NJJF: NJJF: Top 10 Stupid Inventions
David S. Rubin
that they were invented as gags]
Top 10 Stupid Inventions
10. Black Highlighter
9. Braille Driver's Manual
8. Clear Correction Fluid
7. Fake Rhinestones
6. Inflatable Dart Board
5. Mesh Umbrella
4. Motorcycle Air Conditioner
3. Sugar-Coated Toothpaste
2. Super-glue Post-it Notes
AND THE NUMBER ONE STUPID INVENTION?
1. The system that allows you to report power failures via the
Internet
Dubinse
>Top 10 Stupid Inventions
>
>10. Black Highlighter
Recently, when sending a package at our
local mailing store, the clerk offered to
highlight the UPS tracking code. Although
the highlighter color was yellow, there is
apparently some chemical reaction
between the ink and the paper used for
the receipts such that the highlighted area
became totally black (and quite wrinkled).
Stephen Dubin VMD
PSmith9626
12. ephedra based diet aids
13. the girdle, the corset, high heels
14.cell phones for cars
15. Kamen's Ginger transporter
16. video games
17.computerized --punch in and look--amateur telescopes ( What is the point?)
18. Boom Boxes
19. Cigarettes
20. Thong underwear
21. flying cars ( search on "Skycar"--imagine the accidents above your house!)
22. webcookies and spywear
23. spam and junk mail and spam phone calls
24. portable electronic dictionaries-- about the same size as pocket book
dictionary but more expensive
25.Rap "music"
26. Body piercing
27. Decafe coffee ( which has actually-half the caffine of regular
coffee--regular coffee is 98 percent water.)
28. Digital watches
29. junk food (trix are for kids)
30. feeding cows meat
31. Pet rocks
32. The bidet
33. oelestra
34. lead pipes for drinking water
35. Tetra ethyl lead for gasoline, lead based paint.
36. aluminium house wiring
37. mercury in medicines
38. The pistol ( Only useful as a concealed weapon--rifle for police.)
39. cedar based children's furniture
40. pop up ads
best
penny
30.
Leon
with a wagon full of groceries. One cashier in my favorite market waves them
away from her register. "Either they can't read or they can't count," she
says.
Leon
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So my idea to put cable T.V. in cars must be a pretty good idea then? <G>
fkasner
#4 Clearly you've never ridden a motorcycle in a blazing hot summer day.
FK
Jim
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> 15. Kamen's Ginger transporter
Is this the Segway?
Don Levey
> This reminds me of the people who get in the supermarket express (10 Items)
> with a wagon full of groceries. One cashier in my favorite market waves them
> away from her register. "Either they can't read or they can't count," she
> says.
>
> Leon
>
>
>
The apocryphal story is about the (former) Star Market on Mass Ave in
Central Square, Cambridge MA. FOr those who don't know, this is between
Harvard and MIT. Supposedly a college-age kid gets into the express lane
with too many items. The cashier says "I don't know if you're from
Harvard and can't count, or MIT and can't read."
--
Don Levey NOTE: spamtrapped address likely to change
Framingham, MA at any moment. Most recent post has best
address.
PSmith9626
Excellent.
best
penny
Joe and Ruth Levy
psmit...@aol.com wrote on 1/9/04 9:08 PM:
And then there is the story of the two men who meet at a cocktail party,
and converse for a while. The first man then says to the second: "You're
from Harvard, aren't you?" The second replies, "Yes I am, but how did you
know?" "Easy," says the first. "I could see tell it from your very refined
and distinguished bearing and manners."
After a moment, the second man looks at the first, and say, "You are
from MIT, are you not?" The first man is astonished, and says, "Yes, but
how did you know?" The Harvard man replies, "I saw your class ring while
you were picking your nose."
For the record, I have a Master's Degree (Electrical Engineering) from
MIT - but no class ring.
meirman
<joean...@hargray.com> posted:
I understand that now there are class rings for sale for kids who are
home-schooled!
I can just see one, 2004
219 Walnut St.
Meirman
If emailing, please let me know whether
or not you are posting the same letter.
Change domain to erols.com, if necessary.
PSmith9626
Was it one of the class rings that got welded to the statue of John Harvard?
best
Penny
lev...@uwm.edu
>> And then there is the story of the two men who meet at a cocktail party,
>>and converse for a while. The first man then says to the second: "You're
>>from Harvard, aren't you?" The second replies, "Yes I am, but how did you
>>know?" "Easy," says the first. "I could see tell it from your very refined
>>and distinguished bearing and manners."
>> After a moment, the second man looks at the first, and say, "You are
>>from MIT, are you not?" The first man is astonished, and says, "Yes, but
>>how did you know?" The Harvard man replies, "I saw your class ring while
>>you were picking your nose."
>>
>> For the record, I have a Master's Degree (Electrical Engineering) from
>>MIT - but no class ring.
On the other hand:
Two men meet in a public toilet in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
As the first man leaves the second one says : "At Marquette University
they teach us to wash our hands after we urinate"
The first man replies: "At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee they
teach us not to pee on our hands."
(Marquette is a private school and UWM is a pubic university)
PSmith9626
Yes.
best
penny
He codenamed it Ginger.
>> 15. Kamen's Ginger transporter
>
>Is this the Segway?
I guess Ginger snapped.
fkasner
Reminds me of this one:
Two men are standing at urinals relieving themselves. They finish and
one starts to leave the room while the other steps to the sink and
remarks to the first "At Havard we were taught to wash our hands after
urinating." The first replies to the second "And at CCNY we were taught
not to piss on our hands."
FK
David S. Rubin
> On the other hand:
>
> Two men meet in a public toilet in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
>
> As the first man leaves the second one says : "At Marquette University
> they teach us to wash our hands after we urinate"
>
> The first man replies: "At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee they
> teach us not to pee on our hands."
>
> (Marquette is a private school and UWM is a pubic university)
And Marquette has a serious group ego, as evidenced by their rally
cry at sports events: "WE ARE MARQUETTE" - and that's all.
cheers,
DSR, proud UWM alumnus
meirman
<dav...@touro.edu> posted:
What's funny is when someone from the audience on Leno proudly sings
one of his school or fraternity songs, and it's one that's used all
over the country with different words.
>cheers,
>DSR, proud UWM alumnus