To help you through those times when reality just isn't cooperating with your brilliant idea. WIBNI-Man, for instance, will connect your equator-generator-car cable to the moon for you....-- globaltourniquet, May 25 2001 See annotation for philosophical inspiration source http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/SarcasMoOr don't. [globaltourniquet, May 25 2001, last modified Oct 17 2004] Look ! Up in the Pie in the Sky!-- thumbwax, May 25 2001 Senator, I've read some of Vernon's posts--Vernon was a good friend--and Senator, globaltourniquet is no Vernon. (I mean that in a good way.)-- Dog Ed, May 26 2001 Mephista: I'm sure they all did. The difference, however, is that an invention is the "follow-through", or attempt at solving a specifc portion of a WIBNI idea. As jutta explains, the WIBNI:
"Describes something desirable, but unobtainable, without giving any new clues as to how it could be done. Ideas that already occur in existing science fiction usually belong here - time travel, stopping time, flying cars, infinite resources."-- iuvare, May 27 2001 Argh: was going to post this (or something like it) myself after the latest round of Wibnis. You missed out anti-gravity (unless that's the leaping bit), genetic engineering and free energy, all key elements in the uber-Wibni.-- DrCurry, Mar 18 2003 random, halfbakery