Quirky Invention Admirers Prints

A Great Invention

On this date in 1896: Phineas Hiddlemeyer creates the monocle contact lense.

Henry Fox Talbot

"How about this? We carpet the road and use the resultant static electricity to power our electric cars."

Lumiere brothers caricature

'It's Jones Sir! He's showing of his ball point pen again!'

Hague Convention Defied! Failure of the new Tommy-Scalder.

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

'Just where did you get this satellite tracking system, anyway?'

'Well, son... I've made my first million by selling my unpaid bills to the paper-recycling guy!'

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

'I heard you may be looking for an assistant in cell growth!'

STRIP Hambone: Zebra computer repairman

'Its motor is powered by a bucket of electric eels.'

'Derek knew that someone, somewhere must have designed a car with a shopping basket.'

Patent Office. A credit card chip embedded in sneakers? How would you make a purchase? Swipe your feet!

Soup on a stick

Mayhem, Inc. Part 35

Ice fisherman using plunger to catch fish

'...His flow-thru hull theory sounds like it's work...But then somethin' unfahseen always gets in the way...'

I invented the wheel, fire, and the bow and arrow, and then some wiseguy invented lawyers and took them all away from me.

'Eventually I plan to replace it with an artificial limb.'

'It'll revolutionize I. Q. testing! -- I've invented the mental dipstick!'

The Toilet Bike.

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

Benjamin Franklin

Recycling

"Eric is fitting GPS tracking tags to his socks in a bid to learn more about their migratory habits."

Invention of the Toilet

"These new cars have so many sensors, they're ticklish."

Self-Propelled Skating Gadget

'How do you like this one?...Inflatable dart board.'

'I've created a new bug electrocuter, but the down side is it takes a lot of time to say their little insect heads.'

'Dust-mop-baby-jumper.'

"If I could go back and change things, I would, but they shutdown my lab and seized my time machine."