Early Inventions Enthusiast Mugs

'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

Henry Fox Talbot

Lumiere brothers caricature

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

'Reinvent yourself, and get back to us.'

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

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

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

'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!'

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

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

"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.'

Benjamin Franklin

Early psychics.

A light bulb imagines a Thomas Edison.

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

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

Disued Lighting - Heating - Cooking.

Benjamin Franklin

"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."

Street sweeper with an umbrella on his broom.