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- Published June 16, 2008 - 119 Comments
Some time ago we did a list of the 15 most bizarre patents. Fortunately for us, there are millions of them around – so we have put together another list! These are all patented in the US patent office (some of the original list of 15 were international patents) but we don’t mean that to be a reflection on the quality of American inventors! So, without further ado, here are 10 more bizarre (and stupid) patents:
This patent from 1968 is designed to help people who, for some unknown reason, might need to place a lock upon their toilet seat. I have spent a considerable amount of time trying to work out who might use this device – and, frankly, the only thing I can come up with is that perhaps it could be used to punish men who forget to put the toilet seat down. The inventor is a woman – which gives weight to my conclusion. Forgetful men should be thankful that no one has actually tried to build this device!
Sticking to the topic at hand, we have another toilet patent – this one is no more practical than the one above, and is actually quite revolting. This is a patent for a toilet which recycles its water with each flush – via a filter. Yes – it strains out the chunky bits and sends back the yellow! Thanks, but no thanks.
From the patent: “The invention provides a device for conveying a game-animal carcass that has a lightweight, foldable frame. Means are provided for attaching ground-contacting members to the frame; these members may be either runners or wheels. Preferably, the structure is such that the ground-contacting members can be folded inwardly, for the sake of compactness. Attached or attachable to the frame is a harness, enabling it, when folded, to be strapped to a hunter’s back. The structure of the invention further comprises a back member that can be attached to the frame to form a chaise lounge or the like.” Basically, this is a device that can be used to carry a dead animal, and then converted to a sofa for your living room. Handy!
I can think of only one person that might find this patent useful – Maxwell Smart. This patent is for eyeglasses that are fitted with rear-view mirrors – so you can see in front of you – and behind you!
This is a patent for a fluid operated zipper. The image for the patent (it contains no description) does not seem to indicate where the “fluid” comes from – but I sure know where I hope it doesn’t come from.
Here is one for the cheats among us. This is a full power-drive pool cue. I am not a pool player – but how can this help you to improve your game?
This is a patent for a patently ugly hat that not only contains a space to carry your cosmetics, keys, and assorted other things that ladies carry in their purses, but it also has ear muffs. This would be perfect for the young lady who likes nightclubbing in winter but doesn’t want to carry a purse. It may hinder your chances of getting a date, but at least your hands are free to carry extra drinks.
I don’t have a problem with guns – in fact I quite like them, but adding a whisky glass to the top of a rifle is a recipe for disaster. In fact, I can’t help but wonder if Dick Cheney might have been testing one of these out when he was hunting with Harry Whittington in 2006.
Snoring is one of nature’s most annoying gifts to man. If you snore – it can wake you up – if you sleep next to a snorer – it can wake you up. Some people even die of snoring! So, some bright spark came up with this design. It works by shooting electricity in to a person as soon as it detects a snore. The concept is bad enough as it is – but look at where the device sits! Imagine being woken up every 10 minutes by jolts of electricity passing through your neck!
The number one device on the list is a machine which gently pats a baby on the bottom to help it get to sleep (particularly useful for lazy parents or parents who like to lock their kids at home while they go out for a drink of an evening). But – while the idea as presented is not the best, it has potential… If the device could be sped up a little – this would be perfect for the parent of a little brat that needs regular and frequent doses of a good spanking! Tie the kid down, stick on the spanking machine, and you can relax in front of tele!
June 16th, 2008 at 9:01 am
number 3 and 6 are badass, i would buy them if a company started making them
June 16th, 2008 at 9:02 am
no not 6, i meant 7
June 16th, 2008 at 9:05 am
I bet you a redneck made #3, and a pedophile made #1, I’d bet money on it right now
June 16th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Wow Number 9 and 2 are just wrong.
June 16th, 2008 at 9:08 am
the glasses are meant to be used with the gun, after your drunk and accidentally shoot someone and the cops are on foot pursuit you can see how close they are to catching you
June 16th, 2008 at 9:12 am
the glasses with rear view is a good idea!
June 16th, 2008 at 9:14 am
If the rearview wasn’t obvious for the glasses, like it was somehow built into the lens, then it may be useful… make it seem like you have eyes in the back of your head to the unsuspecting.
June 16th, 2008 at 9:14 am
Actually, there are toilet locks being sold out there. They’re meant to keep small kids from getting access to the inside of the toilet. Maybe the woman who invented that nr. 10 had something like that in mind.
June 16th, 2008 at 9:16 am
the glasses are great when you are running from the law
June 16th, 2008 at 10:00 am
i believe the toilet locks are being sold to people who are afraid of snakes or rats entering their homes through the sewers.i have no idea if that is actually possible but i’ve heard of this before.
June 16th, 2008 at 10:02 am
Didnt know that Ana, the product sort of makes more sense now. I have a one year old cousin who loves dropping things in the toilet.
June 16th, 2008 at 10:14 am
wow……. just wow…….
June 16th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Awesome list! I had somehow missed the first patents list, so it was a double hilarity whammy for me today! Thanks!
June 16th, 2008 at 10:21 am
I love this list, really funny. I want nr 1 for myself thanks.
June 16th, 2008 at 10:22 am
The toilet lid lock would be convenient in keeping the dog from drinking out of it. And #9 might be necessary when we’re all dying from lack of water here in a few decades..
I think 4 is a matter of style. Just like people a century from now will think what we wear is ridiculous, and the way we think people in the past dressed ridiculously. If the only thing you have against this one is style, I think it could be somewhat useful. (Although it might alter people’s growth patterns).
I also don’t think there’s anything wrong with number 1. Haven put to sleep many babies myself, I know how tedious the process is, and how obnoxious children generally are.
Overall, I think this list is a good premise but when carried out didn’t end up very nice.
June 16th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Csimmons: How cynical of you
June 16th, 2008 at 10:29 am
Wait I want one and four. Hell I don’t get any dates anyway so…
June 16th, 2008 at 10:31 am
The toilet lid lock is for parents with young children. The idea is that if a child wanders into the bathroom and opens up the lid, he can drown.
June 16th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Perhaps ten is so kids don’t play in the toilet?
And the deer thing. . .I assume it serves both as a carrier for the deer and a cot for the hunter out in the bush?
June 16th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
The toilet lock is a safety thing. Kids are top-heavy and when they fall into the toilet, they can’t get out and they drown. This is also how five gallon buckets kill curious toddlers. The toilet lock keeps kids safe and keeps them from flushing matchbox cars down the loo.
June 16th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
#10, besides child safety also good for a deviant practical joke.
Dick Cheney wasn’t drunk, he thought a grown man was a turkey, oh maybe he was drunk
June 16th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
I want #4!!!
I would buy one in a New York minute
June 16th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Maybe the rearview glasses are for dealing with slake-moths…
June 16th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Toom: I am about to update the site’s comment FAQ which will cover that
June 16th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Oh – the new FAQ is here:
http://listverse.com/comment-faq/
June 16th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Jfrater: Accessing the forums sure would be nice if my registration confirmation *ever* went through. I’ve tried to register at least half a dozen times and have never gotten the activation email. I would like to register as soon as possible. Please tell me what I need to do to make it happen.
June 16th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
And, as outspoken a person as I am, I want to say that straying off-topic in the comments is not necessarily a bad thing, as long as the topic shifts to another engaging dicussion that anyone can enter. It’s when a convo becomes between two or three people to the exclusion of everyone else that it becomes a problem. And no one says you have to read all the comments. A brief skim is sufficient for you to decide whether or not to throw in your two cents.
June 16th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
I knew a guy who had the glasses (#7). He used them while riding his bicycle.
#4 could be made a little cuter. It’s a great idea.
June 16th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Bicyclists wear glasses with rear view mirrors all the time.
June 16th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
I knew a guy who had the glasses (#7). He used them while riding his bicycle.
#4 could be made a little cuter. It’s a great idea.
June 16th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Yeah I can see the first one being used for keeping kids from drowning in or drinking from or playing in the toilet, or for owners of dogs (or even cats) who’ve figured out how to open the lid.
The recirculating toilet could prove quite useful in areas with a limited water supply due to there being a prolonged drought or developing countries with limited everything.
June 16th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
OMG the site’s finally back up and I can post what I wrote over two hours ago! *skips*
June 16th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
SlickWilly – I have manually activated your username (slickwilly) – you should be able to login and use it now.
chershey: sorry about the problems – the sysadmins are working on it.
June 16th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
BTW, jokes about Dick Cheney are *so* edgy and hip. . .
June 16th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Before I looked closer and read # 7 I thought it might be the same thing Steve Martin invented in the movie The Jerk.
June 16th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
I went looking for the terrier carrier and found this
…http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_may2001/CatCarrier.jpg, same premiss different bit.
June 16th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
I think the toilet seat lock one is used these days for baby proofing.
June 16th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Thanks, Jayfray. How’s about emailing me my password (when you get a free moment)? None of my usual passwords that I use for everything are working.
June 16th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Slick: I don’t have access to your password – you will need to email me (jamie at frater.com) with the password you want to use.
June 16th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
What’s wrong with no.7?
June 16th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Great List, some of these are only half stupid. The toilet lock is not such a bad idea, the drowning hazard mentioned by others. Also letting the “yellow mellow” saves a ton of water, again not such a bad idea. And not much different than the idiots I live with who never flush anyway. Now they have an excuse for sloth. “See mom, an invention to do what I do for free”
June 16th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
#7 is pure, unadulterated awesome.
June 16th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
#4 may give you a sore neck
June 16th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
MUMMY!!!! I WANT ONE!!!! I WANT ONE NOW!!!! I’M GUNNA HOLD MY BWEAF UNTIL YOU BUY ME ONE!!!! WAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Alright, resume normal transmission.
We all use recirculated water in our toilets (and for drinking, too). It just normally takes a lot longer than that for the water to pass through the water cycle.
Many Korean high school girls, and some of the boys, carry mirrors and spend way too much of each lesson looking at themselves. A few weeks ago I noticed one girl with her back to me, looking at me in her mirror. I suppose I should be flattered!
In the early 1900s, the head of the US Patent Office said something like: “Everything that can possibly be invented already has been”.
June 16th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
jfrater: in the updated faqs, under text styles, you have i=bold.
June 16th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
lol those were great. #10 might be for child safety or something
June 16th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Great list, as per usual. Makes me want to invent something bizarre (and stupid) and get a patent.
June 16th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Toilet locker is so babies don’t fall in.
June 16th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Even though I do where glasses, I’m pretty sure the whole ’seeing whats behind me’ thing would drive me crazy after a while.
June 16th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Call me lazy but boy there was many a time I could’ve used one of those Baby Patting machines. And yes, even now the boys are older it wouldn’t go amiss.
As for the Toilet Lid Lock – mmmm I see revenge the next time sometime has wee’d (sp?) on the seat and leaves it for me to clean. Lets see how long he can hold on next time before begging for mercy…hehe!
June 16th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Catriona: I don’t know what is meaner – wanting to use the smacking – oops, I mean patting – machine or the toilet lock!
June 16th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
I could only think of one fellow human that could benifit from Eyeglasses With Built-In Rear-View Mirrors, and it wasn’t Maxwell Smart…(what is this?! sortabliminal advertising for Get Smart, the movie: starring Steve Carrell as Maxwell, Anne Hathaway as Agent 99,
Dwayne Johnson (awe come’on!) as Agent 23, Alan Arkin as The Chief and our man, the great, Terence Stamp as Siegfried.)?
And who knew Mel Brooks and Buck Henry started the whole shabang? Awe Buck Henry. Who luvz yah baby?Oh, Don Adamns, the original. It doesn’t take much to picture his mannerisms and hear his voice from memory!
The guy who is currently walking backwards around the world. I forget his name…and maybe it was the U.S. and not The World, that he was walking backwards across/around?.. Or maybe it was just across the room to the bathroom and we all thought it was funny because we were all high and Gregorian chants were playing at 45rpm.
Although a quick search did come up with Anthony Thornton at 95.4 miles. and Plennie L. Wingo who walked backwards from Santa Monica, California to Istanbul, Turkey in 92
Num.1 is a gas, by the way.
June 16th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
heres an addition, The Club. The only people who used it were the one with the cars nobody wanted
June 16th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
By the way, snoring doesn’t kill people. It’s technically sleep apnea that can kill.
June 16th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
No one’s said anything about the electric pool cue yet…..
I love pool, and I’m epically bad at it (my former room-mate still likes to tell the stories). I would totally buy that.
Call me heartless, but I haven’t heard many stories about kids drowning in toilets, though from a convenience standpoint, I’ve heard many stories of kids throwing things/playing with toys in toilets, and if it’s annoying enough to the parents, the lock might be an idea.
June 16th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
I had a roommate with sleep apnea. It was scary to hear her breathe, or try to when it happened. And snoring can kill people. The person next to then will kill if sleep deprived.
HM.
June 16th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
I’ve always wanted number 7. Did not know such a thing existed.
And for number 10, it’s a safety mechanism to keep babies from crawling into the bathroom and drowning or perhaps to keep animals from drinking from the toilet.
June 16th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Hey, some of these are not actually bizarre or stupid. The rear-view mirror glasses could have some serious applications in the military. Maybe they could be modified to include night-vision and infra-red sensors. That would come handy in a combat situation.
The toilet lock is obviously useful for houses with kids and pets.
June 16th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Not exactly the same as #5, but years ago I knew a regular at a bar where I worked who had made his own pool cue complete with a red laser light that shone through a pinhole in the end of the stick, placing a small red dot on the cue ball where the stick would strike the ball. I’m not sure how useful such a device would be, as he was a good player with or without the laser, but I can recall him getting many, many offers to purchase the cue or to build another.
June 16th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Yeah number ten is for keep young children from open the toilet lid. If they were to fall in they could drown in the water or even having have the lid fall over on top the child can be dangerous. They also have similar locks for refrigerates to prevent children from open them. My parents put one on ours when me and my sisters were younger.
June 16th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
A hybrid of #3 #4 and #7 would be cool, just imagine the ultimate drunk hunter that could patch up any of his side kicks he accidently shot with his first aid hat.
(and no, that wasnt really supposed to be a dick cheney joke, every one besides the amercans them selve think the US is drunk 24/7)
thats how boring my day at work is, my imagination just shut down, i hate my job.
June 16th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
A hybrid of #3 #4 and #7 would be cool, just imagine the ultimate drunk hunter that could patch up any of his side kicks he accidently shot with his first aid hat.
(and no, that wasnt really supposed to be a dick cheney joke, every one besides the amercans them selve think the US is drunk 24/7)
thats how boring my day at work is, my imagination just shut down, i hate my job.
MPW – HI
Warnigdontreadthis- HI
June 16th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
F@#$KING SH@# COMPUTER, sorry guys, posted twice, this is the way my day has been going all day.
June 16th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Hi CRSN
in The US we think the Irish are drunk 24/7:)
June 16th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
MPW – Hey, no fair, i’m half irish and australian, i guess that means i’m drunk 48/14 *hicup* o_O I need a Beer, STAT.
June 16th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
im irish and italian. my grandma was 100% italian so im a forth
June 16th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
my partner is half italian – quart english – quart aboriginal
and we just had a baby, i wonder how many different passports for the different countries he could get, i know the english still dont like the irish too much because of the Irish Republican Army, but i think i can get around that from being an Irish catholic.
but then again, having aboriginal blood gets a coulpe of handy benefits in australia.
June 16th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
I like that the baby is on it’s belly, even though they say that is dangerous because babies can die from sleeping on their bellies.
June 17th, 2008 at 12:15 am
my friend’s dad had a pair of sunglasses that were wide and had a reflective coating on the inside so you can see behind you.
June 17th, 2008 at 12:44 am
CRSN: Hey, I’m actually too afraid to post commnets, someone might attack me cause they have to read all of them and mine might not interest them.
June 17th, 2008 at 12:47 am
Jfrater: Is the server problem fixed?
June 17th, 2008 at 12:56 am
Warningdontreadthis – i find that funny, sorry, but when you look at the list of top commenters, and your number three. i’ll try catch on to this convo later, i gotta take my son to the doctors for an appointment, then drive 2 hours home. catch ya on the other side (i havent stopped driving around for people for the last 5 days, thats why i havent been online)
June 17th, 2008 at 12:59 am
Ok good luck with your son.
June 17th, 2008 at 1:34 am
I wish some of these were made up.. Although at times I wish I had a normal looking hat with built in headphones that you can hear but others can’t.. like.. and a little pocket for a small MP3 player. Why the fuck shouldn’t I be able to listen to music at my shitty job? I usually did anyway by wearing a hood and just using earbuds, but that was difficult to pull off sometimes and impossible in the summer..
So.. yea. These are all stupid.
June 17th, 2008 at 5:56 am
The toilet seat lock was for all the rats. Rats would crawl up and in to the toilet to get into your home. We had one when living out in the country.
June 17th, 2008 at 6:03 am
What is the thing with being Irish? I’m in Northern Ireland and I am not proud.
June 17th, 2008 at 7:38 am
Thanks for calling #8 a “chaise longue” (French for “long chair”) instead of the commonly accepted nonsensical anglicization “chaise lounge” (French for “Americans are goofy”).
June 17th, 2008 at 7:47 am
the automatic pool cue improves your game by reducing arm motion. when most people draw their arm back to strike with the cue they move it to the side or up or down. this would prevent those unwanted movements.
June 17th, 2008 at 7:52 am
http://www.totallyabsurd.com/archive.htm
June 17th, 2008 at 7:57 am
A baby patting machine, how could it go wrong?
June 17th, 2008 at 9:25 am
The toilet lock is a good practical thing. We had to get one when our 1 year old son kept dropping things in the toilet and flushing them. You only have to take the toilet apart a couple of times – once to retrieve a pen, another time to get a cell phone before you realize that any way to keep that sucker closed is a good one. the lock we were able to find sucked and fell off many times before it finally broke. If she has a better one I would have bought it. Item #9 is probably meant for use in RV’s or other situations where the water supply is limited. I have seen a substantial number of serious bicycle riders use item #7 either with eye glasses or with goggles/sun glasses, since it doesn’t have a drag producing mirror on the bike, and you don’t have to move your head to see behind you – only shift your eyes.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:05 am
Number 7 FTW!
June 17th, 2008 at 10:07 am
I bet my boss would love a toilet lock, even though unlocking it every time one of the 16+ kidlets needed to go potty would be a pain. (Its a daycare.) She’s spent alot of $$$ to the rotor rooter people. It’s amazing how even a wad of paper towels going down can cause a septic backup.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:12 am
I could understand #4 if it was used during Prohibition
June 17th, 2008 at 10:49 am
we got one of the toilet-lid locks when our then-three-year-old son flushed “Bertie the Bus” (wooden Thomas the Tank Engine toy) down the toilet and cost us 80 bucks to get the thing out. However, the lock lasted only long enough for our dim-witted baby-sitter (she’s no longer our sitter) to wreck the lock and the stool’s lid when she couldn’t figure out how to open the thing.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:58 am
#10 could be used for child safety or if your dog knows how to lift the lid.
#4 is my favorite!
June 17th, 2008 at 11:46 am
Not having taken time to read the replies above, I apologize if anything I say below is repetitive of someone else’s comments:
On #10 – I’ve seen where this would have come in handy to keep my cousin’s oldest kid out of the toilet when he was a toddler… plumber expenses CERTAINLY would have been reduced, and many a toy and household item saved…
#9 – yah, ugh… agreed.
#8 – obviously the author is NOT a hunter and unaware of the value of a multi-purpose item of this nature. Having hauled many game animals out over rough dry terrain, and having sat on wet and/or snow-covered ground/logs/stumps/rocks over the years, I must say POOPOO to the author and kudos to the inventor here!
#7 – I don’t see where this is any worse than bike helmets with little mirrors on them… handy little items, that may actually prevent the rider from being hit by a car when intending to make a turn, etc. Pedestrians being passed by bikers/boarders/runners may very well have reason to be happy with the mirror on their glasses.
#5 – My great uncle would have loved something like this! he was paralyzed in one arm and had severe muscular degeneration in the other arm…loved his billiards… could not play a lick by the time he was 60 (what he would have given for such a cue!).
#3 – Apparently improved Dick’s aim, it did… LOL
#2 – gotta slap a DUH on the author here… location of the device is critical, as it detects vibrations (ever hear of a dog shock collar which helps teach the dogs to stop barking????). Come on, author!!!!! As for the value of the shock – maybe not great, as the snorer will probably not get a lot of sleep – though I suspect the shock is very slight (not a cattle prod!). I just give my wife a foot nudge now and again when her snoring keeps me awake.
#1 – I was thinking an ‘idiot slapper’ for people who come up with really lame alternate uses for already-lame ideas. Hmmmmm…..
June 18th, 2008 at 1:38 am
The first one exists. I know, because I had one on my toilet. It’s to childproof your toilet, but it sucked because you halfway sat on it. I did it because my son had a habit of throwing books in the toilet, but it’s for real!!
June 18th, 2008 at 9:45 am
#7 is easy enough to obtain. They’ve been around for a while. Great for cycling. Love the idiot slapper. You should patent that one immediately.
June 18th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
fluid operated zipper hmm, so can you get charged with indecent exposure if it begins to rain?
June 18th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
My parents used the good ol “back-hand” lock to keep me from flushing stuff down the toilet…saved alot of money. as for #8 it is used alot down here in arkansas, some even have cup holders.
June 18th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
I’m guessing the toilet lock is to keep babies from drowning themselves.
June 18th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
The toilet lid lock is being produced and it is a safety device for little kids. It could be a shock for many people but a lot os small kids drown and die in the toilet.
June 18th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Only to complete and prove my last comment here:
http://www.safeandsecurebaby.com/Lid-Lok-Toilet-Lock-by-Mommys-Helper-pr-51.html
June 19th, 2008 at 9:56 am
I don’t think number one is for lazy parents. Have you ever had to tap a baby’s butt for hours? It gets extremely tiring.
June 19th, 2008 at 11:20 am
Amanda, I found that burping the babies did a lot more to ease their suffering and crying fits than patting their butts for hours.
June 19th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
I’m still waiting to see eyeglasses with built-in wipers for rainy days…
June 20th, 2008 at 9:09 am
JayArr: that would have worked for my son, but my daughter… just likes having her butt patted. She just turned three on Wednesday, and she still likes having her butt patted. I find it quite odd, but, what am I going to do?
June 21st, 2008 at 12:52 am
Caint use none of them except #3 for chicken huntin and #4 to store other hunting needs
June 23rd, 2008 at 12:06 am
The baby patter is kinda cool though! I guess I could tie my worst enemy on that contraption and speed up the patter.
June 28th, 2008 at 5:23 am
Trust me, after your 2 year old has put a truck down the toilet and it is backing up at an alarming rate so the only solution is to put on a rubber glove and go in there, you’ll think patent #1 is genius.
June 30th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
# 1 kicks ass (literally) I want one to add to my collection of torture devices
July 4th, 2008 at 4:53 am
woof! fun list Jamie!
list idea for you: the ten coolest stoner comedies
yay!
July 14th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
The toilet lock is so small children don’t open the toilet and play in the water
July 25th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
obviously the toilet lid lock would be for children or dogs.
Its not that crazy of an idea. I’ve babysat children keen on playing in the toilet. Which is disgusting.
September 17th, 2008 at 8:53 am
“Its not that crazy of an idea. I’ve babysat children keen on playing in the toilet. Which is disgusting.”
Your right it is disgusting… especially if you have number 9 ( the re circulating toilet) installed in your bathroom withouth the lock!!!
November 4th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
I actually own a pair of those glasses. They’re sun glasses with reflective surface on the sides for scoping out nice bums as you walk past. They,re made by a 90s toy company called spy tech.
January 31st, 2009 at 5:23 pm
10. Cruel
9. Gross, but useful when the water supplies are low.
8. May appeal to a certain group of people.
7. Practical? Maybe?
6. Don’t see the point.
5. Useless.
4. Seems practical.
3. Recipe for trouble.
2. Suitable for a torture device.
1. Just like numbers 1&2
February 11th, 2009 at 11:55 am
Number 10 has probably been invented so as small animals (kittens for instance) don’t fall into the crapper and drown… hence a lock!!!
February 11th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
well, i actually happen to own a #10. of course it was invented by a woman, though, because it’s used for baby-proofing.
March 8th, 2009 at 12:01 am
This is nice. Thank you
April 5th, 2009 at 5:01 am
#1 does exist. It’s for parents that worry about their children so much, they think they might drown in the toilet.
April 16th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
yes…i agree with like…EVERY POSTER lol who made comments on the lid lock. it was invented by a woman bc in 1968 women were still the sole caretaker of their children. the husband would arrive home in the evening and expect a clean house with dinner. so…yeah…she kinda needed to make double sure that a child wasn’t gonna get thirsty and drink from the toilet and instead drown.
May 5th, 2009 at 10:36 am
i think that some of this is sick like the p
May 15th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
the toilet seat lock is to stop babies and animals drinking toilet water…. not so dum now, is it?
August 18th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Hi, that was a great read
The Baby Patting Machine would be great right now, might keep my little on asleep and give me a couple more hours in bed lol
baby cot bed
October 11th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
The toilet lock is excellant for those of us with young children who love to flush unflushables. When our children were quite young we removed the toilet a few times one year to remove toys, brushes and socks.(no they were not that poorly supervised… 3 kids and one mom – the odds of missing such a incident = high) It has been reported that toddlers have drowned in toilets. In long term care facilities (nursing homes) we will sometimes shut off the water to toilets so we can control what is flushed.
All other patents… quite bizzare