Frankly I don’t know. I love new inventions. Just look
at all the wonderful things that were born in the last century. Electricity, cars, telephones, answering
machines, faxes, computers, the internet, refrigerators, freezers, microwaves,
vacuum cleaners, cake mixers, Cuisinarts, electric can openers, toasters, hair
blowers, electric razors. The list is
endless. They have all made life easier
and faster, and we, in developed countries, can’t imagine living without them.
The progress has been staggering. However, when I empty my mailbox packed with
catalogues from which I never order, I occasionally scan the pages to see what
America is buy and, in all honestly, wonder why anyone needs some of those
things.
A few examples:
Steering
wheel covers that massage your hands
A ceiling
clock so you can tell time while prone
A lucky
elephant lottery scratch-off keychain
Lady bug
thumb tacks
Soap
dispensing back brush
A thing
that makes lamps from Tupperware
A thing to
make Origami clocks from book jackets
A miniature
Beetles car with an LCD alarm clock, AM/FM radio & remote
Pocket
monocle
A menacing
garden hooting owl that glows in the dark
A gadget to
fold clothes uniformly
A jumbo
fabric shaver
A paper
plate organizer
Welcome
light up dog lantern
A talking pedometer
Wall mounted plastic bag dispenser
It is not my intension to put a damper on American
ingenuity, but really, why would I buy any of the above? As a matter of fact, who would?
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