Idea Machine Mugs

' . . . Our 'idea man' has saved us a lot of money . . .'

Inventor of a time travel machine

Innovation tray covered in ivy.

"How does drinking help with your brainstorming ideas?"

Pick Your Own Ideas

The Department of Really Stupid Ideas: 'Most people think they just appear out of thin air! But the truth is, there's a great deal of very hard work involved!'

'Williams, we're not used to receiving such excellent ideas as these, so we'd like to tone them down a bit.'

"Good" "Bad" "Work on it" "Keep working - maybe it's not as bad as you think it is" "Put it to a committee" "Give up" "Make it worse" "Make it better" "Still a bad idea" "Overthink it" "Throw yourself into a pit of wild badgers" "Throw it away" "Call it done" "Sigh."

The Map of the human brain

'It's not easy being ahead of your time.'

'Smith, we need more creativity. You have to learn to think outside the box.'

What can I do? He says it's his thinking cap.

"Hmmm ... that's interesting. Now, what about ideas that don't suck - do you have any of those?"

'The sunglasses idea would have worked if you hadn't started snoring.'

'Bad news, sir -- there's a leak in our think tank!'

Eureka!

The Thought Process.

Creative department

"You're a genius, Shaw. This is an idea whose copyright has expired."

"Ideas that jump from noggin when head not yet screwed on."

'I know it's a bit unusual, but that's where he gets all the best ideas.'

Good idea.

Blue sky thinking

Innovative

'I try not to think big too often or I get terrible headaches.'

'Truth is fine, but I really need marketable ideas.'

Patent Attorney (invisible man)

GPC needs to make its new formula foolproof.

Thinking outside of the box

"We need to think outside the pentangle."

"I believe I can create a great presentation if I can only tap into my cognitive dissonance."

'Hey! What's the big idea!?!'

"I'm Necessity and this is my son, Invention."

The dangerous world of the armchair thinker

Work colleague says 'This is great, where do you get your ideas from?' as man gets them from small elves living in the wall