#this does work, but i do not know if the push fails
  def create
    comment = Comment.new(:text => params[:text])
    @item.comments << comment
    render :text => comment
  end

#this does not work
  def create
    comment = Comment.new(:text => params[:text])
    if @item.comments << comment
      render :text => comment
    else
      render :text => 'oh no'
    end
  end

#this does not work
  def create
    begin
      comment = Comment.new(:text => params[:text])
      @item.comments << comment
      render :text => comment
    rescue Exception => e
      render :text => 'oh no'
    end
  end

def create
  comment = Comment.new(:text => params[:text])
  comment.item = @item
  if comment.save
    render :text => "yay"
  else
    render :text => "oh no"
  end
end