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10 Jul 2013, 2:39 pm

http://list25.com/25-most-useless-inventions-ever/


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10 Jul 2013, 6:45 pm

:lmao:



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10 Jul 2013, 6:51 pm

Is one of them the "salad shooter"?

Darn!



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10 Jul 2013, 7:29 pm

does the pet rock qualify as an invention?



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10 Jul 2013, 7:46 pm

Are 1 and 3 even real?

Diet water. calories in regular water?
What would a DVD rewinder even do?



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10 Jul 2013, 8:08 pm

ghoti wrote:
Are 1 and 3 even real?

Diet water. calories in regular water?
What would a DVD rewinder even do?

they are both conversations pieces, as would be this-
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11 Jul 2013, 8:13 am

I've actually thought of a couple of those myself--like the full-body umbrella.

My garlic press is pretty useless, unless you have hands of steel. I have hands of warm butter.


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11 Jul 2013, 5:05 pm

And they didnt even mention the screen door equipped submarine.



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11 Jul 2013, 6:53 pm

How about hand sanitizer?


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11 Jul 2013, 7:08 pm

AnonymousAnonymous wrote:
How about hand sanitizer?

a lot of hospitals would beg to differ on this.



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11 Jul 2013, 7:41 pm

I agree with auntblabby's assessment of the pet rock.

http://www.mclol.com/funny-articles/most-useless-inventions-ever/ There's also these jewels...


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11 Jul 2013, 7:50 pm

I would totally wear that sweatshirt. However, I don't think my bf would be happy about being stuck in the girls side, or in the shirt at all for that matter.


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11 Jul 2013, 8:11 pm

You just know the Steering Wheel Tray will come with a warning not to use it while driving.



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11 Jul 2013, 8:15 pm

WerewolfPoet wrote:
I agree with auntblabby's assessment of the pet rock.

http://www.mclol.com/funny-articles/most-useless-inventions-ever/ There's also these jewels...

the merkin takes the cake :lol:



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12 Jul 2013, 11:40 am

auntblabby wrote:
AnonymousAnonymous wrote:
How about hand sanitizer?

a lot of hospitals would beg to differ on this.


Hand sanitizers have their place, but I think that 'antibacterial soap' is WORSE than useless. And its hard to find liquid soap that is NOT antibacterial ( which is what I prefer).

Humans dont need to have thier hands sanitzed constantly (we all wouldve died out millions of years ago if we were that fragile).

And such stuff probably speeds up bacteria evolving resistence to medicine we do need to fight bacteria. So not only are they useless- they are probably actually dangerous in the long run.



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13 Jul 2013, 5:26 pm

Does anyone remember the game The Inventors? It had 'invention cards' for things like eyeglasses for chickens, an alarm clock that threw you out of bed, an automatic hat-tipper, and a parachute hat, among others. I think most of them would have qualified for this thread.