# That really dumb idea...that you are secretly afraid would sell like hotcakes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 14, 2025, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-really-dumb-idea-that-you-are-secretly-afraid-would-sell-like-hotcakes/1023954 "2025-10-14T06:44:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-really-dumb-idea-that-you-are-secretly-afraid-would-sell-like-hotcakes/1023954/121 "2026-02-07T21:36:41Z")
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**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-really-dumb-idea-that-you-are-secretly-afraid-would-sell-like-hotcakes/1023954/122 "2026-02-08T08:36:43Z")
My cat sleeps in a cat bed. Well, actually, she lives most of her life in the bed, which looks like [this](https://www.google.com/imgres?q=cat%20beds&imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fm.media-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F81Ave76DWoL._AC_UF1000%2C1000_QL80_.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.ae%2FPETMAKER-Enclosed-Covered-Removable-13X12X12%2Fdp%2FB0776Y9CGY&docid=XfpfSArOJtQvqM&tbnid=kPBFBe3hv26GeM&vet=12ahUKEwjgv5zGvsmSAxW5UkEAHeONGO4QnPAOegQIMhAA..i&w=1000&h=1000&hcb=2&itg=1&ved=2ahUKEwjgv5zGvsmSAxW5UkEAHeONGO4QnPAOegQIMhAA) Since it is basically her house, I joked once that I should put a little mailbox on it. And then I realized…I could be rich!!! Make a cat bed in the shape of a house, with a brick pattern on the sides and a sloped roof with a pattern of shingles, a little fake chimney. Make the entrance a door-shaped opening, with a mailbox alongside it, with a space to write the cat’s name and address Bingo!..cute, right??? I wand ould make millions!!! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-really-dumb-idea-that-you-are-secretly-afraid-would-sell-like-hotcakes/1023954/123 "2026-02-08T12:14:03Z")
That’s a good idea. I want some way to keep my tee-shirts tucked in. Has anyone come up with a solution. It drives me nuts. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-really-dumb-idea-that-you-are-secretly-afraid-would-sell-like-hotcakes/1023954/124 "2026-02-08T13:15:25Z")
1. Laundromat/psychotherapy office. Wash cycle is timed to the therapy session. During the dry cycle, you write tearfully in your journal. 2. A bed snorkel, so you can keep warm by having the covers over your head but still breathe fresh air. (I invented this when I was 7 and did try some prototypes, such as paper towel tubes.) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-really-dumb-idea-that-you-are-secretly-afraid-would-sell-like-hotcakes/1023954/125 "2026-02-08T13:25:39Z")
> [@susan](#): > > A bed snorkel, so you can keep warm by having the covers over your head but still breathe fresh air. (I invented this when I was 7 and did try some prototypes, such as paper towel tubes.) So did [Gary Larson](https://imgur.com/gallery/monster-snorkel-is-real-far-side-k8r2kF4). ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-really-dumb-idea-that-you-are-secretly-afraid-would-sell-like-hotcakes/1023954/126 "2026-02-08T13:27:07Z")
I’d love to have a true microwave oven (not a hot plate in an insulated bag) that operates from a typical car power outlet (12 VDC). You can get microwave ovens intended for use in RVs or other vehicles, but they usually require higher DC voltages or direct connection to the batteries. I’m thinking of a plain unit that will hold a hamburger or two and draws about 150 watts. It would also be nice if it loaded from the top. I really want to just warm things up (coffee, sandwich, burger, etc.) and I don’t care if it takes a little longer. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-really-dumb-idea-that-you-are-secretly-afraid-would-sell-like-hotcakes/1023954/127 "2026-02-08T15:17:58Z")
> [@susan](#): > > Laundromat/psychotherapy office. Wash cycle is timed to the therapy session. During the dry cycle, you write tearfully in your journal. I think this would be a hit in New York City. ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-really-dumb-idea-that-you-are-secretly-afraid-would-sell-like-hotcakes/1023954/128 "2026-02-08T15:26:38Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > Then this idea hit me. In the logging regions like where I live, restaurants should serve sausages to children in little toy logging trucks. And at the register, burn ointment for customers who stirred their coffee with their thumbs. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-really-dumb-idea-that-you-are-secretly-afraid-would-sell-like-hotcakes/1023954/129 "2026-02-08T16:31:47Z")
Yes, but I was decades ahead of him! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-really-dumb-idea-that-you-are-secretly-afraid-would-sell-like-hotcakes/1023954/130 "2026-02-08T19:51:01Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > That’s a good idea. > > I want some way to keep my tee-shirts tucked in. Has anyone come up with a solution. It drives me nuts. This is the standard answer for men’s dress shirts for the last 50+ years. No reason it won’t work equally well for t-shirts. **[Amazon.com : shirt-stays](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=shirt-stays)** ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-really-dumb-idea-that-you-are-secretly-afraid-would-sell-like-hotcakes/1023954/131 "2026-02-08T20:14:33Z")
Late add: I wore them for decades at work. IME the kind that go around the upper leg are much easier to deal with than the ones that are stirrups under your feet. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-really-dumb-idea-that-you-are-secretly-afraid-would-sell-like-hotcakes/1023954/132 "2026-02-08T20:30:27Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > This is the standard answer for men’s dress shirts for the last 50+ years. No reason it won’t work equally well for t-shirts. **[Amazon.com : shirt-stays](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=shirt-stays)** Never had that problem, and never knew that contraptions like that existed. I’m sure there’s a kink about them, rule 34 and all that… ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-really-dumb-idea-that-you-are-secretly-afraid-would-sell-like-hotcakes/1023954/133 "2026-02-08T21:37:08Z")
_ **Pepperoni Peak** _, the cliff-top pizza joint where your meal is priced in vertical feet. _Burn it, Earn it, Eat it!_ Patrons wheeze their way toward glory. The premise: you must rock-climb and burn off enough calories to earn slices in pure sweat equity. Small pizza: ~1200–1500 calories Vertical feet required: ~150–200 Physics says: Potential energy = mgh, so yes—your mass matters. Stupid, dangerous, wildly impractical… and guaranteed to sell like hotcakes. [![](https://i.imgur.com/6RuegBH.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/6RuegBH.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-really-dumb-idea-that-you-are-secretly-afraid-would-sell-like-hotcakes/1023954/134 "2026-02-08T22:07:38Z")
In what state do you live where most people are fit enough to climb for anything? It reminds me of the “pizza abs” comedy routine by Joe Zimmerman. Pizza for breakfast, lunch and dinner with a mere three hours of crunches between each set of meals. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-really-dumb-idea-that-you-are-secretly-afraid-would-sell-like-hotcakes/1023954/135 "2026-02-08T22:12:52Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > It reminds me of the “pizza abs” comedy routine by Joe Zimmerman. Pizza for breakfast, lunch and dinner with a mere three hours of crunches between each set of meals. Sort of the opposite of the Butterfield Diet Plan. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1NjTWvl8x-U/maxresdefault.jpg "The Butterfield Diet Plan 🍰 | The Peter Serafinowicz Show - BBC") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NjTWvl8x-U) ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-really-dumb-idea-that-you-are-secretly-afraid-would-sell-like-hotcakes/1023954/136 "2026-02-08T22:17:08Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > I am debating whether to forget about the patent and start posting videos You could file an application for a patent, and then post videos, and maybe attract investors. So long as the patent application is filed before you make the idea public, you are still protected. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-really-dumb-idea-that-you-are-secretly-afraid-would-sell-like-hotcakes/1023954/137 "2026-02-08T22:50:59Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Late add: > I wore them for decades at work. IME the kind that go around the upper leg are much easier to deal with than the ones that are stirrups under your feet. YMMV. Interesting. I’m thinking more like a mens leotard, that incorporates 'tighty whites right to the Tee-shirt. They do make something like that, but I donno. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-really-dumb-idea-that-you-are-secretly-afraid-would-sell-like-hotcakes/1023954/138 "2026-02-08T23:24:42Z")
The term you want is weightlifter’s singlet or wrestler’s singlet. Problem is most of those don’t have an opening at the crotch to pee through. So you’re getting pretty thoroughly undressed to pee. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-really-dumb-idea-that-you-are-secretly-afraid-would-sell-like-hotcakes/1023954/139 "2026-02-09T19:11:38Z")
The world is better off without my single-use vehicle immobilizer. Touch the 'trode-probe between the wheel spokes to spotweld a dot on the brake disk. ---
**Author:** ![Tzigone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-really-dumb-idea-that-you-are-secretly-afraid-would-sell-like-hotcakes/1023954/140 "2026-02-09T20:03:21Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > The term you want is weightlifter’s singlet or wrestler’s singlet. Problem is most of those don’t have an opening at the crotch to pee through. So you’re getting pretty thoroughly undressed to pee. I’ve seen ads for bodysuits for men. But they’ve never been mainstream, as far as I’m aware. Still have to unsnap the crotch, but don’t have to get completely undressed or anything. Though there’d be more snaps if you wanted any leg coverage. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-really-dumb-idea-that-you-are-secretly-afraid-would-sell-like-hotcakes/1023954.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-really-dumb-idea-that-you-are-secretly-afraid-would-sell-like-hotcakes/1023954.md?page=8)