Amy Sutherland, a writer who spent a year learning to be an animal trainer, decided to apply the beast-taming techniques on her husband, Newsweek reports. They worked.

Sutherland says the key to a happy marriage is to ignore your man's negative habits and reward the positive ones with a little bone-shaped biscuit and a pat on the head. Really good husbands might get to go for a ride in the car!

Who's a good boy?!?!

Sutherland taught her husband to stop throwing a fit when he couldn't find his keys by practicing what animal trainers call Least Reinforcing Scenario.

That means she ignored his huffing and puffing and didn't offer to help.

Another trainer trick? Reward positive behavior. When the husband picks up his crusty gym sock off the floor without being asked, Sutherland says wives should give lots of praise and a squeaky toy or two.

Critics bristle at many of Sutherland's ideas, even though she admits most of them are nothing new. But if a well-timed snack is the key to a happy home, I say bring on the Milkbones.

By Taylor Timmins

Unnecessary purchase 101: The $14M license plate

Want to be number one? Buy a $14 million license plate.

It should be noted that by "number one," we mean "a complete and total card-carrying first class idiot."

Behold: The key to Number One-ness.
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But a really wealthy dude in Abu Dhabi didn't read that aside. He purchased a license plate with nothing but the number 1 on it for a cool chunk of change at a charity auction, the Associated Press reports.

"I bought it because it's the best number," Saeed Khouri said. "I bought it because I want to be the best in the world."

Oooooooooookie dokie.

Apparently, single digit license plates are all the rage in the UAE. Khouri's purchase shattered the previous high bid of $6.8 for a plate with the number 5 on it.

By Taylor Timmins