What is Man's(or Women's) most utterly useless Invention ???

Answer 1

Take the invention patented by Albert Cohen of Troy, NY for an “Apparatus for simulating a ‘high five’.” It’s comprised of an artificial hand and arm that swing forward to perform a congratulatory high five, perfect for those dorks who always miss the other high-fiver’s hand and then grin sheepishly hoping no one, including the other person, noticed. Amazingly a patent search turns up no other references to high fiving. This means Cohen has the market all to himself, yet he doesn’t seem to be taking advantage of it since I haven’t seen them in any store. Of course I don’t usually hang around Klutzes-R-Us. Usually being the imperative word.




Another charmingly useless patent is for a Gravity Powered Shoe Air Conditioner. Unfortunately it turns out gravity powers the air conditioner, not the shoe. A big market for the La-Z High-Fiver™ would be those people who over high-five. You know, the ones who take every opportunity to congratulate each other , including when their favorite chess team takes a rook, when they cross the street successfully, and when a girl actually speaks to them, even if all she said was, “Leave me alone or I’m calling the police.” But since those people don’t have the La-Z High-Fiver to help them out, they might consider giving their arm a much needed rest by using the Motorized Ice Cream Cone patented by Richard Hartman of Issaquah, WA. All you do is fill it with ice cream, stick out your tongue, press a button, and the cone spins around for you. Hopefully it comes with a warning sticker not to use it with a Popsicle lest your tongue stick to it, much like the mid-winter tongue-on-the-flagpole trick your brother tried to talk you into, only this time with a motor attached.
Another charmingly useless patent is for a Gravity Powered Shoe Air Conditioner. Unfortunately it turns out gravity powers the air conditioner, not the shoe. Maybe next patent. The shoe contains a small bellows, a compressor, an evaporator, and liquid-filled heat exchange coils so it cools your feet as you walk. This is a good thing since with all that extra equipment in your shoe your feet are bound to get pretty hot. The patent says the same principle can also be used to heat a shoe. If this is correct, it would put this innovation on par with the thermos bottle for the Intelligent Invention Of All Time award. After all, a thermos keeps hot food hot and cold food cold. How does it know when to do which?




It would be nice if they’d focus on things we really need. You know, like a microwave oven with a “Reverse” button for those times when we overcook our dinner. Since Kool Kicks™ gravity-powered air conditioned shoes are bound to be a little on the heavy side, they’ll probably need a better way to help them stay on, which is why it’s a good thing Aaron Harrellin invented the Pneumatic Shoe Lacing Apparatus. It uses “a plurality of securement webs”—whatever that may mean, a crank pulley, and a gas cylinder to—as best I can gather—help you lace your shoes, something any five-year-old can achieve without having to resort to three of the six basic types of machine. It’s a shame Harrellin couldn’t have worked in a lever, inclined plane, and wedge or he might have woken up on Christmas morning to find a Nobel Prize in his stocking.
None of these, however, may be quite as useless as the Force-Sensitive, Sound-Playing Condom. Paul Lyons holds the patent on this marvel of 20th century technology which plays a song during intercourse, the on-off switch being tripped when your bodies, uh, meet. This is the perfect thing for those times when there’s no Barry White CD handy, the bed doesn’t squeak, or your partner equates silence with ecstatic feedback. Unfortunately you can’t get them at your local drugstore. Yet. I suspect that’s because Lyons had trouble getting the rights to use Bob Marley’s Get Up, Stand Up; Easy to Be Hard from Hair; and the Bee Gees' How Deep Is Your Love. Face it, Killing Me Softly just doesn’t cut it at a time like that.

While none of these meet the high standard set by such patents as the phonograph, safety pin, or paper clip, you can’t expect that from every invention. Yet it would be nice if they’d focus on things we really need. You know, like a microwave oven with a “Reverse” button for those times when we overcook our dinner. Or a voicemail system which lets you go back in and delete the stupid message you just left someone before they discover just how stupid you can really be. Or maybe a way to email an electric shock to anyone who routinely hits “Reply to all,” puts you on their joke forwarding list, or sends 2-meg attachments in a format your computer can’t understand without warning. Now we’re talking useful.

Answer 2

Coming from a divorced single woman who, literally, has always done everything on her own....I think men are useless. My mom was a single mother of 4 children and would always have us help her fix things around the house, fix things on the car, lift heavy things together and would always reassure us "See? We don't need a man." So I'm pretty sure that where my feelings about men come from and why my marriage did not work out so well. I am so used to having to do everything myself that my husband felt emasculated probably on a daily basis. I do feel its important for men and women to have relationships to allow support, love, growth between a man and woman. I just haven't gotten there yet and I'm not sure how to when I have lived pretty much my whole life without a man. If i've done it on my own all this time, what does a man have to offer me?

Answer 3

Chia Pet

Answer 4

The Hummer

no one possible NEEDS a car that big that is meant for the army
and it uses so much gas

talk about embracing global warming

Answer 5

The Pet Rock.
What's worse, people bought this item.

Answer 6

The Paper Weight. "It's a Rock...."

Answer 7

air conditioning on a motor cycle?

Answer 8

my nipples, i know there not an invention, but useless..

Answer 9

cabbage patch dolls...

Answer 10

monogamy