Wacky ideas thread

[Doggy Styles]

Everyone knows what it's like to be in a queue of slow-moving traffic behind an old lady or beardie in an old Volvo estate, when it's just impossible to get past.

So what about making all cars shaped like tortoises, so that people can overtake each other by driving over the top.

[PAH]

So what about making all cars shaped like tortoises, so that people can overtake each other by driving over the top.

Good idea. Bikers would love it. No more crashes, just opportunities to get some air.

That reminds me, I used to love watching Kick Start.

[sasguru]

Anyone else got some great ideas?

Yeah get a job. And some real rather than fantasy money.

[d000hg]

Time zones. Bloody pain in the arse. Wouldn't it be better if everyone in the world slept at the same time?

Solution. Giant mirrors in space to reflect the Sun's light so that it is daylight everywhere 24 hrs a day. No more dark nights and warmer too.

Then we can all go to sleep at the same time!

One of my better ideas I reckon.

Anyone else got some great ideas?

Sounds like you've invented a special kind of AGW.

[shaunbhoy]

Time zones. Bloody pain in the arse. Wouldn't it be better if everyone in the world slept at the same time?

Solution. Giant mirrors in space to reflect the Sun's light so that it is daylight everywhere 24 hrs a day. No more dark nights and warmer too.

Then we can all go to sleep at the same time!

One of my better ideas I reckon.
Anyone else got some great ideas?

Yes it is right up there with leaving Swindon for the North East. Talk about tunnelling into the Alamo!!
Almost anywhere else would have been a step forward.

[wobbegong]

Someone should design a search engine to rival Google.

[BlasterBates]

I'm working on the idea of "self-repairing" roads, that is the road will have a tar like fluid underneath the surface which automatically bubble up to the surface when there's a hole. This should eradicate all those annoying road works.

The other idea is "fold-out" motorways, so that you can add a lane at the push of a button rather than spend a couple of decades gradually widening the motorway only to find it's still a lane too narrow.

[wobbegong]

Self stirring saucepans. The heat from the warming contents powers a cell on the inside of the lid which in turn activates a small motor which rotates a paddle hanging down from the lid into the mixture. The hotter the contents, the faster the 'stirring' action.

[Doggy Styles]

Yes it is right up there with leaving Swindon for the North East. Talk about tunnelling into the Alamo!!
Almost anywhere else would have been a step forward.

His next move is guaranteed to be.

[TimberWolf]

Self stirring saucepans. The heat from the warming contents powers a cell on the inside of the lid which in turn activates a small motor which rotates a paddle hanging down from the lid into the mixture. The hotter the contents, the faster the 'stirring' action.

Reminds me of one of my previous inventions. Electric cookers that hum when they are on, so that you can hear that they are on. Apart from deaf people who will have to be content with seeing a huge electricity bill arrive. This invention was inspired by my forgetting to turn off an oven ring after cooking, on several occasions.