedly. In addition to its Texas-shape fountain, complete with oil well, the company has trademarked a line of whimsical frog fountains, and is developing one with giggling piglets. "It gets more absurd as we go along," admits president Suzanne Harper. Coming soon: a gargling Billy Bass jet d'eau.
--By Julie Rawe