I came across this website recently. I don’t know the language (possibly German?). It never fails to amaze me how the human mind is capable of coming up with ideas for different situations and problems. They say necessity is the mother of invention. That has been proven true, time and time again. Some of the suggestions are useful, although some items require the individual to possess a certain level of “I-don’t-care-how-stupid-I-may-look” feeling. There are 30 imaginative answers to everyday problems on the website.
Tired of winged creatures flying into your mouth while riding a bike? Do this! Bare feet chafing after a hard run on the bike pedals? Make them comfortable. Out of sight, therefore out of mind? Never forget something important ever again. Zonked out on the subway window again and jarred by the vibrations? Soften the blows with this trick.
Need to fake the funk on your chopstick skills? No problem. Don’t know what to do with those post office stamps that you don’t use anymore? Be trendy. Need a way to stop the kiddies from dripping ice cream onto your brand new furniture? This would scoop up the slop.
But what’s up with this pacifier? Talk about a prickly situation. If I gave this to my baby, child protective services would be called on me so fast, my head would literally spin. And I know keeping the toilet clean can be a joyless chore, but how would this help? If anything, it may cause additional… ahem…stains.
And there’s nothing that we deaf/hard of hearing/late-deafened/[INSERT YOUR OWN LABEL HERE] would love more than to save money on auditory listening devices (read: hearing aids/cochlear implants). Don’t want to shell out a pretty penny for those? How about these? If you go for this idea, please refer to what I mentioned before about the “I-don’t-care-how-stupid-I-look” feeling.
At least this website gives me an idea for my Halloween costume this year…just need to practice the face scowling and creepy eye stare, natch.
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Wow - what a great find!! I could use the padded bike petals! :)
The Web site is Swiss German. Switzerland is comprised of German, French, and Italian cantons.
Necessity is, indeed, the mother of all invention, but some of the, umm, pictures are rather extreme. I’m still not sure exactly what is accomplished by a pink straw that has a piece of paper that covers your right eye. A cure for lazy eye? My eye doctor ought to be interested in that!
That straw serves to keep your to-do list right in front of you. Hence out of sight, out of mind no longer works as an excuse when you use that solution. ;-)
*cracking up* this is great, if totally impractical and/or just plain weird…. :)
You’ve done it again VIkki… wherever do you find these sites? I still dont buy the “they just fall in my lap” line…. You clearly have too much time on your hands :-P
Actually, she doesn’t. I work 3 blocks away from her and she’s too damn busy to go out for coffee or lunch 95 percent of the time! I WISH she had more time on her hands. ;-)
Oh this was fun! I enjoyed the photos. Thanks for finding this gem.
~ LaRonda
I love it. This is hilarious. I propose we put foot scrub/soap on the sponge bike-pedals as a double duty!
I can just see it now: “Exfoliate while you bike! Scrub away those callouses as you commute to work!”
hehe.. I like this blog. =)
People do come up with crazy inventions, but hey anything to make a buck huh? or at least try to.
The greatest invention of today would probably be whatever it is that can block ALL spam! dammit =)
and some of your comments ;*)
Ha. Fellas, be cool.
Oh boy, there were some real gems in there, huh? Thanks for the chuckle, Vikki.
At the same time, I do have to agree with the line “Necessity is the mother of all invention” - but I have to wonder if and where intelligence enters the picture.
But then, as hilarious and incredulous as these inventions might seem, they aren’t much worse than some of those I have actually seen marketed on infomercials and the like.
Anyone remember that “special hair spray” for balding men? In reality, it wasn’t anything more than spray paint for your head.
LMAO! When was that one?
Guess the saying of, “There’s a sucker born every minute” is true!
Been a number of years, Deaf Pundit. It was pitched by the “godfather of infomercials” - Mr. Ron Popeil himself. You’ve probably seen him, he’s the guy that has that Showtime Rotisserie thing… the one where you just “set it and forget it” and it cooks your bird, your roast, or your salmon for ya.
Ron has pitched a number of infamous products over the years - starting with the Veg-O-Matic and including items such as the Pocket Fisherman, the above-mentioned “hair spray,” and of one of his earliest, which was the Ronco Spray Gun - it was this garden hose nozzle with a chamber in it, in which you put a special tablet thing that was soap or wax or weed killer or insecticide or whatever, and then basically sprayed the hose to wash your windows, wax your car, kill the dandelions in your driveway, or get rid of the beetles in your garden.
Ron made a fortune on that “sucker born every minute” line - the guy’s a multimillionaire. Granted, he has created some pretty good stuff over the years, but he had a couple of major humdingers in there also.
The ice cream thing needs something for the BOTTOM of the cone…
Before scooping ice cream, Martha Stewart would insert marshmellows inside the cones to “plug” the bottom.