Early Inventions Enthusiast Gifts

'Honestly son, sometimes I think you just treat me like a glorified taxi service...'

'Is that the only wallpaper you could find?!'

Patent Attorney (invisible man)

The Invention of the Wheel

Reinventing the Wheel

Lumiere brothers caricature

Henry Fox Talbot

'It's okay, they're with me.'

'Reinvent yourself, and get back to us.'

"Nothing feels better after a long day's hunting than a nice, long soak in the hot-wheel."

'I can't help thinking there's something else we can do with this.'

'Well great, he's seen it! There goes one more invention they'll get credit for!'

'Great invention, Rex! What are you going to call it?'

"Look, babe. At this point, you've reinvented yourself so many times you're back to who you were at the start."

'No, actually THIS invented me!'

"This thing isn't working."

'This thing is dangerous! -- invent fire and burn it up!'

'Leonardo's Lament' - 'I have nothing to do.'

"I'm creating the world's first 'instant lowrider' kit! I'll need partners...and when the profits roll in, I'll take 75 percent and they will get 50 percent."

'Is it my imagination or are entrepreneurs getting younger.'

'Nice, but I see it more as a gadget than a real invention.'

Prehistoric Doughnut Stand.

'Y2K compliance!'

"My client already has a patent on round things."

'Maybe we should get into high-tech.'

Early psychics.

Benjamin Franklin

Disued Lighting - Heating - Cooking.

A light bulb imagines a Thomas Edison.

"Hey dad, can I borrow the wheel tonight?"

Benjamin Franklin

'I've invented food, and I've invented shelter -- two out of three isn't so bad!'

"I would venture to say it's the best thing since that contraption we use to crank up a draw bridge."

"It's a high tech weather control device, whenever you wash it, it rains"

"It is not the fault of the wheel, but misuse of the technology that is to blame."