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Following on from the tumbleweed dispenser....
A small plane on a arm attached to a base kept on your desk. When someone has a seriously bad idea, you press the button. This causes the plane to burst into simulated flames and crash into your desk accompanied by a screaming sound (the sound of plane
going into a crash dive) and an explosion.
So when your idiot workmate says "what do you think of my new idea for...." you just press the button
rrrrraaaaaaaaaarrrrr -kaboom!
Faux Flames
http://www.haunters...=19&cat=Fake+Flames
bad science? [skinflaps, Jul 03 2007]
Boym: Buildings of Disaster
http://www.velocity...esign.com/boym.html
What this reminds me of. (I think we've linked to that before.) [jutta, Jul 03 2007]
the exact opposite of this idea
http://www.playfair.../standingO/send.php
[pashute, Jul 15 2015]
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How about a small collection of fishbones? That always seems to be a reliable indicator. |
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I hope you have a faux fire extinguisher at hand? |
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I haven't seen the tumbleweed dispenser, but on a similar tack, how about a small mexican church front with a little cracked bell. The deluxe version could feature a remote speaker for dstand bell sounds (crickets not included). |
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[marked-for-deletion] bad science - "Faux flames". Unless of course you are talking about a heterosexual cross-dresser. |
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The irony is that my bad idea indicator has in fact become the object of its intended pupose. What is wrong with saying on an arm? |
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//What is wrong with saying on an arm?// |
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I believe that n' hobo was being pedantic, if I'm not mistaken. |
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Print this idea, hang it on your wall, and when someone makes a stupid suggestion, point at it. |
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So in essence my bad idea indicator is actually a tribute to ideas that seem good at the time but are in fact rubbish. I think this works on a far higher lever than I planned. The actual concept of a bad idea indicator has been realised, posted and then fishboned. Which begs the question "Does this mean my invention actually worked?" |
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Maybe I should give it a croissant then. |
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Im happy with the fishbones..it seems like the bad idea indicator is exactly that. So the more fishbones awarded the more useful the indicator |
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Faux flames can be something like red and orange paper streamers or something, so I don't think an mfd for bad science is applicable here.
//"Does this mean my invention actually worked?"//
You tell us, is your desk on fire? |
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I've got to say I actually kind of like this...but considering |
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//Im happy with the fishbones..it seems like the bad idea indicator is exactly that. So the more fishbones awarded the more useful the indicator// |
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I'm not sure what to vote. |
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(+) Now that you've explained the fire effect, I think this is a practical idea, and would make a very nice addition to the discriminating venture capitalist's desk. It might give rise to a whole series of model catastrophes that happen at the push of a button - a train falling off its tracks, a tiny volcano obliterating a tiny, tiny village, a house of cards collapsing, etc. |
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[admin: ignoring yet another bogus marked-for-deletion tag.] |
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/What is wrong with saying on an arm?/ |
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Nothing. The thing is, you said on _a_ arm. |
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You also missed a couple of periods (full stops), and have one too many in both your ellipses. |
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I don't mind the idea though, however I'm not fond of the "I actually want bones" inference. Neutrality. |
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Oh, whoops, there goes my bad idea indicator |
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As a picky point, I don't like the "screaming sound". I like the "down in flames" idiom reference, but the screams don't sound funny. |
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//series of model catastrophes that happen at the push of a button - a train falling off its tracks// |
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I seem to remember reading that Hermann Goering had one of these; toy planes on wires bombed a toy train. I don't know whether his had faux flames, though. NB; this is not an attempt to trigger Godwin's Law. Having said that, 'Hermann Goering had one of these' probably is quite an effective bad-idea indicator... possibly even an effective 'bad bad-idea-indicator-idea indicator'. |
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This would be cool if you had three doors for the "inventor" to choose from. When they ask "What do you think of my new idea for..." |
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You respond, "Well, Timmy, why don't you pick one of these doors to find out. What'll it be? Door number one? Door number two? Or door number three?" |
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Behind door number one there's a pneumatically-powered pair of red lips with a big red tongue that rolls out when the door is opened and "Thbrtrt" gives a loud, juicy raspberry. |
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If they choose door number two they are treated to a minature scene from 18th century France, with a tiny guillotine sliding down to chop the head off a tiny French aristocrat. |
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And door number three holds the piece de resistance - when the door is opened a Thing-like hand darts out to snatch the piece of paper detailing the moron's idea, drops it into a shredder, sets fire to the shreds, then disperses the ashes to the breeze. |
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I have amended some of the text to satsify the spelling and grammer freaks. Also buns are always good, I said more fishbones as this means that the bad idea indicator was in fact validating itself as a bad idea. This then means the the bad idea indicator actually works and is therfore a good idea.........
So bun me! |
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[S-note]'s glass is always half full. |
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You seem to be working hard at this, though still missing a couple of periods at the end of your sentences. I removed my bone for further thought. |
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Oh crikey, its like being back at school! |
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Sp: Oh, crikey, it's like being back at school! ;) |
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A belated welcome to the Halfbakery. |
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I like the idea and could see it on sites like thinkgeek.com. [+] |
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Hey, I welcomed [S-note] on the first day of arrival!
mu-hahaha |
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