Inventor Wannabes Mugs

'We'd better patent this, so the homo sapiens can't steal it from us, like they did with the fire.'

"I thought you were making a coffee table?"

'The wheel was easy, the owner's manual is hard!'

"What's your project for the science fair, Arnold?"

Patent Attorney (invisible man)

"I'm trying to create a hologram of myself. If I'm successful, I'll never have to attend school, go to the dentist or go anywhere else that's boring again."

"Your imagination is running wild. That's not a tiny drone sent to spy on us. That's just a fly."

'AAAARGH!...Get it off! Whatever the hell it is...Get it off!'

"Knapsack? It's a solar-powered, bluetooth, Wi-Fi, self-charging, two shoulder GenPak with smartphone charger and GPS."

Imagination

"He's my school project for science class."

Mook's regret after inventing fire.

Computerized Dollhouse.

'You keep turning them out and I'll dig a parking garage.'

'Of course she can talk - She INVENTED talking.'

'I was just rubbing sticks together for fun -- I didn't realize I was doing basic research.'

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

The Aerial Steam Carriage

The first 'outside the box' thinker.

"I've invented the wheel. We're going to be rich."

Prehistoric son going "Baroooom...Barooom!" on dad's stone wheel

Young Galileo Galilei.

'This cork idea of yours is great! How do you get it out?'

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

Children playing really hard at complex table football game

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

'No, actually THIS invented me!'

Early Scientific Fraud: Young Thomas Edison Tried to Pass off a Container Filled with Fireflies as an Incandescent Bulb.

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

"Cool... I've invented the belt!!"

'The E.S.P. phone: "Hi! I'm on the train."

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