Writer's Workshop: Inventions

Thursday, May 03, 2012

This week's Writer's Workshop prompt is to write about an invention you'd like to see created. Somebody get on these, please.

1. Something that allows babies to be born without having to actually be pushed out (or c-sectioned out, whatever the case may be). Osmosis? Teleportation? Straight-up magic tricks?

2. Phones that simply will not text if you're driving.

3. A clean laundry folder-and-put-away-er. Why did they stop at washing and drying? That's only two-thirds of the laundry battle. Keep going, Maytag peeps!

4. Calorie-free everything. Pizza and pasta and beer and cookies. And no nasty side effects (remember that fake fat, Olestra? Side effects included "anal leakage". No wonder it didn't take off.)

5. Private little pods for air travel, Jetsons style. Imagine how nice it would be to fly to your destination without all the rigamarole of going through the whole airport dog and pony show and the general grossness of flying.

6. Dog poop that disintegrates upon hitting the ground - no pickup required on walks, no surprise Easter eggs left scattered on the lawn. (Holler at cha girl if the snow melted this spring to reveal a graveyard of half-disintegrated winter poops.)

7. Ovens that heat up instantly. Maybe such a thing already exists, I don't know. If it does, I don't have one. I do know that waiting for the oven to get to 350 is agonizing when I'm hungry NOW. #firstworldproblems

8. High heels that are legitimately comfortable...perhaps with a built-in foot massage contraption.

Thanks Mama Kat for the Writer's Workshop prompts! 




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16 comments

  1. GREAT invention ideas. Someone should definitely get on those... and maybe a Lysol bomb for the house? I mean really, disinfecting should be much simpler than it is.

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    1. I agree 100% on the Lysol bomb! There has to be an easier way :)

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  2. I'd like admittance for one into your world, please!

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  3. There is an App that turns the texting off of phones that are moving more than 10 mph. A father of teenagers invented it. And I'm all for a "Smart-leash" one that will walk the dog. All good suggestions. Now get inventing.

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    1. I like the sound of that app. I see sooo many people texting while driving and it makes me furious!

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  4. No. 3! For the love of God, No. 3!

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    1. Seriously! I'm sure it's just a matter of time...right?

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  5. haha, NO I don't remember Olestra! But I'm off to google it because it just sounds like the worst idea in a very hilarious way.

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    1. I'm not sure if it was ever in Canada but it was in the US...basically it was a fake fat that the body didn't digest, and they made things like chips and fries with it. But since it doesn't get absorbed or digested through the body it passed right through. Good idea in theory. Not so much in practice!

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  6. Love #3 and #8. We NEED those!!!

    Stopping by from Mama Kat's!

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    1. I would pay exorbitant amounts of money for either one of those things!

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  7. I honestly never wait fort the oven to heat up and it never makes a difference for cooking. Unless I'm baking then i have it heat up while I'm mixing the stuff but anything else i don't wait.

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    1. I'll do that with stuff like tofu or french fries, but anything that comes with directions for cooking I insist on following the instructions to a T. I just can't live my life on the edge haha

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  8. Seriously! Get to work on some of these ideas over there!!

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    1. I'm working on them!! Although yesterday I put the laundry away and stepped in a dog turd. Progress is going slow.

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