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you might fancy yourself as the next big
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inventor whose groundbreaking creations
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change
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lives but some ideas are probably best
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kept private
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to patent an invention it needs to meet
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three key criteria first
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it's gotta be novel inventive and most
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importantly
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useful with that in mind i'm not sure
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how any of these ridiculous patents
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ever made the cut
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the greenhouse helmet do you wish you
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could surround yourself with plants
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all the time well look no further than
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the greenhouse helmet which brings the
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great outdoors to you
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the application for this green fingered
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invention was filed in 1985 by
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valdemar and guitar and it's not just a
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super chic fashion accessory for plant
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loving hipsters
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as you can see here the greenhouse
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helmet is basically comprised of an
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anti-fog treated transparent dome which
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could be fitted over your head
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complete with displaced shells for small
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plants so you can take a much needed
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walk in nature
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anywhere at any time according to the
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patent the plants would soak up the
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carbon dioxide exhaled by the wear
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supplying you with the finest oxygen
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money can buy in return
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but that's not all because the helmet is
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also complete with a two-way intercom
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system
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which lets you communicate with friends
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in the outside world from inside your
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own personal plant bubble
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honestly i'm not convinced that running
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around with cacti balance so
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precariously close to your face is a
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great idea
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it's no wonder this didn't catch on
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the daddle if there's one thing kids
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love and parents loathe
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it's piggybacks especially when your
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once tiny tot has exceeded the
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comfortable weight limit for being
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carried around
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fear not weary parents because wannabe
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inventor paul r
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harris has just the thing for you the
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daddy saddle
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aka the daddle according to harris on
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the existing child carrying
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paraphernalia like special backpacks and
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sling-like scarves only accounted for
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young babies
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as a consequence carrying a fully grown
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sprog around is only likely to result in
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horrifying injuries like back sprain and
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buckled legs
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the solution is simple just strap this
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pimped up belt around your waist fit
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your child's feet into the tiny stirrups
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and you're good to go cowboy
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thanks to the daddle you can now walk
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around with your standing child wrapped
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around your neck like some parasitic
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sloth with no worries about injuring
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yourself in the process
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as far as i'm concerned if your child is
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large enough to knead the daniel in the
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first place
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then surely they could just walk instead
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the spinning birthing table childbirth
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is a laborious process
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but back in the day pregnant women were
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subject to all sorts of harebrained
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ideas to try and speed it up a little
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one of the most ridiculous not to
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mention terrifying inventions patented
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for assisting childbirth is the spinning
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birthing table
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which was filed in november 1965 by
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mining engineer
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george plonsky and his wife charlotte
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and yes
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this idea really was as horrifying as
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the official patent diagram makes it
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look
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basically the pregnant woman would be
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firmly strapped onto this massive
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concrete base which would then be
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rotated
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at immense speeds to induce centrifugal
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force with the poor mother now screaming
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and vomiting profusely from sheer nausea
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the immense outward spinning force would
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eventually be enough
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to ease the baby's passage which seems
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like quite an understatement
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what's worse the poor woman would
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undergo this torture in complete
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isolation
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because no midwife would be able to
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whirl around the table fast enough
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thankfully the blonskis had thought of
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that too so the device included a
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special net to catch the baby in
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which is about as close to a slam dunk
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as a birth can get
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it should come as no surprise to you
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that this invention didn't come to pass
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and the blonskies never had any children
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of their own
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the crispy cereal server the best kind
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of inventions are the ones that solve
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universal problems
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and the crispy cereal server is no
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exception ever since
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john harvey kellogg created the humble
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cornflake back in 1878
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breakfast enthusiasts all over the world
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have suffered in silence thanks to one
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simple problem
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soggy cereal thankfully in 1990 davis
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alton filed an application for a patent
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that would provide some light at the end
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of the tunnel
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the crispy cereal server comprised of
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two bowls working perfectly in tandem
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one large lower bowl filled with milk
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and a smaller
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upper bowl housing dry crispy cereal to
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ensure a satisfying crunch with
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every mouthful measured portions of
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cereal could be routinely sent down the
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connecting
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chute where they would plop into the
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milk providing you with the perfect
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mouthful every time
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there you have it a simple solution that
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would eliminate your fear of eating
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spoonfuls of soggy mush by keeping your
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cereal
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literally high and dry it's a real shame
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this invention never hit the shelves if
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you ask me
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high five apparatus do you hate being
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left hanging after initiating a high
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five
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worry no more my friend with the
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ingenious high five apparatus you'll
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never have to face the shame of an
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unreciprocated palm to palm celebration
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again
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this nifty device was thought up by
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albert cohen in 1993
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and it's exactly what it looks like a
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dismembered mechanical arm that is
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guaranteed to make you look like the
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loneliest person around
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to receive an artificial high five all
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you need to do is position the arm at
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the desired height
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and wait for the spring-activated elbow
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joint to send the upper arm and hand
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flying in your direction cohen firmly
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believed that his nifty invention had a
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whole host of positive uses
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besides the apparatus providing what he
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described as a convenient outlet for the
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release of excitement
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even when no one else is around
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apparently spending some quality time
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with the high five apparatus could also
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improve hand-eye coordination
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as well as enhancing a person's jumping
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skills by mounting the arm above eye
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level
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i guess the only drawback is the
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practicalities of carrying a life-size
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mechanical arm around
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with you leaf gathering trousers
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gardening can be a real chore especially
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in the fall when your precious lawn is
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littered by fallen leaves
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sure you could grab a rake or even
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better a leaf blower
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to clear up the debris but where's the
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fun in that introducing
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leaf gathering trousers a wearable
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alternative to guard maintenance that's
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sure to be a blast
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every time the inventor of this bizarre
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invention
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paul frederick kennear who filed the
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patent in 2002
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described the humble rank as a
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cumbersome and strenuous tool that only
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provided a one-way ticket to strain
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backs and blistered hands
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his ingenious solution is basically a
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pair of zip on flexible tubes that fit
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easily
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over your own pant legs with a flexible
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net fastened between them
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the idea is that you just slip these
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puppies on and take a leisurely stroll
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around your garden as you accumulate an
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ever growing pile of fallen leaves in
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the process
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you may end up waddling around like a
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penguin but you've just gotta power
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through
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are you a hardcore gardener or what
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automatic pet petter pets play a big
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part in many people's lives
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and if cats and dogs around the world
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had it their way us humans would be able
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to hang out with them all the time
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the harsh reality is that most of us
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have places to be and people to see
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and that makes being with your furry
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companion around the clock an
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impossible task that is until anthony
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steffen filed a patent for the automatic
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pet petter
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in 2006 this life-saving device would
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basically act as a stand-in for genuine
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human interaction by providing canines
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and felines alike
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with a much needed supply of strokes
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whenever you're not around
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the device is pretty simple the animal
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controls the petting by stepping onto a
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motion activated platform which in turn
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controls an artificial stroking hand
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to further the illusion that you're
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really in the room and not just a
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stuffed glove on a stick
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the automatic pet petter also allows
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owners to leave a recording which will
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play during the petting
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so if you return home to find your dog
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has turned into a total narcissist after
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hearing the phrase good boy a thousand
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times a day
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you've only got yourself to blame
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unsurprisingly this is another patent
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which didn't come to fruition
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there's just nothing like the real thing
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the rocking bathtub for most people
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taking a bath is an opportunity to relax
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and unwind
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but consider this what if the bathtub
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wildly oscillated back and forth like a
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rocking chair instead it sounds like
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total madness yes
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but this was actually a pretty
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attractive idea in the 19th century when
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the victorians became fixated with the
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potential health benefits of so-called
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hydrotherapy
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apparently simulating the sensation of
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ocean waves was thought to magically
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cure a whole range of ailments
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which is precisely why american inventor
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otto a hensel
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filed a patent for this rocking bathtub
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in 1899.
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it was just like a normal bathtub except
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fixed to a metal frame that would
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suspend it slightly off the ground
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allowing it to rock back and forth
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oh and it was also draped in a massive
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covering that would be worn up to the
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bather's neck to stop the water from
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splashing out all over the floor
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that's right you could feel the benefits
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of cutting edge while simultaneously
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looking utterly absurd in your own home
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sadly the whole hydrotherapy thing had
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mostly fallen out of fashion by the turn
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of the 20th century
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so the rocking bathtub never took off
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just imagine what could have been
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the double bicycle humans often dream
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about doing things that are beyond their
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capabilities
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like flying or performing a loop the
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loop on a bicycle but according to
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german inventor carl lang
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who filed this patent in 1905 nothing is
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impossible
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what looks like a horrific accident just
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waiting to happen
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consists of an ordinary bicycle that is
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attached to an identical
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upside down bicycle by the handlebars
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and another tube that extended from the
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back of the seat
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the floating bicycle was also fitted
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with a cushioned apparatus that would
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rest on the rider's back to prevent them
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from being crushed under its weight
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seems totally safe right the patent
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doesn't go into a whole lot of practical
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detail
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but the gist is that if you somehow
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approach this specific loop cycling
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upside down
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you'll emerge at the end the right way
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up making you the envy of all your
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friends
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it's safe to say the invention was never
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put into practice mostly because one can
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assume it's totally unworkable
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apparently the double bicycle was
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created with circus performers in mind
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but the reality is that not even the
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most skilled cyclists would be able to
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make this thing work
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sometimes gravity can be such a bore
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flaming trumpet according to inventor
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pat vitus
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who filed this next patent in 1979
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traditional musical performances are
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always much better when they're
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accompanied by
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outlandish special effects so it made
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total sense to combine those two
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things by inventing a total health and
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safety nightmare the trumpet
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flamethrower
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believe it or not this is exactly what
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it sounds like a trumpet which emits a
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deadly plume of flame while the musician
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is playing to a crowd
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while singing their eyebrows off in the
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process i guess
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according to the patent the intensity
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and duration of the flame emitted by the
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instrument can be easily controlled by
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the musician by activating valves that
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control the amount of butane gas
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emanating from a cartridge mounted on
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the trumpet
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the gas in question is directed through
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the tubing of the instrument so that it
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billows from the flared end of the
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trumpet
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where it's then ignited by a sparking
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flint coming into contact with a tiny
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rotating wheel
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also operated by the musician i don't
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know about you
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but this doesn't sound like the smartest
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idea to me
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anyone playing this thing would surely
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be one unfortunate sneeze away from
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accidentally burning the entire theater
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down
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i guess that's one way to add some extra
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flair to your jazz performance the
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gerbil vest
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why should it be the case that dog
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owners get to take their pets almost
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everywhere they go
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but when i take my gerbil to the local
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walmart i get disapproving glares
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thanks to bryce bellis 1997 patent for
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the gerbil vest you no longer have to
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worry about being ostracized for
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bringing your hamsters gerbils or guinea
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pigs out in public
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as you can see in this patent diagram
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the design is pretty simple
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it's basically just a souped-up life
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vest but with plastic tubing that wraps
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around the body all leading into two
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small habitat chambers that can be
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fastened together like a belt
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forget stuffing your pet mouse in your
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pocket and shame you can now proudly
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present your pets to spectators as they
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scuttle about those tubes like little
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kids in a mcdonald's play area
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rodent lovers can rejoice at the
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prospect of jogging with your gerbil
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rolling up to a party with your rats and
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watching the ladies check out your
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chinchilla
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which is an unfortunate euphemism
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although the patent does warn wares to
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avoid risk of crushing a pet by avoiding
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collisions or falls
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the vest never made it into production
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for obvious reasons
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so there you have it some of the most
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ridiculous things people have ever
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patented
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fortunately for us these doe-brain
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devices aren't available in all or any
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stores
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but do you reckon any of these are
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actually good ideas
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let me know in the comments below and
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thanks for watching
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