# What's the dumbest/worst "Next Million Dollar Idea" someone has shared with you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 1, 2023, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-worst-next-million-dollar-idea-someone-has-shared-with-you/992447 "2023-11-01T23:19:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-worst-next-million-dollar-idea-someone-has-shared-with-you/992447/201 "2023-11-08T00:26:32Z")
That’s it. Supply chain issues can be crazy but were particularly crazy then. The costs of delaying some construction project were way higher than the cost of shipping the bricks on time. I was a manufacturing engineer for 30 years and I have experienced and heard some crazy stories. One I was told was having a smallish bag of a very specific type of screw helicoptered into the parking lot every evening. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-worst-next-million-dollar-idea-someone-has-shared-with-you/992447/202 "2023-11-08T01:18:33Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Bricks seem like such a low-value yet heavy thing to fly in. I wonder why they didn’t just send them via train or cargo ship. definitely … that conversation was about "what outstanding/ridic. things have you flown in the cargo-pane? … those were 2 i recall (for the same reasons you mention) … which also tells us quite a bit about what is wrong with true-cost-allocation in our world ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-worst-next-million-dollar-idea-someone-has-shared-with-you/992447/203 "2023-11-08T06:16:46Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > On the highway home from work 10-15 years ago was a billboard for a local hair salon. It pictured 3 rather hot women doing the famous “Charlies Angels” pose, … > > Damned if I can remember the name of the salon though. It was a really great hair / styling / Charlies angels pun. Charlie’s Hairgel ? I bet it was Charlie’s Hairgel. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-worst-next-million-dollar-idea-someone-has-shared-with-you/992447/204 "2023-11-08T10:07:22Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > They never tipped me, either. Not even an opportunity to invest in their idea? Pikers. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-worst-next-million-dollar-idea-someone-has-shared-with-you/992447/205 "2023-11-08T16:55:11Z")
I have never heard of the Lark Wagonaire! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-worst-next-million-dollar-idea-someone-has-shared-with-you/992447/206 "2023-11-08T17:07:49Z")
There was a car company that tried that about 20 years ago. Not many where made. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-worst-next-million-dollar-idea-someone-has-shared-with-you/992447/207 "2023-11-08T17:11:09Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > When I was 7, I loved flying in airplanes so much that I suggested a start-up airline that would involve airliners taking off, letting passengers enjoy a nonstop ride around the globe (approx 24 hours), then landing at the same airport from whence they departed. This has certainly been a thing, albeit not for 24 hours, notoriously: > **[Mount Erebus disaster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Erebus_disaster)** > > The Mount Erebus disaster occurred on 28 November 1979 when Air New Zealand Flight 901 (TE901)\[nb 1\] flew into Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica, killing all 237 passengers and 20 crew on board. Air New Zealand had been operating scheduled Antarctic sightseeing flights since 1977. This flight left Auckland Airport in the morning and was supposed to spend a few hours flying over the Antarctic continent, before returning to Auckland in the evening via Christchurch. > The initial investigati... ---
**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:** [November 8, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-worst-next-million-dollar-idea-someone-has-shared-with-you/992447/208 "2023-11-08T23:18:13Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > which also tells us quite a bit about what is wrong with true-cost-allocation in our world Timeliness has a value that’s not obvious in the delivered product. > [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Charlie’s Hairgel ? I bet it was Charlie’s Hairgel. That was not it, but that’s a very clever suggestion. A big salute from me to you! ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-worst-next-million-dollar-idea-someone-has-shared-with-you/992447/209 "2023-11-09T03:15:58Z")
That just made me think of my friend’s daughter’s solution for lost pets when she was a very young child. Yes, it did involve helicopters. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-worst-next-million-dollar-idea-someone-has-shared-with-you/992447/210 "2023-11-11T00:56:46Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > An even better review, by @Mangetout (weird stuff in a can, an entire series!). Search for atomic shrimp on YouTube > > [Weird stuff in a can, cheeseburger](https://youtu.be/vruA6K4HEY4?si=NAYwdUUxrYuv3HI-) “Not horrific” is not a great recommendation. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2023, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-worst-next-million-dollar-idea-someone-has-shared-with-you/992447/211 "2023-11-11T05:03:35Z")
There’s a fellow in my town who does mobile oil changes. Comes to you house or work and changes oil and filters. I believe he does cabin air filters as well. Also tire rotations. I’ve hired him to change tires/wheels in spring and fall as it’s somewhat hard for me to handle. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-worst-next-million-dollar-idea-someone-has-shared-with-you/992447/212 "2023-11-12T23:27:27Z")
Ooh, I would love it if someone would come to my house to swap summer and winter tires (around here, some people call that “flopping”). I hate hauling out the old set from the shed, loading up the tires into the car (they’re heavy!), leaving my car at a shop for the day, then dragging them back to the shed. If someone would take over that job I’d be extremely grateful. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2023, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-worst-next-million-dollar-idea-someone-has-shared-with-you/992447/213 "2023-11-13T05:01:18Z")
He charges $30. We drive to my pole barn and use his jack as well as one of mine so as to do front and rear at the same time. I consider it a good deal. If I went to a station to do it I’d have to load four tires on wheels into the vehicle and It would be a tight fit. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-worst-next-million-dollar-idea-someone-has-shared-with-you/992447/214 "2023-11-13T05:21:00Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Decades ago, Little Caesars sold two pizzas on one long piece of paper-wrapped cardboard sheet. Awkward enough to get home when I put it in the parked car. And I can’t imagine how that would have worked at a drive-thru. the original 2 for one deal…until everyone realized they just added the price for both pizzas together… ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-worst-next-million-dollar-idea-someone-has-shared-with-you/992447/215 "2023-11-13T06:28:06Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Decades ago, Little Caesars sold two pizzas on one long piece of paper-wrapped cardboard sheet. I once tried to explain that I did NOT want two pizzas. Just make me one pizza, okay, kid? I’ll pay the usual price, 'cause I know you can’t control that and you have to charge what’s written on the menu. But I want to eat ONE pizza. I’m eating by myself, I can’t finish two pizzas, (and re-warmed, day-old pizza is disgusting.) Hey, let’s try this again, okay, kid? I want ONE pizza. You are alone in the store right now, there’s no manager nearby. It is LESS work for you to make one pizza than two pizzas. Can you please make ONE pizza? Huh, kid? Do you understand the concept of “one”? Nope. I got handed a long box with two pizzas inside. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2023, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-worst-next-million-dollar-idea-someone-has-shared-with-you/992447/216 "2023-11-13T11:35:56Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > (and re-warmed, day-old pizza is disgusting.) But CLOP\* is the food of gods! * * * \* Cold Left Over Pizza ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-worst-next-million-dollar-idea-someone-has-shared-with-you/992447/217 "2023-11-13T11:58:20Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > But CLOP\* is the food of gods! > **[Clop (erotic fan art)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clop_(erotic_fan_art))** > > Clop is fan-made pornography or erotic art, fan fiction, fan films, fangames, and other fan labor based on the animated series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and My Little Pony: Equestria Girls and further generations of said franchise. > It includes art, fan fiction, and games. The term "clop," based on the onomatopoeic hoofbeat sound, also means masturbation in this context. Clop content emerged on the web around 2012 and typically focuses more on character romance. A study suggests about 1... ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-worst-next-million-dollar-idea-someone-has-shared-with-you/992447/218 "2023-11-13T12:03:57Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > Even given the right material, 99.999% of people, (me, included) simply lack the resources, smarts, persistance, and whatever else to take an idea from start to finish and get it into a product on the shelf, patented, manufacturable, or whatever state it takes to profit from it. > > Crazy inventors greatly understimate the amount of work it takes to get something from a concept to a finished product. And that’s an interesting side-topic I think. Many of us think we have good ideas that can improve the world if not make fat stacks. And there should be no shame in having such ideas even if they are not actually workable in practice. The shame comes from: 1: Self-delusion; where a person is investing time and money into something while having a massively unrealistic appreciation of how likely it is to be completed successfully or to turn a profit. 2: Being psychologically invested. What I mean is: where someone has a dream of doing something, and even though they do little to advance the dream, the thought of it prevents them from fully committing to other, much better, opportunities in life. Maybe _that’s_ the business idea: some kind of incubator + therapy, where you give people a serious chance to actually try to implement a dream, and then _let go of it_ when (as in most cases) they find it is not quite the slam dunk they thought it was. Like a Shark Tank / Dragon’s Den but with more explanation. 😀 ---
**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:** [November 13, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-worst-next-million-dollar-idea-someone-has-shared-with-you/992447/219 "2023-11-13T12:15:24Z")
TIL. CLOP (all uppercase) was US Navy slang back in the 1980s, and perhaps before. “Clop” (mixed case) sounds comedically horrifying. Not sure I want to go searching. But that wiki article led to this one which is also horrifyingly lame. > **[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Little_Pony:_Friendship_Is_Magic_fandom)** > > My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic was an animated children's television series produced by Hasbro that ran from 2010 to 2019 as part of the My Little Pony toy franchise. The series tied in with the 2010 relaunch of dolls, play sets and original programming for the American children's cable channel The Hub (later rebranded as Hub Network, and later, Discovery Family). Lauren Faust was selected as the creative developer and executive producer for the show based on her previous experience wit... ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-worst-next-million-dollar-idea-someone-has-shared-with-you/992447/220 "2023-11-13T17:24:23Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > Many of us think we have good ideas that can improve the world if not make fat stacks. And there should be no shame in having such ideas even if they are not actually workable in practice. > > The shame comes from: > 1: Self-delusion; where a person is investing time and money into something while having a massively unrealistic appreciation of how likely it is to be completed successfully or to turn a profit. wasn’t there a british hairdresser (?) who invented a incredibly good thermal isolation, he made it into some TV-shows with it (protecting a raw egg by 1cm of isolation vs. a gas burner) … and he could never get it off the end of the runway … and died taking the formula into the grave … yes, IMHE, good ideas are about 5-10% of a smash-hit (rest being transpiration and luck) … and I blame hollywood for making us believe we just need a good idea and that’s it - instant millionaire!. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-worst-next-million-dollar-idea-someone-has-shared-with-you/992447.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-worst-next-million-dollar-idea-someone-has-shared-with-you/992447.md?page=12)