Azazello1313 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 some of these have had me chuckling to myself for the last half hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt770 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 American science fiction writer and founder of the Church of Scientology L. Ron Hubbard uses his Hubbard Electrometer to determine whether tomatoes experience pain, 1968. His work led him to the conclusion that tomatoes "scream when sliced." If this man were to start a global movement of some sort, I would surely follow him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Dude, those illuminated tires would look pimpin on my chopped Accord. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
untateve Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 http://www.life.com/image/50561613/in-gall...dumb-inventions Here's one for the perch family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tford Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 I then when I saw the baby cage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 http://www.life.com/image/50561613/in-gall...dumb-inventions Here's one for the perch family. The robot was just looking for some crayons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 The phone answering robot was my favorite! He doesn't speak, but he looks pretty bad ass lifting up the receiver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 I then when I saw the baby cage. Bier and wiegie claimed to use this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted September 30, 2009 Author Share Posted September 30, 2009 The phone answering robot was my favorite! He doesn't speak, but he looks pretty bad ass lifting up the receiver. that was definitely my favorite as well. there's kind of a parable in there about going from idea to execution. but the photo I can't stop laughing about is the dog restrainer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpwallace49 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 I also loved the ability to smoke a whole pack of cigarettes at the same time . . . or share one with my wife . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmypg Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 If #26 could get cable I'd buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Cid Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 The guy with a mini TV is light years ahead of his time. Today they are called cell phones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrobn26 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 FWIW....I remember seeing some of those things in "Popular Science" years ago. Yeah I'm old but thought they were pretty cool at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 cup bras Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTed46 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 The dude who jumped out of a plane in a bird suit and died was the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Like Soup Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 The curved machine gun was actually tried by the Germans in WWII. If the Germans can't make it work, it ain't possible! The laryngaphone sure doesn’t seem so far fetched for the time. That is how pilots communicated to each other in WWII. Sure, they had radios, but the sound was captured by a laryngaphone type device on the larynx. Isn’t that rocket belt still a cool thing nowadays? The illuminated tires is about as dumb as having rims that spin, or things in the tires that monitor the pressure...oh wait... Ummm, side boob in the shower hood... Fast draw robot...so that is where they got the idea for Terminator? The yodel meter was actually a hugh hit in Switzerland. Agreed on the mini-television...how is that stupid when people have them for their kitchens, travel with them, etc? The Birdman? In 1956[3] Valentin was scheduled to perform at an air show in Liverpool, using wings similar to the wooden ones that had brought him success in the past. However, the stunt went wrong right away. When exiting the plane, one of his wings made contact and a piece broke away. Valentin's attempt to land safely using a parachute failed too, and he died after failing to properly open the parachute So he served as a paratrooper for France in WWII...I guess that explains his difficulties in properly opening the chute when he needed it. Dog restrainer... Thankfully the dog chain was soon invented after! External turkey roasters...later called a rotisserie. Not dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Cid Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 (edited) The curved machine gun was actually tried by the Germans in WWII. If the Germans can't make it work, it ain't possible! The laryngaphone sure doesn’t seem so far fetched for the time. That is how pilots communicated to each other in WWII. Sure, they had radios, but the sound was captured by a laryngaphone type device on the larynx. Isn’t that rocket belt still a cool thing nowadays? The illuminated tires is about as dumb as having rims that spin, or things in the tires that monitor the pressure...oh wait... Ummm, side boob in the shower hood... Fast draw robot...so that is where they got the idea for Terminator? There was a Yul Brenner movie called Westworld about one of those things run amok. The yodel meter was actually a hugh hit in Switzerland. Agreed on the mini-television...how is that stupid when people have them for their kitchens, travel with them, etc? The Birdman? So he served as a paratrooper for France in WWII...I guess that explains his difficulties in properly opening the chute when he needed it. Dog restrainer... Thankfully the dog chain was soon invented after! External turkey roasters...later called a rotisserie. Not dumb. I've seen infared turkey roasters at Lowes that work on a similar principal. Edited October 1, 2009 by Kid Cid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 There was a Yul Brenner movie called Westworld about one of those things run amok. Great idea for a movie, too bad it didn't work - a well-written remake could be good. I'd pay decent coin for that rocket pack too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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