# Favorite Crazy Inventions?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-crazy-inventions/530211>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 24, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-crazy-inventions/530211 "2010-02-24T02:16:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-crazy-inventions/530211/21 "2010-02-25T00:50:36Z")

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An asymmetrical airplane, the [Blohm Voss BV 141](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blohm_%26_Voss_BV_141). Despite it’s appearance, it was actually perfectly stable- the asymmetry of the design was balanced out by the torque of the single engine.

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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-crazy-inventions/530211/22 "2010-02-25T00:59:16Z")

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> [@ralph124c](#):
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> This (Google it) is a really nifty machine. It will work even if unplugged from the power source. It will also work if the vacuum tubes in it are burned out (I don’t know if a transitor version was ever made).  
> What does it do? It detects “eloptic” radiation.  
> Don’t ask me what that is!

Sounds like the electronic version of homeopathy- it “learns” what it’s supposed to do! 😛

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-crazy-inventions/530211/23 "2010-02-25T03:24:46Z")

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[The Cat Genie,](http://www.catgenie.com/) a $300 cat toilet. Although, I have to admit, cat owners seem to like it, and anything that allows you to not handle cat waste has to be a good thing.

The [beer hat](http://www.beingjongraves.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/beerhelmet.jpg). Do people actually buy these, other than as a gag?

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**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-crazy-inventions/530211/24 "2010-02-25T04:26:43Z")

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Blast! Pykrete was already mentioned.

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