# Inventions That Are Long Overdue **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 14, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-are-long-overdue/928032 "2020-12-14T16:25:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-are-long-overdue/928032/122 "2020-12-18T02:29:17Z")
I guess mine would go under medical devices. Some sort of guide ( funnel) that could be used to help a man with Peyronies disease guide his penis into the vagina. Should be as unobtrusive and easy to handle as possible and removable once entry was made… ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-are-long-overdue/928032/123 "2020-12-18T04:26:19Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > I want a machine that will do something with those leftover slivers of bar soap. I have a thing for that. It is a mesh bag you put the bar of soap into. The mesh is nice and scrubby, like some kind of exfoliator, and when the bar gets small, you just put a full one in, thus easily being able to use the rest of the sliver alongside the new bar. Perhaps a bit low-tech, but very effective. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-are-long-overdue/928032/124 "2020-12-18T14:42:22Z")
I do take care of my teeth. I have some old 70’s era fillings from when I was a kid that are now breaking and/or need to be replaced. The drilling itself doesn’t bother me at all. It’s the injection that is painful. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-are-long-overdue/928032/125 "2020-12-18T15:00:06Z")
Duluth Trading sells one of those. [Soap on a Rope](https://www.duluthtrading.com/big-ass-tactical-soap-on-a-rope-36213.html?cgid=duluth-gear-apothecary-body#start=13&cgid=duluth-gear-apothecary-body) ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-are-long-overdue/928032/126 "2020-12-18T15:02:00Z")
Your dentist should be applying a topical agent to the injection site before starting. I’ve had many shots in the guns and never any pain. A feeling of some pressure, but no pain. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-are-long-overdue/928032/127 "2020-12-18T15:07:45Z")
[Here’s one](https://www.amazon.com/Cumberland-Concepts-201-Smart-Funnel/dp/B000THCY3U/ref=sr_1_5?crid=2M3JD0YE3T4YN&dchild=1&keywords=bottle+to+bottle+transfer+funnel&qid=1608303906&sprefix=bottle+to+bottle+transfer+funnel%2Caps%2C266&sr=8-5) [And another](https://www.amazon.com/Lotion-Bottle-Saver-Connecter-Coupler/dp/B017I6V3QI/ref=sr_1_7?crid=2M3JD0YE3T4YN&dchild=1&keywords=bottle+to+bottle+transfer+funnel&qid=1608303989&sprefix=bottle+to+bottle+transfer+funnel%2Caps%2C266&sr=8-7) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-are-long-overdue/928032/128 "2020-12-18T15:09:46Z")
The first one is twelve bucks while the second is $13.49. Just how expensive is the liquid soap that saving the tiny little bit at the bottom is worth spending that much on a gizmo to transfer it? ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-are-long-overdue/928032/129 "2020-12-18T15:21:09Z")
I suppose it depends on how easily you’re annoyed. We find that most often the nearly empty bottle can be carefully balanced on top of the fuller one so the fluid can move. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-are-long-overdue/928032/130 "2020-12-18T15:25:38Z")
[This](https://www.oxo.com/categories/cleaning-organization/bathroom/soap-dispenser-white.html) is what I have in the bathroom to dispense liquid hand soap at the sink. Once you unscrew the top, it’s got a nice wide opening that makes it easy to fill from the big Softsoap refill bottle. And when the refill bottle is nearly empty, I just leave it balanced on top for a few hours to get out the last little bits. I just did that last night in fact. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-are-long-overdue/928032/131 "2020-12-18T17:06:18Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > I want a machine that will do something with those leftover slivers of bar soap. I always just stick the sliver of old soap to the new bar of soap. Surely I’m not the only one who does that; I thought that was a common thing to do? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-are-long-overdue/928032/132 "2020-12-18T17:15:05Z")
Thanks. Balancing often works, but some of the bottles seem to have a slight irregularity at the top that makes balancing impossible (or for thicker liquid soaps, enough has accumulated on the sides of the bottle in an unbalanced way that makes balancing difficult. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-are-long-overdue/928032/133 "2020-12-18T17:28:18Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > the last 15-20% 15-20% sounds to me like a slight exageration; what I do with the last bit is either - refill it (the usual thing I do) or - dilute it with added water, shake it carefully, so it does not foam too much and use it for one last wash. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-are-long-overdue/928032/134 "2020-12-18T17:29:45Z")
We have two slightly fancier ones in our guest bathrooms. In the master and half bath we just use the small ones Softsoap is sold in. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-are-long-overdue/928032/135 "2020-12-18T17:55:10Z")
I’m frugal as anything, but a bar of soap costs like $1 if you buy a dozen or more, and lasts something like a month. When it gets too tiny I toss out the sliver and open a new bar. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-are-long-overdue/928032/136 "2020-12-18T18:19:14Z")
Hey, I am Scottish-ish, when I eat an egg over-easy, i pop the entire yolk in my mouth so that it does not get all over the plate, so that I get all of it. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-are-long-overdue/928032/137 "2020-12-18T18:25:27Z")
But that yolk is something that you derive pleasure from. _I’m_ deriving pleasure from not dealing with a tiny sliver of soap worth a nickel (if that) when trying to shower. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-are-long-overdue/928032/138 "2020-12-18T18:27:44Z")
I agree. I also hate when people water down the liquid hand soap to use up the last little bit. My mother does this, and when I squirt the soap in my hands, the watery stuff just dribbles away. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-are-long-overdue/928032/139 "2020-12-18T19:24:38Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > I always just stick the sliver of old soap to the new bar of soap. Surely I’m not the only one who does that; I thought that was a common thing to do? Yes, I have tried this, but it doesn’t always work for me. I’ll mash the sliver into the new bar while they’re both wet and soft, but the sliver falls off later when the soap dries out. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-are-long-overdue/928032/140 "2020-12-18T20:04:55Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Hey, I am Scottish-ish, when I eat an egg over-easy, i pop the entire yolk in my mouth so that it does not get all over the plate, so that I get all of it. I mop it up with my toast or hash browns ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-are-long-overdue/928032/141 "2020-12-18T20:33:08Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > I mop it up with my toast or hash browns I hope you’re not talking about soap. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-are-long-overdue/928032.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-are-long-overdue/928032.md?page=8)