What trivial problem would you think they could invent a remedy for?

That reminds me of something I’ve wanted for a long time - People Kibble! For those nights when you’re just too tired/stressed/busy/hung over to bother with actually cooking something, you can still pour a nutritionally-balanced meal out of the bag. :smiley:

How about a way to keep the damn towel around my waist when I’m in the locker room? Maybe if there was a toggle on one end and a series of eyes along the edge so that one could fasten it quickly and securely. Yes, this sounds a lot like a skirt, but I just want a modified towel so that it’s fully functional in its drying capacity in addition to not falling down.

For champagne, drape a kitchen towel over the top, grasp the cork through the towel with one hand, and grasp the bottom of the bottle with the other hand. Now with the hand that’s on the bottom, slowly twist and pull the bottle away from the cork. The cork will come out without spilling any champagne.

I want a MP3 player which uses a generic USB key to store the music. That way I could get keys of whatever storage capacity I want.

We call that “cereal”* :stuck_out_tongue: , or if you prefer it in bar from, those Power bars and the various clones.

  • Not all cereals, of course.

But cereal is not intended to be a nutritionally balanced meal by itself. Neither is a Power Bar, as far as I know - they are more for temporary energy boost and replenishment, not sustenance.

In previous discussions here, it’s been pointed out that Purina Monkey Chow comes close to being a People Kibble. Though I don’t think it’s FDA approved for human consumption, nor is it flavored for human tastes.

…at which point she came across the solution.

Daniel

Mmmm, Bachelor Chow.

Now with Flavor!

Here’s a business idea for someone: How about a prom dress registry that’s associated with your school, not the dress store? Sure, it’s great the dress store register’s the purchase so they won’t sell the same style to someone else going to your prom, but what about the store down the road selling the same dress? I can’t believe no one’s set up a website that will allow everyone in a school to register the brand, style, and color they’re going to wear.

OK, this isn’t for me, but my daughter’s stressing about it.

Before I get any more slightly sarcastic answers…think about it for a moment.

A tippy, papier-mache platter is a huge help when I’m picking up food on the way home from work. I get home and get out of the car. I have to pull along my wheeled computer bag with one hand. With the other I have to juggle the bag of food, my gym bag, the worthless drink holder, keys to open the lobby door, the mailbox, my apartment…you get my drift. Obviously at times I can let go of the briefcase pull handle, but still it’s awkward.

What I actually try to do is to wash out my coffee thermos, and tell them to put the soda in that, but that only works if I know I’m going to stop for take out before I leave the office. Usually my wife calls and asks me to do so while I’m en route.

They could come up with something better than would let you hold one or more drinks by a hanging system.

I can’t tell you where, but I know I’ve seen a towel designed just for the situation you describe, only it uses Velcro instead of toggles & eyes. In fact, you could easily sew Velcro on a towel yourself to make one - the only problem being that the Velcro might catch on regular terrycloth pretty easily, so you might have to use unlooped terrycloth (I forget what it’s really called).

I call it “Pot Noodle”.

Whaddya mean that’s not nutritious? Salt is a food group!

Okay, I Googled “towel wrap” and got this . You should find an assortment if you do the same.

Problem solved!

And sometimes even the dry-cleaning! :smiley:

This is pretty close to what you want. It’s only designed to work with Lexar Jumpdrives, but AFAIK that’s only because of the size/shape issue, since all USB drives use the same filesystem, I would like to think that if you can get it to fit in the slot, you an use it. But don’t take my word for it.

EXACTLY. That would be a huge help. Why is size 10 perfect from one store and a size 6 is loose at another?? It’s not like hiding the actual dimension makes anyone feel any better. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that a size 14>10>6 any more than 36 inches>32>28. Do they think we’ll all feel fatter because 26" sounds sooooo much worse than a size 6? :rolleyes:

I never have a problem with this. I wrap the towel around me, fairly tightly, tuck one corner under the other, and there I am.

Here ya go.

I will invent an instant, fool-proof, painless cure for hiccups. I will then rule the world. Punch will be served.

Lysol Bathroom Cleaner does it an easier way. The tube is longer and curves to the place in the bottle where the liquid collects when you are tilting the bottle as you normally would when using it. Works quite well. I can’t understand why other products wouldn’t use this. You couldn’t patent something as simple and obvious as a longer, curved tube, could you?

Maybe, maybe not; but why would you want to? The longer tube would probably cost more; and the more liquid is left in the bottle, the sooner the sucker, sorry, the valued customer has to go buy another bottle.