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If you could invent something..........

104 replies

Rainbow1901 · 10/01/2023 17:29

................... what would it be?

That any driver who has been banned from driving is made to wear a tag (that if they got in the drivers seat to break the law again) would not allow the car engine to start.

When the grass needs cutting that it would automatically mow itself.

OP posts:
Tamarindtree · 10/01/2023 20:17

Unbreakable dog bowl.

Alphabet1spaghetti2 · 10/01/2023 20:18

Tamarindtree · 10/01/2023 20:17

Unbreakable dog bowl.

Like a metal one?!

lmnabc · 10/01/2023 20:21

A money printing machine to keep under the floor boards

OnSecondThoughts · 10/01/2023 20:23

A machine that translates the dog's bark (and cat's meow) into English so you can actually understand them. Oh, and vice-versa too.

BraveGoldie · 10/01/2023 20:25

Something that allows you to release an industrial-sized fart out of your car, into the air vents of a car that's driving too close behind you when you are on the motorway. Grin

Season0fTheWitch · 10/01/2023 20:27

A vacuum system on the floor. Tiny little flaps that open and suck any crumbs around. It would have a dust detection system so anything that touches the ground e.g. crumbs, mud, hair, fur would get immediately removed. I hoover twice a day. I hate it

FindingMeno · 10/01/2023 20:30

I'd 'invent' a massive range of easy clean household items. All smooth lines with no ridges or nooks and crannies.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 10/01/2023 20:31

A kitchen radio that has traffic alerts like a car radio. I don't want to know that there is a massive accident on my way to work on my way. I'd much rather know before I left. I'm sure this must exist already.

cowsaysmoo · 10/01/2023 20:32

poorbuthappy · 10/01/2023 20:09

A contraption which fits around a Henry hoover which means it bounces off / goes around anything it hits on a corner rather than getting stuck. In my mind it's made of the same thing as a weighted hula hoop thingy which spins around and means Henry doesn't get stuck

I read contraception that fits around Henry hoover 🤣🤣🤣

Hawkins001 · 10/01/2023 20:36

like a wrist watch or a remote like in the tv show sliders , and You could time jump between different points in time, or and parallel universes

poorbuthappy · 10/01/2023 20:38

Alphabet1spaghetti2 · 10/01/2023 20:17

@poorbuthappy can this thing also ensure that the Henry hoover actually stays on its wheels as well when in use. Seems to be our works Henry’s always on its side like it’s asleep on the job.

Or drunk. Our Henry is always bastard drunk and falls over at the slightest inconvenience

Veryfishy · 10/01/2023 20:40

Something that gives dogs an electric shock when their owners take them onto a no dogs allowed beach

XenoBitch · 10/01/2023 20:47

Veryfishy · 10/01/2023 20:40

Something that gives dogs an electric shock when their owners take them onto a no dogs allowed beach

Why punish the dogs?

NewYearNewName2023 · 10/01/2023 20:50

Haven't RTFT but mine is kind of similar to OP but an inbuilt breathalyser. Driver needs to be under the drink drive limit to start the car

reddingweddy · 10/01/2023 20:53

Non-Euclidean storage cupboards

catmademedoit · 10/01/2023 20:53

I'd like to produce a total sun block that came in the form of a shower body wash or bubble bath

Bath children .. make sure it covered every bit of their skin
Then shower myself .. no missed bits, maybe just factor 15 for me 🤭

cpphelp · 10/01/2023 20:57

An electric double/triple buggy. I'd get out with the kids SO much more.

SirenSays · 10/01/2023 20:58

From the Fifth Element - The instant nail polish and eye make up machines. And whatever it was she used to make the microwave sprinkles turn into a beautiful roast chicken in seconds.

Veryfishy · 10/01/2023 21:00

XenoBitch · 10/01/2023 20:47

Why punish the dogs?

Because the owners wouldn’t mind the electric shock , but wouldn’t want the dogs to be hurt

Aposterhasnoname · 10/01/2023 21:01

A house robot that does all the cleaning whilst you’re out at work.

Greying · 10/01/2023 21:02

Revolting but…
…a self-emptying tissue for when your nose is really runny and you blow it and you have millions of damp tissues to find a bin for. Using a webbed glove hankie and some kind of mini vacuum tube up the sleeve, maybe.

Stressybetty · 10/01/2023 21:07

Those rubbery floor skirting board things that extend from the floor up the wall like in hospitals but in nice designs and colours. Be perfect for cleaning with dogs

Tamarindtree · 10/01/2023 21:12

Alphabet1spaghetti2 · 10/01/2023 20:18

Like a metal one?!

Tell Harold!

Burgerqueenbee · 10/01/2023 21:15

Nail clippers that stop the clippings flying off like missiles. Especially for toddler nails where I have to be quick to get all 10.