06 February 2006

INVENTION CONVENTION!!!

The other day I was pondering deep subjects...most relating to recent discoveries like Clorox's new Bathroom Cleaner with Teflon (to keep your toilet from staining...great invention for boy bathrooms everywhere) and then I was smacked in the head with an idea. Hurts like an American Idol contestant. Why not coat cars with teflon?


The pros would be that things that currently stick to your car- i.e. dirt, salt, ice, bird droppings, etc-would no longer plague you with the urgent need to scrub your car in the 15 minutes before you meet the CO for service.

The cons would be that all cars would drive around in that uniform teflon color (unless someone invents colored teflon!!! IDEA!!!). Con number two, we'd put all the car washes out of business. And then where would Jim Croce be? No more Workin' at the Car Wash Blues, that's what. Further, our children's children's children will not learn the character-building art of covering an entire minivan with hot soapy water and hosing it down (along with other various family members) until the crisp cherry black color sparkles in the hot afternoon sun.

But it seems I'm not the first to think of it...in fact I'm quite a few years late. See here. Apparently the teflon coating would also assist in keeping your breakfast eggs from sticking to the "BONNET" (hood) of the car...that is if you've got yourself one of them Kitchen-in-a-Car-mobiles.

So much for original ideas! Nevertheless the inventors streak is in my blood...it's engrained in my DNA next to the strand for biting my fingernails. When I was in 5th grade (which means I was 10/11 yrs old) we had what is known as the INVENTION CONVENTION at Cottonwood Elementary School. Of course some kid who came up with a toilet seat warmer that ran hotwater thru tubes around the toilet seat won the prize BUT CHARLIE I WAS A CONTENDER!!

My invention was a motley mess of metal that tried to resemble an instrument for older and disabled people to sweep their floors without having to bend over. It was a Special Sweeper...I wish I could find that old invention journal to show you the diagrams. We'd have a laugh.

Now the Superbowl is over...Steelers stole the game...literally! I mean that "touchdown" in the second quarter by the Steelers was by no means fair...he knew he was cheating when he pulled that pigskin from under his body onto the yellow endzone. That Ref should be ashamed of himself for having not overturned the decision. It was wrong. But Seattle maintained their dignity and they fought a hard fight this year (not that I knew anything about it before last night). YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HAWWWWW FOR SEATTLE!!!

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