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I’ve ALWAYS wanted whatever this is!
Blog Guy, anything new for us from Williams-Sonoma? I’m starting my Christmas shopping early this year.
You know, I think I pick on them too much. I mean, those folks are just trying to make a living with their $2,399.95 espresso machine, to choose an item at random from the new catalog.
There are plenty of other stores that sell stuff we don’t need. I just got the new Hammacher Schlemmer catalog in the mail.
Hammacher Schlemmer? What does that mean?
I believe it’s a German phrase that roughly translates to “WTF is THIS?” I get the giggles just thumbing through this thing.
What kind of stuff do they have? I’m always on the lookout for useless crap.
The food is greasy, but your hair is great!
Blog Guy, I need some advice on home entertaining, and I know you’re an expert. Can you help me with some nagging problems?
Well, we have some friends coming to dinner soon, but it falls on the same day of the month that I wash my hair! I can’t figure a way out of this one.
It’s a dilemma, that’s for sure, but I suggest you go for the new Panasonic hair washing robot, seen here being demonstrated on a mannequin.
This way, you can have the robot wash your hair, leaving you free to prepare a gourmet dinner for your guests. Problem solved?
Er, I was just going to zip over to a fast food drive-through to pick up the meal. You think the hair-washing robot comes in a mobile version?
69Spin, The Disney folks actually refused that car on the grounds that they already have a vehicle with big ears. They call it the Dumbo Jet.
They’re currently being sued by Boeing about it though.
Our ten-second in-flight movie will be…
Blog Guy, recently you wrote about a bunch of ambitious homemade inventions around the world. A submarine, a helicopter, stuff like that. Do those things actually work?
You bet they do. Here is that farmer in China testing his homemade flying device yesterday. It’s powered by eight motorcycle engines.
Eight motorcycle engines? Cool! Where did he go in it?
Up. About three feet. He hovered for 10 seconds.
Hovering? That’s kind of pointless, isn’t it?
Who’s to say? He may have tapped into a whole new travel market. Leave your worries behind and come hover with us, high above dogs and cats and short people…
Great science projects for your family…
Blog Guy, my daughter, Julie, has to do a school project involving transportation. We were thinking about making a little cardboard sled.
A cardboard sled? Are you a chump? Don’t you care about getting little Julie into a decent college?
But she’s only six.
Six? It may already be too late! Look at what other families are doing in the homemade transportation department.
These folks above, in China, are finishing up a miniature submarine which will be able to dive to 65 feet and spend 10 hours under water.
That’s impressive, but surely it’s one of a kind.
never knock those with imagination and the courage to follow it. After all the Harrier STOVL jet started life as a flying bedstead!
Where DO you find all those arms and legs, Ma?
Let me make sure I understand this, Lamar. You say your mother can supply us with a steady supply of free models for our fashion shows?
That’s it in a nutshell, Boss.
She makes ‘em herself, Boss. Ma’s pretty good with tools, and she has a supply of used body parts, but don’t ask her where they come from.
And she can put these parts together and make male and female models?
You bet, Boss. Ma used to do some modeling herself, before her teeth and eyes went bad on her and she started to shrink some.
@Shra … no, not my sis. Sis likes to go to those spray tan booths and get a nice orange tint (versus the green tint on the model pictured).
Three great inventions we really need…
Blog Guy, apart from writing textbooks and making airplanes, what do you do with your time?
I dabble at inventing. Someday one of my ideas will catch on, and that will be my ticket out of this dump.
Is there anything you can share with us?
Well, I do have three patents pending. You know the automatic doors they have at stores?
Of course. They open when you approach, but those have been around forever.
Yes, but not the smaller home version. Why should you have to turn a doorknob when you can have all the convenience of a supermarket at your own front door?
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