(I’m not sure why this didn’t post yesterday - i just realized this morning that it didn’t post. I guess that means I don’t have to write anything new today!)
My dad says he invented the automatic seatbelt. You know the kind that is attached to the car door? I have no reason to doubt his claim. He doesn’t brag much. He exercises quite a bit of, well, self-restraint. The problem is he does not actually receive a royalty check or patent payments. Someone else developed the idea and has secured the bragging rights.
I’m taking credit for the idea to have an ATM keypad on the pew for the church offering. Like father like son - someone has cashed in on my million dollar idea.
Special thanks to my friend Zeke for sending me the picture and this article.
So, let’s hear it. What million dollar (or $1.95) ideas have you had that someone else has actually developed, marketed and named their luxury yacht after?
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October 4th, 2006 at 9:28 am
I think I may have invented the internet, but Al Gore beat me to the glory of claiming it.
October 4th, 2006 at 9:31 am
I meant to add that many years ago when I was collecting record albums and had my first serious stereo on which to play them (meaning the turntable was separate from the amp), I was constantly looking for something to keep down the pop and hiss from static on the albums. I told Janice someone should invent a system that would allow a record to be played by running a light over the grooves rather than a diamond needles contacting the surface. Years later somebody came out with CD technology.
October 4th, 2006 at 9:39 am
I haven’t done anything about it, but my brilliant idea is to have a pack of hot dog buns containing as many buns as there are hot dogs in a package.
The other thing would be postage stamps you don’t have to lick!
October 4th, 2006 at 9:49 am
I invented Velcro, stamps you don’t have to lick, and the 12 minute sermon.
October 4th, 2006 at 10:33 am
I invented “blogging” but it was to be called “Cec-ing” as in “writing or talking without ceasing.” Unfortunately Mr. Blog picked up the patent before I had a (I was probably talking without (cec-ing) ceasing) chance so hence the name.
October 4th, 2006 at 11:26 am
Judy, I’ve not licked a stamp in years. I don’t even think they sell those stamps out here any longer. The new stamps (several years old) all have a self adhesive backing. Send me the $$ and a self-addressed, stamped envelop and I’ll send you a roll … less postage and handling charges, of course!
October 4th, 2006 at 11:33 am
Those things that you put around dogs’ necks to keep them from barking . . . . this is not Greg’s blog is it?
Peace.
October 4th, 2006 at 8:04 pm
So what I really want to know is who’s church among this august crowd will be the first to put in the “Giving Kiosk?”
Can an ATM provide one with the opportunity to gives his or her first fruits?
October 4th, 2006 at 8:44 pm
I had the idea of linking mulitple accounts to a tag that can be scanned like a upc code with a laser light. The software would be linked to the church’s database system and would prompt you to note any absent family members, give you a place to submit prayer requests, and allow you enter the amount for your contribution that week.
I’d also like to see the little black bar on the back of my drivers license linked to my spending accounts. Tough to miss that i.d. verification.