Page 6 | Things You Thought You Invented

StayGoldenPonyGirl · 2023-04-13T17:18:39+00:00

I invented Nihilism when I was 8 or 9. My parents told me to shut up talking nonsense. I remember reading about it as a teenager in Reader's Digest and thinking someone had ripped my ideas off - I came up with that by myself years back😆 I also invented the sanitary towel around 5 or 6- my mum just used tampons so i didn't know what pads were. I overheard her moaning about getting stains on her knickers so I made a wad of loo roll with improvised sticky back plastic (looped black electrical tape) and presented it to her. Her and her friends found it hilarious...I was most disgruntled. I had the idea for the kindle too as a kid in a cold house who wanted to read but keep hands snuggly and warm. But mine was wall mounted and you would blink to turn pages so I still might take that one to Dragon's Den. Have you ever sworn you've invented something that already exists?

LangClegsInSpace · 17/04/2023 10:10

The poncho survival shelter.

xogossipgirlxo · 17/04/2023 10:56

My husband invented machine to separate blood. Bloody hell, we could have been rich by now, or at least comfortable.

Bouledeneige · 18/04/2023 11:17

HeatherJane don't want to fight but my family played a version of Pictionary way before the board game existed. My mum sat in the hall with a list of things to draw and we were divided in 2 teams in different rooms each taking a turn to draw. Each member of the team ran out to my Mum to get the drawing subject and then ran into the room to draw it. When it was solved the next person ran out to tell my mum the answer and get the next subject. It was a competition between the 2 teams to see who got to the end of the list first. As we ran we'd excitedly report back whether we seemed to be ahead of the other team.

I was born in 1964 and my sisters from 1956 onwards and it was a staple at all our parties.

My mum was brilliant at party games. And I used them at my kids parties.

The most popular was the flour game. You made a 'cake' out of flour packed into a mixing bowl. When the bowl was removed you put a sweetie on top and each took turns to cut a portion off the cake trying not to make the sweet fall. If it fell you had to dive in head first to get the sweet in your teeth by it's wrapper. The kids loved it.

Bouledeneige · 18/04/2023 11:23

The idea I had was for beauty bars with a shower(?), hair dryer, tongs, mirror etc in the centre of London for women to prep going for dates. It was a long time pre covid when I was post divorce dating and if I was out and about in town for work at meetings I wanted somewhere to go to maybe get changed and brush up for a date. I often found myself having to go to a department store toilets to get ready and do my make up which was a bit awkward. But then the quick blow dry places came along and took the idea (mostly). I guess there's less of a need now with WFH and hybrid working.

x2boys · 18/04/2023 14:26

Bouledeneige · 18/04/2023 11:17

HeatherJane don't want to fight but my family played a version of Pictionary way before the board game existed. My mum sat in the hall with a list of things to draw and we were divided in 2 teams in different rooms each taking a turn to draw. Each member of the team ran out to my Mum to get the drawing subject and then ran into the room to draw it. When it was solved the next person ran out to tell my mum the answer and get the next subject. It was a competition between the 2 teams to see who got to the end of the list first. As we ran we'd excitedly report back whether we seemed to be ahead of the other team.

I was born in 1964 and my sisters from 1956 onwards and it was a staple at all our parties.

My mum was brilliant at party games. And I used them at my kids parties.

The most popular was the flour game. You made a 'cake' out of flour packed into a mixing bowl. When the bowl was removed you put a sweetie on top and each took turns to cut a portion off the cake trying not to make the sweet fall. If it fell you had to dive in head first to get the sweet in your teeth by it's wrapper. The kids loved it.

We played the same flour ,game!
we also had a game where there was a big bar of chocolate and when it was a person's turn if they had to get dressed in a coat,hat.,gloves and scarf and eat as much chocolate as possible by cutting it with a knife and fork I think there was a time limit too🤔

badger2005 · 18/04/2023 14:36

StayGoldenPonyGirl · 14/04/2023 11:58

Yeah, it needs some work - maybe a prolonged wink, left to turn back, right to turn over....or maybe it just rolls steadily and you adjust it to your reading speed. It must already exist for people with additional needs etc. but this would be marketed at lazy articles who can't be arsed holding something or turning pages.

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The 'eye gaze' is a thing that works for people with MND. You could use similar technology.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 18/04/2023 19:06

This but I am delighted that someone has done it!

Boulezvous · 18/04/2023 21:33

x2boys · 18/04/2023 14:26

We played the same flour ,game!
we also had a game where there was a big bar of chocolate and when it was a person's turn if they had to get dressed in a coat,hat.,gloves and scarf and eat as much chocolate as possible by cutting it with a knife and fork I think there was a time limit too🤔

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Yes! x2boys we played the chocolate game too!

x2boys · 18/04/2023 21:37

Boulezvous · 18/04/2023 21:33

Yes! x2boys we played the chocolate game too!

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It was brilliant wasent it? simple ,but most kids love chocolate!😂

Calling · 31/10/2023 23:33

I invented a new kind of soup, completely clear. Turns out it was consommé!

NumberFortyNorhamGardens · 01/11/2023 00:20

x2boys · 14/04/2023 11:25

I think " Friends" should be credited with inventing face time ,and zoom/teams meetings,remember when Monica was dating pete the Billionaire ,and they all went to his apartment and they called him on a giant screen,thing?and he hss meetings with various other peoole on screens?

Nah, Star Trek got there first. Their ‘communicators’ also look suspiciously like flip style phones.

NumberFortyNorhamGardens · 01/11/2023 00:27

tailinthejam · 15/04/2023 13:26

Panettone bread and butter pudding.

I was well chuffed with myself, after having come up with the idea after an excess supply of it one Christmas. It had turned out brilliantly and was delicious, and I genuinely thought it was an original idea. Then I found out that many others had already had the same idea, it was a well-known thing, and I was nowhere near as brilliant as I thought I was.

Most cooking is like that. You haven’t quite got what they say in the recipe, or you’re a bit bored with the basic, or something goes wrong so you improvise, and bingo, there’s some fancy French or Italian name around for what you’ve just cobbled together.

DilemmaDelilah · 01/11/2023 05:39

I invented the diet plan - you know, the kind of plan you get that supplies your every meal and snack. I was at college doing an HND in Business and Finance. For Marketing we were put into groups and we had to come up with a new business idea, cost it up, develop a business plan, decide how and where it would be sold, design the packaging etc. It was to be sold through Boots and consisted of a box which contained long life versions of all the different elements of your meals and snacks for the day, less milk. There were about 5 different options and the individual items could be bought separately as well. The accompanying literature contained all the nutritional information, calorific values etc.
This was in around 1995, before things like Jane Plan were a thing... So I am still convinced I invented the concept!

piscofrisco · 01/11/2023 12:51

In light of yesterdays Dominic Cummings evidence as I was shocked and devastated to see that he used a term that I in fact invented and have never heard anyone else use- 'fuckpig'. I want to know how he got hold of it!!!