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    Ten Really Dumb Old Inventions and Their Really Dumb Modern Counterparts

    Hey, Idiot! Why Didn't You Come Up With the Double-Sided Condiment Bottle?

    Eight Regrettable Tech Inventions, Regretted

    Surf Skiing Takes Surfing and Injects it with a Healthy Dose of Dorkiness

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    Image of TheOriginalEd TheOriginalEd
    10/22/09

    In reply to Ten Really Dumb Old Inventions and Their Really Dumb Modern Counterparts
    honestly, for #4, when I was younger I used to fall asleep with my head on my dogs stomach. the motion of her breathing always put me to sleep, she was nice and soft and warm. I always used to say that a pillow that mimicked using a dog as a pillow would be the greatest thing ever. Miss you Fang, you were the greatest dog ever. #dumb
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    Image of njdevil njdevil
    10/22/09

    @TheOriginalEd: Agreed. Unfortunately I had a tiny chihuahua/Pomeranian mix growing up so she wasn't that comfortable as a pillow. #dumb
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/22/09

    @njdevil: Perhaps not, but tape a broomstick to its back and you had a mighty fine Swiffer sweeper. #dumb
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    Image of Odin Odin
    10/22/09

    @TheOriginalEd: Yeah animals make great pillows, so soft and warm and comfy. Shame they have that pesky habit of being alive and not appreciating that sort of attention. #dumb
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    10/22/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: True dat. I used to clean under the fridge by pointing a laser back there. #dumb
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    Image of Lukasz Fabis Lukasz Fabis
    10/22/09

    In reply to Ten Really Dumb Old Inventions and Their Really Dumb Modern Counterparts
    Those illuminated Goodyear tires are pretty cool, in my opinion. Imagine what they could do for bicycle safety if the idea would be modernized and scaled down to bike tires. #dumb
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    Image of Jesus Diaz Jesus Diaz
    10/22/09

    @Lukasz Fabis: Wheels with GLASS BULBS INSIDE. #dumb
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    Image of Lukasz Fabis Lukasz Fabis
    10/22/09

    @Jesus Diaz:
    Keeping glass bulbs in a wheel safe from shattering is a challenging problem, but it's not insurmountable.

    Nevertheless, regardless of their choice of components beck then, the core idea seems sound enough. The idea is very doable today. #dumb
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/22/09

    In reply to Ten Really Dumb Old Inventions and Their Really Dumb Modern Counterparts
    The inventor of the curve-barrel gun probably saw that episode of Loony Toons when Elmer Fudd pointed his double-barrel shotgun into Bugs' hole, and the barrel popped out of a hole right behind him and shot him in the ass.
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    Image of Yuppers: I love you Yuppers: I love you
    10/22/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I learned a couple things from those episodes, first and foremost: Never stick anything into a rabbit hole, nothing good can come of it. #dumb
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat
    10/22/09

    @Yuppers I love you: Remember that episode of Married with Children with Al and his garden? #dumb
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    10/22/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_FeelsLikeABurningAngel:
    ...have you tried Silly Puddy on the copy page... lol #dumb
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/16/09

    In reply to Hey, Idiot! Why Didn't You Come Up With the Double-Sided Condiment Bottle?
    The best way to do this is to make the condiment bottle shaped like those used for lotions, that being having a big flat cap, and a tapered end like a toothpaste bottle. Unless people are douchey idiots and lay them on the side, it will always have the contents settled right over the nozzle.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    10/18/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: You're generalizing too much since there's a great variaties in lotion bottles and toothpaste tubes.

    And Asian condiment bottles often come in tubes. #doublesidedbottle
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    Image of otko otko
    10/16/09

    In reply to Hey, Idiot! Why Didn't You Come Up With the Double-Sided Condiment Bottle?
    Kid tested, Darth Maul Approved #doublesidedbottle
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/16/09

    @otko: Can't you just see Maul squeezing it hard in the middle so it goes flying out both ends and lands gracefully onto the buns he has levitating with his force powers?

    Me neither. #doublesidedbottle
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    Image of ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD
    10/16/09

    In reply to Hey, Idiot! Why Didn't You Come Up With the Double-Sided Condiment Bottle?
    Maybe if there was a separator in between so you only had to have one bottle... Also I don't like ketchup so fill one side with soup. #doublesidedbottle
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    Image of chodaboy19 chodaboy19
    10/16/09

    In reply to Hey, Idiot! Why Didn't You Come Up With the Double-Sided Condiment Bottle?
    Heinz already makes the bottle that stands upside down:

    [sportskate.files.wordpress.com] #doublesidedbottle
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    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    10/16/09

    @chodaboy19: Yeah, and everybody still stands it on the side opposite the lid (I don't know if you call that the top or the bottom at that point).

    My pesimism says that the natural position for this therefore will be on it's side. #doublesidedbottle
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    Image of Vivara Vivara
    10/16/09

    @Lizard_King: Presumably you've never used one. Because if you had, you'd know that it almost always falls over if you try to stand it upside down. #doublesidedbottle
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    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    10/16/09

    @Vivara: Got two in the fridge at work. Guaranteed they are on the non-opening sides.

    It stands perfectly fine on the non-opening end. #doublesidedbottle
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    Image of Vivara Vivara
    10/16/09

    @Lizard_King: Well then, sir, that is completely and utterly stupid. Even if you had this double-sided, I'd say we'd find it on its side.

    Almost like blaming a waterproof jacket for getting you wet even though you were wearing it inside out.

    Let's face it, your point was silly, my argument was untrue and well, let's just stop. Now!

    Ed. #doublesidedbottle
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    10/16/09

    In reply to Hey, Idiot! Why Didn't You Come Up With the Double-Sided Condiment Bottle?
    I say we just have a sponge that's soaked in Mayo #doublesidedbottle
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    Image of zaxwashere zaxwashere
    10/16/09

    In reply to Hey, Idiot! Why Didn't You Come Up With the Double-Sided Condiment Bottle?
    they can always just do a double-sided wide design, like the newish ketchup containers (the squeezable ones) #doublesidedbottle
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    Image of brobot brobot
    10/17/09

    @zaxwashere: that's what i was thinking. a la this:
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    10/17/09


    @brobot: doh... #doublesidedbottle
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    Image of P3nnst8r P3nnst8r
    10/16/09

    In reply to Hey, Idiot! Why Didn't You Come Up With the Double-Sided Condiment Bottle?
    I make my minions do this for me, anyway. #doublesidedbottle
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    Image of EBone EBone
    10/16/09

    In reply to Hey, Idiot! Why Didn't You Come Up With the Double-Sided Condiment Bottle?
    Because the bottom one always leaks. And don't call me Idiot. #doublesidedbottle
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    Image of anexanhume anexanhume
    10/16/09

    @EBone: Why not put them on the sides and having it come complete with crank for centrifuge action! Hey kids, get your buns! It's time for the ketchup rainbow! #doublesidedbottle
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    10/14/09

    In reply to Eight Regrettable Tech Inventions, Regretted
    Only on Gizmodo could the blink tag end up next to the nuclear bomb on any list.

    Also, in regards to the do-without-ability of the second and third Back to the Future movies. John, I enjoy your articles and believe you have great skills as a writer and blogger, so understand when I say this, I say it with the utmost respect:

    Screw. You. I love every minute of every one of those movies.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/14/09

    In reply to Eight Regrettable Tech Inventions, Regretted
    You guys might want to save the #1 spot for the LHC physicist...

    ... just in case.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    10/14/09

    In reply to Eight Regrettable Tech Inventions, Regretted
    Regrettable? My only regret is that I can't use the blink tag anymore.

    And Comic Sans - Microsoft BOB! wasn't a failure. Comic Sans lives on. Can the same be said about the Chicago font (just admit it Mac - it can't)
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat
    10/14/09

    In reply to Eight Regrettable Tech Inventions, Regretted
    Well, it's not really the DeLorean, it was Doc Browns Flux Capacitor, because as we saw in the last movie, you can use it on a train, and not JUST the DeLorean. I think that needs an edit.
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