Sweet and Sour Ideas

After a hard day of crunching numbers, spending time with loved ones, chores, bills, etc. I like to take at least an hour or two a day to unwind.   Some folks enjoy a little bit of tai chi, meditation, yoga, a hot bath even.  I like to surf the net at night to find my inner peace.  Not the depressing news but more “Recreational” surfing.  There are a certain number of sites I go to regularly to giggle and read about things that apply to me and my mine.  Some are silly, some are serious, but most of them lull me into a better sense of self and allow me to schluff off the days stressful vibes.

One evening I ran across a topic I was unfamiliar with, Chindogu.  Chindogu is the Japanese art of taking existing inventions and making them better, so to speak.  It is a great concept but it seems to be a bit out of hand and the term is now known more for making existing or new objects ridiculously useless.  After digging a bit deeper into this subject and of inventions all together, I found what I believe are the worst inventions ever.  These gems take the innovation and drive behind the cotton gin and the light bulb and flush them right down the toilet.

Please enjoy the top 5 of what I consider to be the worst inventions ever.  In no particular order.

The Hair Splash Guard

I can see where they were going with this, but I have found when I am eating spaghetti or some sort of wet noodle it gets on my shirt not in my hair.  Have I been walking around with foo young hair this entire time and no one said anything???  Maybe a shower cap and a lobster bib would be more acceptable in a dining atmosphere than a rubber lions mane.

The Flipper Heels

I understand the need to be fashionable at all times.  I do.  But let’s work on beautifying the snorkel before we slap 3 inch heels on swimming flippers.  How would one even attempt to walk in these?  Anyone with a you tube clip will win a years worth of jams and jellies.  OK, not really but I would still like to see someone do runway in these.

The Cinch Waist

This never has nor ever will be an option in my book.  Hey everyone I have a 36 inch waist!  Come see it is here right under my brushed nickel belt buckle.  I have spent time trying to get into the head of the inventor of this but all I picture is Susan Powder and I never like to picture Susan Powder.

The Jump

It can’t be called a jump rope without the rope.  Yes my friends this is a ropeless jump rope.  We have hit the epitome of laziness when we have decided to remove the most important part of the exercise.  This device allows you to jump in place, Mock Roping as I like to call it, and it counts how many times.  I can do that and still have $19.95 in my wallet for a smoothie afterward.  I can’t wait for the lawsuits when those pretty blue egg things hit someone or someones Flat screen TV.

Woofers

Speakers themselves are not a new invention.  Decapitating a plastic dog to use them, now that is a new concept.  Where is the head?  Do I get to re-attach it when I am done with my listening needs?  I am shocked there was a financial backer for these beauties.

There were several others I found.  But it would take nine blogs to showcase the hilarity that is “Bad inventions.”  I don’t want you to think though that I would leave you all with five bad inventions and not leave you with one good one.

While web boarding and giggling at bad inventions I came across the most innovative idea I had heard of in a very long time.  Something I think is long overdue and will help each and every one of us.

Google’s Goggles

This is an upcoming Google application that will allow you to set a timer on your G-mail for when you may be too incapacitated to decide on correct e-mail etiquette.  Whether it be the evenings, or the weekends.  Once you have set this timer you now must pass an E-mail Test to send your e-mail.

Yes friends, this helps you NOT send the drunken late night e-mails!  If you are sitting there at your computer at 2am e-mailing your ex about how you don’t care that they smell like Puppy Chow and Limes you just want to be NEAR them and if they could just call you later…

Not tonight my friend.  Not tonight.

Brilliant I say.  Brilliant!

Ever find this type of wackiness on the web?  Or do you have your own inventions or ideas?  Or, do you house one of these types of inventions?  Don’t be shy.  We all wave the crazy flag from time to time.  We won’t judge.

Bye-Bye Botox?

This past Friday, reports started flooding in blaming Allergan Inc., (the makers of Botox) for the deaths of 4 children who were undergoing treatment for Cerebral Palsy. Consequently, stocks plummeted nearly 5.5 percent in a matter of hours; panic struck investors were sell, sell, selling at warp speed. And a quick Google search will lead you to the money hungry attorneys who are ready, willing and able to take your case to court if “you or a loved one has suffered any side effects.” Give me a break, people!

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