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Things you thought you invented (1 Viewer)

shuke said:
Gordo said:
I had the idea for this back when I was in college.

Extension Cord Lock
Oooh, where do I get me one of those?
I switched almost all of my outside tools and cords over to twist lock plugs after getting used to them at work. It's a little cleaner than putting that harness on, but admittedly, not for everyone. You're an engineering dork though, so you might go for it.http://www.aplussupply.com/ps/twistlok.htm
As a fellow engineer I am quite embarrassed that you need something to keep two cords from coming unplugged, instead of just tying them together.
 
Furniture glides ("moving men")

Mid to late '80's I was doing a lot of office upfits. While doing a fair sized job in the McGuire Nuclear plant their facilities guy gave me a 3' x 6' piece of teflon scrap which he said he used to place safes on to help moving them around. I cut it up into squares, ground down one side so I could stick a piece of carpet to it and used those to move everything from safes to panel wall systems to furniture. Thought at the time I should market them but didn't take the time to make it happen.

It was a few years later when I saw the first TV ads for the product--and of course they sold like fireworks. :(

 
I invented the practice of holding down 2,4 and 7 on the old style cable boxes to see warped, scrambled green flesh with an occasional breast or other naughty bit emerging from the murky negative of that underworld between the channels.

In a sense, I pioneered inter-dimensional travel

 
I came up with the idea of having a TV show about a bunch of doushy NJ guys and some skanky girls living in a beach house together for the summer, but I never thought it would go anywhere so I never did anything with it.

 
Haven't read whole thread. But I was saying:

"That's what she said."

Long before Steve Carrell and The Office.

I came up with it on my own, but I doubt the writers stole it from me. I saw it was #14 all time television quote. Guess I am good.

 
This happens to me quite a bit. Here's one:

Couple Halloweens ago I was making jackolaterns with some girls. I have horrible penmanship and can not draw very well. My jacks always come out jacked. So I was sitting there trying to think of a way to get symmetry on the eyes of the jack down... when it hit me! I will cut out the eye out of a piece of paper, stick it on the pumpkin, trace it, and cut it. Perfect every time! I thought I was a genius and explained my plan confidently to the girls. They started laughing think I was joking. When they saw me frown they realized I wasn't and told me my new invention was something called "stenciling".

Crazy chicks.

 
After pulling the Flag on a golf green, using the putter head to gently put it on the ground without having to bend over

 
Haven't read whole thread. But I was saying:"That's what she said." Long before Steve Carrell and The Office.I came up with it on my own, but I doubt the writers stole it from me. I saw it was #14 all time television quote. Guess I am good.
I worked with a guy in the early 80's who rarely cracked a joke. But when he did it was almost always the response "That's what she said."
 
I invented the idea of dipping french fries into your shake. Just a couple weeks ago, I saw people doing it on some kids show that my neice was watching and I was like WTF?
Started dipping fries in to a Wendy's frosty back in the 80's. I know I didn't invent it but it's still delicious.

 

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