Dumbest inventions?

Luke Starkiller · Post by **Luke Starkiller** » 2002-10-28 10:45pm

neoolong wrote:God.

Agreed.

Enlightenment · Post by **Enlightenment** » 2002-10-28 11:15pm

God: colorless, odourless invention that, given enough time, kills people.

Post by **Beowulf** » 2002-10-28 11:56pm

Enlightenment wrote:God: colorless, odourless invention that, given enough time, kills people.

Don't forget invisible...

I mean glass is colorless and odorless...

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2002-10-29 12:04am

salm wrote:this is a device, designed for women who want to pee while standing:

So basically it is targeted for women who want artificial penises?

Enlightenment · Post by **Enlightenment** » 2002-10-29 12:05am

Beowulf wrote: I mean glass is colorless and odorless...

Try to look through the side of a sheet of plate glass. It's green. Plate glass just looks clear when viewed face-on because it's so thin.

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-10-29 02:56am

That chainsaw with the V8 engine attatched was pretty dumb...

XaLEv · Post by **XaLEv** » 2002-10-29 03:02am

IRG CommandoJoe wrote:So basically it is targeted for women who want artificial penises?

No, it's targeted at women who want to be able to piss while standing with minimal mess. Seems rather obvious to me.

Sebastin · Post by **Sebastin** » 2002-10-29 07:59am

Fake shit for testing the hydrodynamics of toilet bowls during development.

My father owns the patent for it.

He did not invent it but bought the patent for fun.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2002-10-29 08:33am

[OT RANT!]What's REALLY stupid is some little shits patenting a technology AFTER it's in widespread use just to sue the shit outta everyone to make easy money, knowing full well that a blind and tone-deaf quadriplegic can easily find prior art the drop of a hat! Case in point: http://www.youmaybenext.com/ I hope PanIP gets countersued for frivolous lawsuits and deceptive business practice, not to mention found up on criminal charges.... [/OT RANT!]
Method of Exercising a Cat with a Laser I'm fucking not kidding! Apparently there is no god.... Lata and Try not to patent Rocket-Jumping in Quake 3!

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2002-10-29 08:38am

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:Method of Exercising a Cat with a Laser I'm fucking not kidding! Apparently there is no god...

Whats wrong with that? I mean it will work

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 2002-10-29 10:58am

The exploding consoles on Star Trek ships is up there in the top ten. For real life, how about those .45's that were made in the twenties that had two triggers on them? One of the triggers was a flash light (it was built into the gun) and the other was the real trigger.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2002-10-29 12:54pm

i´d like to know, why she´s peeing on a cematary...

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-10-29 02:21pm

Dog car platforms. The platform would be mounted in the backseat for the dog to sit on. Thing was, they had no restainer...

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2002-10-29 03:44pm

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:[OT RANT!]What's REALLY stupid is some little shits patenting a technology AFTER it's in widespread use just to sue the shit outta everyone to make easy money, knowing full well that a blind and tone-deaf quadriplegic can easily find prior art the drop of a hat! Case in point: http://www.youmaybenext.com/ I hope PanIP gets countersued for frivolous lawsuits and deceptive business practice, not to mention found up on criminal charges.... [/OT RANT!]
Method of Exercising a Cat with a Laser I'm fucking not kidding! Apparently there is no god.... Lata and Try not to patent Rocket-Jumping in Quake 3!

Following a series of links, I found this:

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Pars ... &RS=242601