If I could, I'd invent...

[Nichole]

If you had the ability and funds (and possibly the suspension of the laws of physics :lol: ) to invent anything, what would it be?

I think aside from the obvious things like a self-cleaning toilet and shower/bath/house :lol:

I'd like to invent a little ray gun that I could shoot at the cigarette butts that people toss out their car windows. Zap! The butt jumps right back into their car, instead of littering the scenery! And maybe it would fine them, too. :lol:

:bullhorn: "Hey butthead, that ciggie butt doesn't magically disappear as soon as it leaves your stinky fingers!" :lol:

How about you? What's your invention? :)

[Barb]

I've always wished I could invent a vending machine where things won't get stuck. It blows my mind that in this day and age that still happens.

[Hannabanana]

My invention would be the "throw your voice into another car when some idiot does something to bother you".
ie, you yell at the guy who cut you off -- your voice projects into this car so he hears you but he can't send his voice back to you so you end up feeling good about yelling at him and having him hear you but you don't have to deal with the same back :lol:

[JustJen]

A third hand? Does that count? :lol:

[bunybomb]

A wife! I would invent a wife so I wouldn't have to be one when I want to go out and play.

[Jayne]

I would totally invent a zap machine so that I could zap my child to piano or preschool and I wouldn't have to wake the child I watch to drive one of them somwhere :lol:

[Stacy]

If you had the ability and funds (and possibly the suspension of the laws of physics :lol: ) to invent anything, what would it be?

I think aside from the obvious things like a self-cleaning toilet and shower/bath/house :lol:

I'd like to invent a little ray gun that I could shoot at the cigarette butts that people toss out their car windows. Zap! The butt jumps right back into their car, instead of littering the scenery! And maybe it would fine them, too. :lol:

:bullhorn: "Hey butthead, that ciggie butt doesn't magically disappear as soon as it leaves your stinky fingers!" :lol:

How about you? What's your invention? :)


OMG, Nichole I was totally thinking of this this morning as people kept tossing their butts out their windows.
I was wondering what I could do to get them back.
:lol2:

[Dawnie]

I have a couple of invention ideas...

...something that makes my kids sleep past 6AM on weekends and have them get up closer to 9. :)

...A machine that can provide me with extra hours in a day for whatever needs to be done.

...ROBO-MAID! :lol2: I want Rosie from The Jetsons.

[Nichole]

My invention would be the "throw your voice into another car when some idiot does something to bother you".
ie, you yell at the guy who cut you off -- your voice projects into this car so he hears you but he can't send his voice back to you so you end up feeling good about yelling at him and having him hear you but you don't have to deal with the same back :lol:

:lol: Aimee, I think I'll buy the license for your invention and add it to my butt zapper so I can yell at the litterer when I zap their butt back into their car. :lol:

[redhairedgirl]

I am going to invent a car that can drive itself. That way, it can go the proper speed limit, obey traffic signals and use their directionals. An ambulance was coming in the opposite direction and crossed the double yellow into my lane. I was smart, I pulled over, but after it passed, the numbnuts behind me - on his FREAKING PHONE tried to pass me on a one lane road as I was signaling to go back into the flow of traffic just like the other people in front of me.
I actually screamed "F*cking moron", gave him the finger, and honked my horn. With my son in the car. :blush: Role model of the year - that's me! :wavey:

[Nichole]

Hmm, maybe my butt zapper needs an asshole setting, Mandy? :lol:

[redhairedgirl]

Hmm, maybe my butt zapper needs an asshole setting, Mandy? :lol:
Definitely. :lol2:

[pam]

Maybe your butt zapper could have some way to leave a message for people who park too close to your car. Something along the lines of, "hey moron, yeah, you...next time you need to look at the cars next to you when you park & make sure that you leave enough room for them to get into their vehicle on both sides of their car." Oooh, & then a reminder when they attempt the same thing again.

Either that or a nasty "thank you for parking so close that I had to crawl into my car from the passenger side" bumper sticker.

[Melissa]

How about something that will do all of the exercise for me, but I get all of the benefits; oh and something that takes all the extra calories from me when I'm covetting that cheesecake in the fridge.

[Shel]

A laundry folder......

My husband does not understand that if you wash it and dry it, you have to take it out and fold it or the wife has clothes that look like she's been wadding them up and sleeping with them every night

[Stacy]

After thinking about it more and seeing as Nichole will take care of the butt-throwers, I think I would invent a programmable or remote control bath tub.

You would set it to fill up at a certain time. It would add your favorite bubble bath and the temperature would always be the way you like it.

You wouldn't need to worry about overflow because it would sense how full it is and turn off the water automatically.

Yeah that sounds good.

Oh and I would also make it possible to flush the toilet without messing up the water flow anywhere else in the house.
You could do laundry, wash dishes, shower and flush and nothing in any of the pipes would change.

[Jen]

I would invent a harmless bubble that could be activated with the push of a button. The bubble would be sound proof. The button would be installed in the dash of your vehicle and at the start of the "he's breathing on me, looking at me, touching me" crap, you press the button and the offending children are peacefully sealed in their own space and order is restored.

Do any minivans have privacy screens? Assuming the children can not physically harm themselves or each other, having a screen like they have in the limos would probably really improve the safety for people who have to drive with one hand in the back seat to keep the kids apart. (I hope I'm not the only one who goes through this but with three in the backseat they are all in close quarters)

[Karri]

ooooh! I want in on this bubble, please :heee: I am so sick of hearing, "i dont want to smell you, belly!" or "quit looking at me, peanie!" :rolleyes: Before you posted this, Jen, i was thinking of inventing a mute button for anyone :)

I like the butt zapper and voice thrower :aok:

In all honesty I want something quite realistic...this isnt quite an invention, but I just want to pass a law that requires all dry cleaners, coffee places, convienence food places, bagel places, libraries, bookstores, and the like have drive through service :aok:

[Bridget]

:clap: :clap: :clap:

In all honesty I want something quite realistic...this isnt quite an invention, but I just want to pass a law that requires all dry cleaners, coffee places, convienence food places, bagel places, libraries, bookstores, and the like have drive through service :aok:

I want an invisible electroshock machine that delivers a brief but memorable shock to the hand of anyone who approaches a buffet line with unwashed hands. A double zap plus a loud buzzer goes off on finger lickers and people who send up young children minus a parent.

Same for anyone who leaves a public toilet without checking the toilet for sprinkles and other unpleasantries OR tries to exit without handwashing.

Zap! Bzzt bzzt. :ura1:

[pam]

In all honesty I want something quite realistic...this isnt quite an invention, but I just want to pass a law that requires all dry cleaners, coffee places, convienence food places, bagel places, libraries, bookstores, and the like have drive through service :aok:

Love it!

[pam]

I would also want to invent something that would allow me to keep my windows open at home without unpleasant scents or sounds from my neighbors houses into mine.

[TtownAnne]

I'm voting for this one too. :nod: Let's skip the getting out in yucky weather, hauling kids around, dropping your keys in a puddle, forgetting to bring the bag/book/thing you need to return, door dings from stupid parkers, the whole shebang. Drive up, drive away, no muss, no fuss.

In all honesty I want something quite realistic...this isnt quite an invention, but I just want to pass a law that requires all dry cleaners, coffee places, convienence food places, bagel places, libraries, bookstores, and the like have drive through service :aok:

[Jen]

The drive through would be great for all moms. We actually saw a motorcycle going through the drive-through at Starbucks the other day. Kevin was laughing and wondering how in the hell you would drink a hot coffee while driving a motorcycle.

Before I had kids, I always thought drive-through was for lazy people. Now I know it's for people with children.

I would love a healthy food drive though. It would be so nice if someone would invent that. Something your kids would love that was already prepared healthy that you could swing through and pick up on the way home. Who wouldn't do that?

[Joan]

I just wish someone would invent comfortable, fashionable shoes, for people who are on their feet most of the day. Is that too much to ask?!

[MrsPeacefrog]

Its unbelievable! i can't believe they have drive thru for doughnuts... but not for convenience food like milk & bread :scratch: I used to think I would make myself millions by opening up a store that does that, until I realised I didn't have the money to set it up :lol: Surely it will happen sooner or later!


I would invent some kind of hover bed that will transfer 3 sleeping kids from the car into there beds with out them realising it happened so they STAY asleep! Oh and a shoe that will slip off with out waking the child as well!!

I would also invent a body switch that you can turn on and off for when you want birth control.. so you don't have to stop sex to put it on/in or that plays around with your hormones, or causes wacky cycles or does not involve surgery or procedure of anykind! (is that asking too much?)

[sheila]

Count me in for signing the petition for drive throughs! Oh, and while we are at it, can we have the PeaPod delivery service for groceries back, too? That was great when I tried it when I was a DINKer, I can't imagine how wonderful it would be now.

[Melissa]

Its unbelievable! i can't believe they have drive thru for doughnuts... but not for convenience food like milk & bread :scratch: I used to think I would make myself millions by opening up a store that does that, until I realised I didn't have the money to set it up :lol: Surely it will happen sooner or later!
There is ONE that I know about, it is in Danbury, CT. It is a drive thru mini-mart, you can get milk, eggs, juice, etc...

[MrsPeacefrog]

Pure genius Melissa! Is it always busy??? I would go there ALL the time!

[LISA]

I would love to vote for a QUIET lawnmower :tearhair:

[pam]

I would love to vote for a QUIET lawnmower :tearhair:

That would be sooo nice!

On that note, how about a quiet vacuum?

[Bridget]

I want a packing tape dispenser that automatically dispenses the packing tape without the tape sticking to itself or my face or hair.

[Melissa]

Pure genius Melissa! Is it always busy??? I would go there ALL the time!
I don't know, I lived on the other side of town. I just remember having to drive through it when I was going through Driver's Ed.

[schwanda]

Its unbelievable! i can't believe they have drive thru for doughnuts... but not for convenience food like milk & bread :scratch: I used to think I would make myself millions by opening up a store that does that, until I realised I didn't have the money to set it up :lol: Surely it will happen sooner or later!

The town where I grew up (and my parents still live) has this! The store is called Dairy Barn and they have the basics. You sit in your car and they bring you the stuff. They charge an arm and a leg for it. I never really appreciated the beauty of it until I had children (and now I live nowhere near the Dairy Barn - figures). Nothing like realizing you're out of milk at 7pm on a weeknight when it raining...

Amanda

[HaleyB]

I would invent some kind of device to point at and disable the stereo in those annoying cars with the speakers in the trunk where when you pull up next to them you can feel your whole body thumping with the bass beat!!!!