# Sure! Now you invent it. (Dang it, this always happens to me)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-now-you-invent-it-dang-it-this-always-happens-to-me/844738>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 12, 2019, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-now-you-invent-it-dang-it-this-always-happens-to-me/844738 "2019-12-12T05:54:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-now-you-invent-it-dang-it-this-always-happens-to-me/844738/21 "2019-12-13T00:04:32Z")

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There’s a reason right there to want, no! NEED balls o’ ice.

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**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-now-you-invent-it-dang-it-this-always-happens-to-me/844738/22 "2019-12-13T00:34:10Z")

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I feel the pain expressed in the OP. Right _ **after** _ I bought a new car, they started adding blind-spot sensors and back-up cameras, and adding extra ethanol to gasoline.

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**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-now-you-invent-it-dang-it-this-always-happens-to-me/844738/23 "2019-12-13T01:29:09Z")

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Dear Mister Wrekker,

Please, for the love of all that is holy (deer, elk, moose, caribou?), please buy a spherical ice shape maker for Bekkers for Christmas!  
~VOW

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-now-you-invent-it-dang-it-this-always-happens-to-me/844738/24 "2019-12-13T08:14:22Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> Peepsicles.

Briilliant! 😃

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-now-you-invent-it-dang-it-this-always-happens-to-me/844738/25 "2019-12-13T20:15:50Z")

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> [@VOW](#):
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> Dear Mister Wrekker,
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> Please, for the love of all that is holy (deer, elk, moose, caribou?), please buy a spherical ice shape maker for Bekkers for Christmas!  
> ~VOW

~VOW, tip off Santa when you see him, please!

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