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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 3:34 pm
The Fart Pad.....that one judge wasn't exactly right. It isn't always the noise that embarrasses you first. With my sister, you'd never hear her coming, but boy do you ever know she was there! The bathroom door stop for public restrooms. Actually a pretty clever little idea. But it isn't exactly going to really offer "security." If someone hits that stall door just right, I'm sure it would break/pop off with no trouble at all. What it would solve is freeing up the one hand you have to use to lean forward and hold the door closed while you do your business (a difficult task especially for those of us with short arms). The dramatic music has to go. How stupid. Last week's "portable" exercise "gym in a bag." Or whatever that was. Nobody seemed to comment or notice.....just how "portable" is it, if you are also carrying around the weights in that bag? Isn't the thing gonna be pretty darn heavy? Heck, you don't need to take out the equipment and set it up, you'd get enough exercise just carrying the darn thing around!
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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 8:01 pm
I missed the first half of this. So what was the lingerie thing that they kept hyping in the promos? Do I want to know? The bathroom thing is a good idea, but it's the kind of thing people won't think of buying until they're in that broken stall. Then they'll say "I should've bought one of those things." As soon as they leave the bathroom it'll be forgotten, and even if they come across it at the store they'll pass on it thinking "What are the odds that'll happen to me again?" Of course, it probably will happen again but people won't be driven enough to buy it and stick it in their handbags on the off chance it will. The wig liner lady should play up the idea that her product can be used for more than just wigs. She started out talking about the men in the military using panty liners in their helmets. I'm sure they'd much rather be using something specifically made for that purpose. Lots of jobs and sports require helmets. If she can get her product to work in helmets as well as wigs she can show that skeptical judge that there's a big potential market out there for her invention.
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Buggles
Member
09-07-2002
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 8:15 pm
It was a big red ribbon thingie that your SO can 'unwrap' you... the inventor used a model to demonstrate this (which left her topless) and the female judge went berserk. She completely chewed them out. The guys laughed and otherwise stayed silent (methinks they approved ). It may not have been the greatest American invention, but I could actually see it selling. The female judge obviously isn't getting enough sex... she was downright rude and imo off the mark. <shudder>
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 8:25 pm
It left her more than topless. It was rigged up and tied so that when the top ribbon was pulled...the whole thing fell off and she was standing there naked as the day she was born. I still think they're trying to pull the wool over our eyes, because some of this stuff is so rediculous and can't fathom what is getting through that they won't show us. Speaking of which...what can the second round possibly be like? Oh and yeah....my wife called me today and asked me did I watch American Inventor. I said yeah and she said she thought of me when she seen the fart pad. Geez...
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 8:35 pm
Buggles, ITA about the female judge being outragous. The ribbon seemed fun and affordable...since the sex industry is huge and brings in a poop load of cash...the female judge should have been more professional.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 8:50 pm
I just got around to watching the show. I agree that the ribbon thing seemed harmless enough that the female judge needn’t have gone ballistic over it. I actually thought it was one of the better of the generally pathetic ideas presented. Hasn’t she ever seen negligée? I think it would sell. The wig / helmet liner was an excellent idea – probably the second good one they have had on the show. I can’t believe that they hesitated putting her through. I don’t like the way the female judge is acting. Way over the top emotionally. And the music ….. I can’t believe that America is so bereft of decent ideas – they just can’t be showing them for some inexplicable reason - I hope.
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Jan
Moderator
08-01-2000
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 7:52 am
I think that there were a lot of things said by the male judges that were edited out - but that is what the female judge reacted to. Remember she told the male judges to stop acting like overgrown kids about it.
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 9:59 am
Thanks for the link, Jasper. That was hilarious!
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Lori
Member
04-18-2003
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 9:59 am
I'd definitely be game to buy the fart pads for my family. I'm always on the look out for products that freshen my living quarters!
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 10:54 pm
I wish they had fart pads for dogs. Of course, they'd have to be made so the dogs wouldn't rip them off...
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Hummingbird
Member
08-21-2002
| Sunday, March 26, 2006 - 4:29 pm
I missed the second show. With the basketball games and reruns, I forgot about this one. What was the purpose of the fart pad? Evidently it was something other than the old whoopi cushion. Did the inventor of this pass? They had to have something disgusting to keep up with last week's Bladder Buddy. I could just imagine the progression if the Bladder Buddy was successfully marketed. Next there would be the Bowel Buddy with a collapsible chair. I have seen people at Thunder Over Louisville and at the Kentucky Derby Infield who would actually use those things.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Sunday, March 26, 2006 - 6:16 pm
Ummm...the purpose of the fat pad was to filter out the smell. It fit in your underwear like...ummm...a sanitary napkin and it came in different flavors so when you expelled gas...you could smell like a pine forest or a pack of bubble gum. No...he didn't make it through.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Sunday, March 26, 2006 - 7:03 pm
No fart pad in the world could contain me when I'm on a roll (yeah, how ladylike of me, huh?)! It would just smell like someone farted in the forest.
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Sunday, March 26, 2006 - 7:06 pm
A fart in the forest would be like fresh air compared to my dog's odour, which is more like fart in a sewer.
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Hummingbird
Member
08-21-2002
| Sunday, March 26, 2006 - 9:08 pm
I don't fart, but if I did it would smell like roses. :-)
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Monday, March 27, 2006 - 4:16 pm
I thought the ribbon lingerie was terrrible and the lady who was trying to sell it. I felt a little sorry for the model but not much. The lady judge had every right to be mad, imo.
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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Monday, March 27, 2006 - 10:04 pm
I think someone just really wanted to get on TV. Every reality show gets its share of nude audition tapes because they know it'll get attention. These women were probably just looking to get noticed so they thought up an "invention" overnight. The fact that they used a live model instead of just putting it on a mannequin tells you what their intention really was. They replayed that segment on The View today, so they apparently made an impression. I thought the judge's reaction was hilarious. I imagine it's hard enough being taken seriously as a woman in business without having to put up with other women pulling bimbo crap like that. Her advice to the model: "Grow up. Get a job. Be proud of yourself." And then her reaction to the "inventor": "Look at you dressed in a suit like Miss Businesswoman." I think she thought they were really hookers or something. They edited it so much that more must've gone down that sent the judge off to get that coat. After the reveal they take the camera off the model and you see the lady judge saying "What are you doing? Stop that!" Maybe the model was giving them a dance number, too. They put up two strips to make it look more shocking, but you could see that her panties never hit the floor. How hard is it to tie fabric, ribbon, or a scarf around your chest that you'd actually need to go out and buy this? Meanwhile, the flatulence pad inventor is angry that his presentation was edited to take out all the medical information that they gave (and that the term "fart pad" was used), so they put a video on their website showing the presentation in full. I know it sounds like a funny invention, but apparently they've already had a lot of customers. A lot of people suffer with conditions involving their colon. At least he didn't drop his pants to show how it's worn. http://flat-d.com/aminpr.html
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 4:56 pm
Thanks for the link, Curly! The testimonials are the best part of that site: What a wonderful product. I can fart and not really have to worry. Great. This product is amazing. It is so nice not to have to worry or warn others about passing gas. By the look of this website, this product is already a world renowned phenomenon...he had no reason, or right, to go on the show for inventors (IMO). What a great bunch of people these are who provided testimonials! Hey, I don't have to warn you when I rip one anymore, because it won't stink. Uh, how about the noise, and just plain old proper public behavior? I laugh myself silly when people fart, but geesh, there are times when you just have to either pinch those cheeks together or go outside!
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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 6:33 pm
I guess there are some conditions that cause flatulence that people don't have that kind of control over. Hukdonreality, you sure picked the funniest blurbs, though. Especially the one about not having to warn others anymore. "Brace yourself, Mary!" In an interview at one of those reality sites the inventor explained that in order to qualify for American Inventor you had to have sold less than 50,000 units so far. They said on the show that they didn't want someone who was just looking for PR, but that criteria would suggest otherwise. That's a lot of units for something that's supposedly not perfected yet, and I wonder how many other inventions have already been selling. We know the candy globes were already being sold.
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Thursday, March 30, 2006 - 9:24 pm
Tonight's show was great (except for meanie judge). Thought I'd bust a gut with the machine for petting dogs. The teacher with the paper sheets was a hoot. (Does she think she'll make it a better world by filling up all the landfills?) I think they let her through because of her personality. What was meanie judge thinking when he said that an educational game wouldn't sell??? The cup plate was ingenious, but how come no one noticed that your food would slosh onto the cup and eeeuuu when you went to pick up the cup again. They should make it with an outside cup that you put your drink into. I was surprised when meanie went for the flossing thing because he's so negative. Maybe he needs his teeth done? That doggie poop catcher was hilarious, too.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Friday, March 31, 2006 - 5:05 am
I have to say that I honestly don't think there is any market for the "educational game" the man was trying to push. How in the heck does a person spend $80,000.00 coming up with something that lame? The game (according to his introduction of it) worked this way: players have to spell a seven letter word that begins with "k" and then they hit the button when they're done. The others decide if it is correct. So? What's so fun or educational about that? Sorry if anyone disagrees, but that wouldn't keep me interested past the first round.
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Friday, March 31, 2006 - 6:40 am
Some of these inventers are scary. They sell their homes, quit their jobs, ignore their families, all to develope their project. I would think that if you had a decent idea, you should have no problem selling it--that build a better mousetrap saying--or do you need to sacrifice a lot to get your product noticed? Doug the judge is very annoying, he hardly likes anything. That woman with the disposable bedsheets was horrible. All smiles and charm when she thought they were liking it, big frown and mean talk when she thought they were putting it down! I think she scared them into pushing it forward.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Friday, March 31, 2006 - 11:30 am
I thought it was hilarious when they were showing Doug saying he's done everything. I love that they played that up. He is so irritating and so negative. Oh, and yep, he's done everything. Just ask him. LOL
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Friday, March 31, 2006 - 2:20 pm
Puzzled, the cup holder part of the plate was sectioned off like those plates that have three sections so the food doesn't touch it. I thought the lady with the bed sheets was funny, but don't they already have disposable sheets? and didn't she say these were biodegradable(sp)? so they wouldn't be filling up the already filled up landfills, right? I liked the doggy pooper thing, but could you train your dog to go in it? The bra for implants looked like a finished product, what is left to invent?
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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Friday, March 31, 2006 - 9:47 pm
I finally figured out who Doug reminds me of. Does anyone else remember the character of Paul on Cheers, the guy who was always left out of everything? I didn't understand the implant bra thing. Why would implants have different needs than naturally large breasts? Is it that the bras currently made for large cup sizes don't come in smaller band sizes? The bed sheet thing was a little weird. I can see wanting that for traveling and staying in hotels where you don't trust that the sheets have been boiled. I just don't get the environmental factor. Isn't it just using up more trees? I liked when the British guy pointed out that this is American Inventor, meaning it's also about the person and not just the invention (and since he's the co-creator I guess he'd be the one to know). Doug forgets that. Maybe the reason some of them have invested so much money in their inventions is because they've been trying to produce and sell it on their own up until now. Some of them probably came up with their inventions when they found out about the show, but probably plenty more already had been working on selling them for years.
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