The Flyswatter T-Shirt (Another Million Dollar Idea)

It's that time of year again. Flying bugs and insects time. I really don't miss any of these creatures all winter long. So here's the new idea along with a quick little story about how it came to me.

I was bar tending the other afternoon, it was just me hanging out because enough people haven't figured out that you can do some of your best drinking in the afternoon. Well, I should say that I thought I was alone, there was one other in the room. That's right, ONE damn fly. and he decided that he was just going to mess with me all day long. Well after a few miserable swipes at it, and a few choice words, I decided it was time to settle this little battle. So I walked the 8 feet it took me to get the flyswatter and was ready to do business. However my foe was not new to this, having seen me arm myself he hastily retreated and was not seen from again. Until I set the flyswatter just out of my reach, at which point he resumed his attack. Damn, he was good! So after going through this routine a few times my new million dollar idea struck me, T-shirts with pictures of flyswatters on them! You would never have a fly bother you again and you wouldn't have to try and fight them off the old fashion way!

Another Million Dollar Idea a.k.a. Lucky Charms

So this morning I sat down for my usual bowl of Lucky Charms and I had a flashback to my childhood. I remembered the days when I would get up before my mother and sneak downstairs. Now why was I sneaking? It was because I had a brilliant idea, I really liked Lucky Charms, especially the marshmallows! Let's face it they're the only reason we like this cereal in the first place. The commercial says it all, "Hearts, Stars, and Horseshoes, Clovers, and Blue Moons! Pots of Gold and Rainbows, and me Red Balloons!" You'll notice that nowhere in there do they also mention, "Crunchy little brown things!" So to get back to the present day, as I'm sitting here this morning picking all the marshmallows out of my Lucky Charms box (and not even caring about where the toy is for once) it hit me. Why not just sell a box of the good stuff in the first place. I understand that this may not be a big hit with parents that don't want kids hopped up on sugar all day, but now that I'm in my 30's and free to do what I want I don't feel the need to waste my morning separating my cereal! Anyone else with me out there?

No French Allowed! (Dressing That Is)

Somewhat recently I visited my somewhat local Olive Garden. I hadn't been to an Italian restaurant in some time but I was talked into it by a group of friends who insisted it would be so great. So anyways, upon being seated we did the usual, ordered drinks, then spent time pondering what we would order before the waitress returned. Upon her return my three friends ordered ahead of me. While being the last one to order I was asked what kind of dressing for my salad. I responded "french" thinking nothing of this, and nothing else was asked. Now comes my confusion, upon receiving my salad, I did not receive any french dressing. Not a big deal I thought, I will just remind the waitress. At this point my friends along with the waitress began to laugh, thinking I was joking or something, my confusion continued. My friend further informed me that you cannot get french dressing at an Italian restaurant. I was completely unaware of this, has anyone else heard of this insane rule? I would be delighted to hear if I am the only one who spent 30 years of his life completely oblivious to this little law cuisine. Can I have Swedish meatballs at an American cafe? Can i have french toast in Mexico? Can I have American fries in Europe? Please someone
help me!

Million Dollar Ideas

Let's face it, who wouldn't like to be a millionaire? The only people I can think of who wouldn't are billionaires, and I don't know a lot of them. I've been thinking of how to make my first couple million lately. The lottery thing hasn't worked out too well so far. I haven't been able to get myself onto any of those game shows that just seem to give cash away, the dumber you are the better it seems! So I've decided to take things into my own hands and come up with some million dollar ideas. You know, those things you see on late night TV that you just can't possibly live another day without.

First Idea - A nightstand with a built in cup holder. Aren't you sick of waking up in the middle of the night for a glass of water. Now it would be right there. In a holder so you won't spill it while fumbling around blindly in the dark, and what the heck we could even put a little cooler in the nightstand to keep it nice and chilled! Possibly even a little LED to prevent all that blind fumbling I mentioned earlier. Unless you really are blind, then the light won't help much. But if you are blind you are probably not reading this either and will never have to hear of my fantastic idea. Lucky you!

Number Two - A mirrored shower/bath mat. Now some of you are confused so I will explain. For anyone who's ever tried shaving in the shower (not your face), mostly ladies and I'm guessing more men than are willing to admit it, I know how hard it can be to shave a place you've never even seen with your own eyes. So for the less flexible out there this would be a great item to save on nicks and cuts where you really, really don't want them! Also it might prevent some slips and slides who knows. I however will not be responsible for the trauma caused or the counseling needed after seeing yourself from this particular angle.

That's all for today, I will continue to add to the million dollar ideas as they come to me.

Thrift Store Underwear

Well I've been looking for a place to store all the random ideas and thoughts that pop into my head from time to time, so I thought why not share them with whoever might find them interesting. I have no idea how often I will update this or how interesting it may or may not be to anyone else, but oh well. Now that I've got that out of the way, let's put down a thought I've had rolling around in my brain for quite some time.

Thrift Store Underwear

I don't know how many people have been to a thrift store, I'm assuming quite a few. There really are some great deals and cool things to be found there. However one item that really bothers me is used underwear. In particular, men's used underwear. I can't speak for the ladies but being a man I personally know that men do not throw out underwear until it has reached the end of it's life-span. By life-span I mean that it's no longer really underwear, more or less it's down to being an over sized rubber band, and even then I would probably find a use for it (maybe to bound up used newspapers) rather than discard it. So back to the thrift store, if these used men's underwear are here I can only assume that a man didn't put them there. Which in turn leads me to assume that the former wearer of this underwear must now be deceased and his former wife, girlfriend or lover has donated them to the thrift store. Why would I want a dead man's underwear? How do I know this particular pair of underwear wasn't the cause of his passing!