WEBVTT - 9 Absurd Inventions You (Probably) Won't See on Shark Tank

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Part Time Genius, the production of iHeartRadio. Guess

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<v Speaker 1>what Will?

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<v Speaker 2>What's that Mango?

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<v Speaker 1>So you know my family loves going for hikes, right,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean the rest of my family.

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<v Speaker 2>Right. I was going to say, I didn't want to

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<v Speaker 2>call you out.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'm more of an indoor cat and my house

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<v Speaker 1>is full of outdoor cats. But we haven't exactly been

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<v Speaker 1>able to get out for hikes this month.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I always thinking about you guys, just this morning

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<v Speaker 2>on this Like, I imagine it is pretty tough traveling

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<v Speaker 2>out from Brooklyn right now, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah? And Lizzie and I are pretending to be teachers

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<v Speaker 1>all day and I can't tell you how terrible our

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<v Speaker 1>homeschool is, but I actually do miss getting out into nature.

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<v Speaker 1>So this week I spent some time hunting for a solution,

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<v Speaker 1>and the best thing I could find was this greenhouse helmet.

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<v Speaker 2>A greenhouse helmet, So, is that like a VR thing

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<v Speaker 2>or what?

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<v Speaker 1>No, it is much worse. So the greenhouse helmet is

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<v Speaker 1>this fully enclosed anti fog dome that you fasten around

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<v Speaker 1>your head. And inside this plexiglass helmet there are multiple

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<v Speaker 1>shelves where you can place your favorite small plants. Full disclosure,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think anyone has actually made one of these things.

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<v Speaker 1>This all just comes from a patent from nineteen eighty six.

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<v Speaker 1>But in the diagram, and I'm going to post this

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<v Speaker 1>to Instagram because it's so good, it shows a person

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<v Speaker 1>with a goldfish bowl over his head and it's got

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<v Speaker 1>a tiny potted cacti on one of the shelves, which

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<v Speaker 1>is a pretty bold choice considering how close.

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<v Speaker 2>It would be to your face. So why would you

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<v Speaker 2>do this, I guess, is the question I want to know. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I guess.

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<v Speaker 1>According to the creators, not only would the wearable greenhouse

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<v Speaker 1>do you wonders to improve your mood, it also supplies

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<v Speaker 1>you with this private reserve of fresh oxygen. So the

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<v Speaker 1>idea is, as you exhale, the plants are supposed to

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<v Speaker 1>soak up your carbon dioxide and provide you with pure

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<v Speaker 1>oxygen and just in case the helmet starts to make

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<v Speaker 1>you feel a little shut off from the world. It

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<v Speaker 1>also comes with a two way intercom system, which.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess if you think about it, like that's perfect

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<v Speaker 2>for calling nine one one after you poke your eye

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<v Speaker 2>out with a cactus. So I don't understand, like, why

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<v Speaker 2>this has never made it to market. It just seems

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<v Speaker 2>so smart.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, So for all you listeners out there, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know that the patent is still good, so there's still

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<v Speaker 1>time to run with it on Etsy or whatever. But

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<v Speaker 1>the greenhouse helmet isn't the only strange patent we found

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<v Speaker 1>this week. We actually scoured the internet to find some

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<v Speaker 1>of the weirdest patents and we found a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>great things and a whole lot of things you won't

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<v Speaker 1>be seeing on shark tanks.

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<v Speaker 2>So let's dive in. Hey, their podcast listeners, Welcome to

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<v Speaker 2>Part Time Genius. I'm Will Pearson and as always I'm

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<v Speaker 2>joined by my good friend mangesh hot Ticketter. Now on

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<v Speaker 2>the other side of that soundproof glass brainstorming ideas on

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<v Speaker 2>his trusty whiteboard, that's our friend and producer loll Now.

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<v Speaker 2>So far, he's just got this one concept something. It's

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<v Speaker 2>kind of hard to read because of course we're all

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<v Speaker 2>remote today, but it says edible timber and then a question,

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<v Speaker 2>So I guess it's supposed to be edible timber. So

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's still still a work in progress. I

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<v Speaker 2>got here.

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<v Speaker 1>I do love that idea, like a table you can

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<v Speaker 1>eat in an emergency sounds like a pretty great option.

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<v Speaker 1>So great work, Litt.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you better get back to that patent filing pretty

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<v Speaker 2>quickly on this. But in the meantime, we're also happy

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<v Speaker 2>to welcome back our researcher pal, Gabe Luesier. How you doing, Gabe? Hey?

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<v Speaker 2>Doing all right?

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<v Speaker 3>It's nice to see some faces again that are stuck

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<v Speaker 3>in the apartment with me.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I think we can all agree we have been inside

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<v Speaker 2>for too long. You know. We've spent our free time

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<v Speaker 2>this week looking up patents and we've enjoyed it. Actually,

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<v Speaker 2>But Gabe, you're up next. So what's the first one

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<v Speaker 2>you want to tell us about?

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<v Speaker 3>All right, So here's one from nineteen seventy seven that

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<v Speaker 3>I wish had made it to market. It's a gumball

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<v Speaker 3>dispensing T shirt.

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<v Speaker 2>That actually sounds awesome.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean it kind of is like the shirt

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<v Speaker 3>has a picture of an old timey gumball machine on it,

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<v Speaker 3>and the dome part where the gumballs are stored it's

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<v Speaker 3>actually clear and made from plastic. And so then there's

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<v Speaker 3>this like a fabric pouch sewed behind it and you

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<v Speaker 3>can actually, you like, keep real gumballs inside of it.

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<v Speaker 1>These are real gumballs that you can dispense.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's the idea at least, Like when you push

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<v Speaker 3>on one of the gumballs, it's supposed to slide down

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<v Speaker 3>this kind of like built in shoot in the T

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<v Speaker 3>shirt and it comes out through a slit near the

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<v Speaker 3>bottom of the shirt. And like, here's the best part.

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<v Speaker 3>There is even this variation on the patent that included

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<v Speaker 3>a second pouch where someone could like insert coins. So

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<v Speaker 3>you know, the idea is you could just walk up

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<v Speaker 3>to someone on the street and buy a gumball directly

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<v Speaker 3>from their T shirt.

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<v Speaker 2>Of any invention, I feel like we could have come

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<v Speaker 2>up with. This seems like the total opposite of social distancing,

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<v Speaker 2>like walking up with money, putting it in somebody's shirt,

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<v Speaker 2>then taking candy out of their shirt, and then putting

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<v Speaker 2>it in your mouth. I don't know if now's the

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<v Speaker 2>right time for this one game.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I see what you're saying. It's yeah, for later though,

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<v Speaker 3>we'll put a pin in it, right, like when we

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<v Speaker 3>emerge from the other side of this, Like we'll make

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<v Speaker 3>it a priority to revive the shirt.

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<v Speaker 2>Right with that, that's our pact, Like that, that's a

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<v Speaker 2>great idea. All right. Well, my first invention is actually

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<v Speaker 2>a pretty good idea and probably one of the least

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<v Speaker 2>absurd ones that we will talk about today. It's something

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<v Speaker 2>called the school bus locator system. Now, this was patented

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<v Speaker 2>back in nineteen ninety two, so you have to place

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<v Speaker 2>yourself back in the nineties before GPS tracking or cell

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<v Speaker 2>phones became commonplace. But the way it worked was that

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<v Speaker 2>your school bus would be outfitted with a radio transmitter

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<v Speaker 2>and every kid on the route would be provided with

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<v Speaker 2>a receiver. So when the bus was a few miles

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<v Speaker 2>away from your house, the receiver would light up as

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<v Speaker 2>an early warning, and then when the bus was much closer,

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<v Speaker 2>like you know, a quarter of a mile away or something,

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<v Speaker 2>the receiver would sound un alarm. And it seems like

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<v Speaker 2>a handy way to avoid missing the bus, and also

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<v Speaker 2>ideal for students who live in pretty cold places. You

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<v Speaker 2>don't have to wait out in the snow for too long,

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<v Speaker 2>just wondering if the bus is coming around the corner soon.

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<v Speaker 2>But though, I guess if I think about it a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit more, I'm certain there are some kids that

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<v Speaker 2>would have, you know, maybe hidden the batteries or something

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<v Speaker 2>and just uses as an excuse to miss school.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so, I actually remember when I was in elementary school,

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<v Speaker 1>there was this like persistent rumor that if the bus

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<v Speaker 1>was half an hour later, something you didn't have to

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<v Speaker 1>go to school? Was Was this the thing that was

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<v Speaker 1>said in your towns too?

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<v Speaker 2>Sadly? No, I don't thin, Gabe, have you heard this before?

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<v Speaker 3>Definitely not.

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<v Speaker 2>No, that sounds that's sure.

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<v Speaker 1>It must have been a very delaware rumor. But I

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<v Speaker 1>just remember one time the bus was actually like thirty

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<v Speaker 1>minutes late, and so like all the kids at my

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<v Speaker 1>bus stop just got so giddy, and we were excited,

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<v Speaker 1>and we're looking at the watch. We were planning what

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<v Speaker 1>to do with our day because we were certain we

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<v Speaker 1>were going to get the day off school, and then

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<v Speaker 1>like the last minute, this parent pulled up and crandoes

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<v Speaker 1>into their mini van and then just drove us to school.

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<v Speaker 1>And so anti climbac, Yeah that's a bummer. But Gabe,

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<v Speaker 1>why don't you kick off this next round?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, this next one is for all you Rodent fans,

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<v Speaker 3>and I know you're out there, So how often have

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<v Speaker 3>you declined a dinner invitation because you just couldn't stand

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<v Speaker 3>the thought of leaving your gerbils?

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<v Speaker 2>At home, right, Yeah, I've had a dime for every

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<v Speaker 2>time that happened.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's this is a very relatable problem, believe me, guys,

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<v Speaker 3>and well, the gerbil vest is the answer to that problem.

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<v Speaker 3>In nineteen ninety nine, some animal loving genius patented a

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<v Speaker 3>very stylish vest with some built in tubes for your

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<v Speaker 3>pet to run through while you're wearing it out and about,

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<v Speaker 3>and of course there are also little chambers for your

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<v Speaker 3>furry friend to feed and relax into. And good news

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<v Speaker 3>for us, the tubes are transparent so that you and

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<v Speaker 3>your friends can keep an eye on the little guy

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<v Speaker 3>in there. And don't worry, animal lovers, the tubes are

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<v Speaker 3>also equipped with air vents so the gerbils could breathe.

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<v Speaker 3>We'll say that the patent it did warn against falling

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<v Speaker 3>while wearing the vest for very obvious reasons.

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<v Speaker 2>They got to watch out that, But otherwise I'm glad

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<v Speaker 2>they put the air vents in there so we're not

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<v Speaker 2>just looking at dead gerbils into I also like that

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<v Speaker 2>you with with your patent ideas, you're sort of like

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<v Speaker 2>a walking circus, Like people can come up and watch

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<v Speaker 2>the gerbils and then that's not all, Like you pull

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<v Speaker 2>back the vest and now you've got gumballs there for everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>I know it's all vest based. I feel like, so.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, yeah, otherwise smarter. But actually I just pulled up

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<v Speaker 2>this pick and it is pretty great, Like the easiest

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<v Speaker 2>way to take your pet gerbils out for a walk.

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<v Speaker 2>So this is this is this is pretty smart. But

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<v Speaker 2>let's take a quick break and we'll be back with

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<v Speaker 2>more great patents in just the second. Welcome back to

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<v Speaker 2>Part Time Genius, where we're talking about some of the

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<v Speaker 2>most wonderfully absurd inventions to ever make it out of

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<v Speaker 2>the patent office. Now we've got five questionable inventions left

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about, and the next one is for the

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<v Speaker 2>true crime crowd. Now this is a podcast, so I

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<v Speaker 2>know you're already listening out there, true crime lovers. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>one thing that's plagued criminal investigators for centuries is just

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<v Speaker 2>how easy it is for a suspect to retract their confession.

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<v Speaker 2>But what if there was a simple, nonviolent way to

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<v Speaker 2>keep a suspect from taking their confessions back. Well that's

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<v Speaker 2>where this nineteen twenty seven patent comes in, going all

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<v Speaker 2>the way back almost the century ago. It's officially called

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<v Speaker 2>the quote apparatus for obtaining criminal confessions and photographically recording them.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the name of this This invention is actually way

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<v Speaker 2>weirder than the name. Let's on. It was basically this

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<v Speaker 2>giant skeleton with red glowing eyes and a camera embedded

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<v Speaker 2>in its skull. I am not making this up, and

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<v Speaker 2>it was explicitly designed to terrify a suspect into confessing

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<v Speaker 2>on tape. So the way that it worked was that

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<v Speaker 2>a suspect would be confined to a small dark room

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<v Speaker 2>about the size of a coke closet or like a

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<v Speaker 2>church confessional or something like that, and a human interrogator

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<v Speaker 2>would sit out of sight in a second attached chamber.

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<v Speaker 1>This sounds so stupid, it's like a retired Disneyland ride

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<v Speaker 1>or like straight out of Scooby Doo or something.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but actually it gets even worse. So when the

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<v Speaker 2>examiner presses a button, a curtain lifts and the suspect

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<v Speaker 2>comes face to face with this skeleton with red light

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<v Speaker 2>bulbs and its eye sockets, and it's actually there's also

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<v Speaker 2>supposed to be like this fog and like other lights

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<v Speaker 2>to amplify the effect. And then the interrogator questions the

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<v Speaker 2>suspect from a megaphone behind the skull in a super

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<v Speaker 2>scary voice.

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<v Speaker 1>Like.

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<v Speaker 2>It's very elaborate, and according to the these quote, illusory

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<v Speaker 2>effects of a supernatural character will work upon the suspect's imagination,

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<v Speaker 2>and so the suspect is supposed to get so terrified

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<v Speaker 2>that they confess their darkest secrets, which is then of

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<v Speaker 2>course recorded. And as far as I can tell, no

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<v Speaker 2>one ever actually built one of these skeleton confessors, but

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<v Speaker 2>even if they had, the invention likely would have been

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<v Speaker 2>outlawed in nineteen sixty one anyway, when that was when

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<v Speaker 2>the Supreme Court ruled that coerced confessions aren't admissible in court.

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<v Speaker 2>But still, I feel like they deserve a few points

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<v Speaker 2>for creativity, don't you guys?

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<v Speaker 3>Thinktally?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it honestly feels like a seven year old

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<v Speaker 1>came up with that totally, and like it would work

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<v Speaker 1>exclusively on other seven year olds.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think you're right.

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<v Speaker 1>I do you feel like the next time Ruby breaks among,

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<v Speaker 1>that's like the way I've got it, like co front

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<v Speaker 1>those d Speaking of nonsensically dramatic things, there's an invention

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<v Speaker 1>designed to make jazz concerts more interesting that we found

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<v Speaker 1>this week, and it's the flaming trumpet.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, knowing that you're a fan of jazz, my guess

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<v Speaker 2>is that you would find this invention kind of offensive. Huh.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean I do have a ton of like

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<v Speaker 1>Miles Davis recordings, and I like jazz. But I could

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<v Speaker 1>see how this would make attending a middle school concert

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<v Speaker 1>much more interesting. Okay, all right, So the idea is

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<v Speaker 1>basically to modify a trumpet with a gas cartridge and

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<v Speaker 1>then to have an ignitor mounted to the end of it.

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<v Speaker 1>And if turning a wind instrument into a flamethrower sounds

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<v Speaker 1>like a dangerous idea to you, you are probably right.

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<v Speaker 1>The patent claims that the musician would have complete control

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<v Speaker 1>over the intensity and duration of the flame. But honestly,

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<v Speaker 1>at first it sounds like a weapon of like a

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<v Speaker 1>comic book character.

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<v Speaker 2>But I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I could see how this thing might take off at

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<v Speaker 1>burning men or something.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, hopefully I could see that.

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<v Speaker 2>Well.

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<v Speaker 3>For my next back, I want to talk about an

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<v Speaker 3>invention from the eighteen hundreds called the wearable lifeboat.

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<v Speaker 2>I love that you're sticking with this wearable thing.

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<v Speaker 3>The wearable lifeboat was basically a giant rubber bucket that

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<v Speaker 3>you would wear around your waist like a diaper, with

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<v Speaker 3>your legs sticking out the bottom. It had a couple

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<v Speaker 3>inflatable air chambers to help it stay afloat, and you

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<v Speaker 3>were supposed to steer this contraption with a paddle. The

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<v Speaker 3>designer intended to quote for the conveyance of troops, baggage,

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<v Speaker 3>and other articles across rivers, but also as a way

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<v Speaker 3>to prevent drowning.

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<v Speaker 2>So this is really interesting. But that but I have

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<v Speaker 2>a question, and this may be super complicated here, but Gabe,

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<v Speaker 2>why would you not just use a life jacket?

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<v Speaker 3>Ah, very good question. But here's the thing. At the time,

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<v Speaker 3>modern life jackets hadn't been invented yet there.

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<v Speaker 2>Were no legs. Ah, got it.

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<v Speaker 3>So that's why ridiculous inventions like this didn't seem as

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<v Speaker 3>far fetched as they do now. And really as silly

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<v Speaker 3>as swimmers and sailors would have looked in this thing,

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<v Speaker 3>wobbling along in this like big rubber bucket, it still

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<v Speaker 3>might have been better than the alternative. For instance, during

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<v Speaker 3>World War One, some soldiers had to wear old mattresses

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<v Speaker 3>as a kind of makeshift life preserver. And that's because,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, that's all they had on hand. Thankfully, the

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<v Speaker 3>inflatable life preserver was invented in nineteen twenty eight. A

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<v Speaker 3>few years later, and of course that spared soldiers and

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<v Speaker 3>civilians alike from the indignity of inventions like the wearable lifeboat.

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<v Speaker 1>So first we Feast has a list of great patented

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<v Speaker 1>food inventions, and it's got everything from prune beer, which

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<v Speaker 1>sounds like the perfect drink for when you want to

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<v Speaker 1>go to a party but also when you want to

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<v Speaker 1>get your bowels moving, to of course, a rifle that

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<v Speaker 1>has a shot glass attached, which just sounds like a

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<v Speaker 1>terrible Dick Cheney like situation about to happen. But my

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<v Speaker 1>favorite on their list is the combination hot dog hamburger bun,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's based on a two thousand and nine patent,

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<v Speaker 1>but as the site writes, quote, it's part hot dog bun,

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<v Speaker 1>part hamburger bun, fully functional meat cover, which basically means

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<v Speaker 1>it's a lot of bread and allows you to hold

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of different meats at the same time. And

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<v Speaker 1>it is pretty great.

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<v Speaker 2>It sounds pretty great, especially for somebody like you who's

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<v Speaker 2>been a vegetarian most of their life. But yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that's pretty great mango. All right, Well, I'm actually going

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<v Speaker 2>to stick to food with my last fact as well.

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<v Speaker 2>And fair warning, this is the invention for the laziest

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<v Speaker 2>of lazy people. It's the motorized ice cream cone. In

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<v Speaker 2>this invention, it was patented in the late nineteen nineties.

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<v Speaker 2>It revolutionizes the laborious task of licking an ice cream cone.

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<v Speaker 2>So here is how it works. It consists of a

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<v Speaker 2>plastic device made to look like a traditional ice cream cone,

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<v Speaker 2>and inside there's this small motor. So you're supposed to

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<v Speaker 2>put a cup or cone of ice cream into the

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<v Speaker 2>fake cone and then the motor would just make it spin.

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<v Speaker 2>And as the patent explains, this allows the device to

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<v Speaker 2>rotationally feed its contents against a person's outstretched tongue. That's

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<v Speaker 2>what it says. And if you're wondering why on earth

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<v Speaker 2>anyone would ever need such a device, allow the creator

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<v Speaker 2>to educate you. So, according to the patent quote, the

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<v Speaker 2>repetitive task of moving one's tongue up and down can

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<v Speaker 2>become monotonous and tiring, especially for a child. Guys, we're

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<v Speaker 2>talking about eating ice cream. It's just so weird. But

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<v Speaker 2>I'm guessing investors somehow didn't agree with this, which is

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<v Speaker 2>why we're stuck eating ice cream the old fashioned way,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, using our tongues like a bunch of rubes.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just so sad.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a shame. Well, I mean, I think Will wins

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<v Speaker 3>just with the ice cream fact like that description alone.

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<v Speaker 3>Plus you had the confession skeleton, which was very dumb.

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<v Speaker 1>I actually really like the gumball shirt and the hamster shirt.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'm happy to throw Will a bone this week.

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<v Speaker 2>I really want to see somebody out there putting on

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<v Speaker 2>all of these inventions at the same time. It just

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<v Speaker 2>seems like a great way to go out in public.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you want to share your most ridiculous invention

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<v Speaker 2>with us, Gabe Mango and I have a very special

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<v Speaker 2>announcement that's right.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, so this is the very first time we're doing this,

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<v Speaker 1>but the person who submits the best invention idea or

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<v Speaker 1>drawing this week to Instagram and tags it hashtag part

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<v Speaker 1>time Genius will win six whole dollars from us. What

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<v Speaker 1>that is all the money we want to put towards this,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's also such a prestigious award that we just

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<v Speaker 1>made up. So sending your invention ideas and you can

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<v Speaker 1>be the very first Part Time Genius Grant winner in history.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, Gabe, you heard that right. Six dollars to

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<v Speaker 2>whoever sends and discussed that we choose.

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<v Speaker 3>Is that two bucks each?

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<v Speaker 2>Look, there is a world where if let's say two

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<v Speaker 2>people submit ideas, they go crazy. Now, no, no, no, we're

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<v Speaker 2>not going to give them both six dollars. We'll send

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<v Speaker 2>them each three dollars.

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<v Speaker 3>So it seems fair.

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<v Speaker 2>But either way it's gonna be great. So all right, Well,

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<v Speaker 2>that's it for today's Part Time Genius from Mango, Gabe

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<v Speaker 2>Loll and myself. Thanks so much for listening. Please stay

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