Nelli's 'Good Idea' awards

[Nelli]

I was bored at my desk this morning, thinking how I wish I'd been the person to come up with the idea of Post-it Notes. Other business ideas I wish I thought of are Argos, (everyone goes to Argos) and the Internet!

[docklands77]

edible strawberry underwear?!

[PaulB]

Reminds me of the guy that came up with the idea of those little umbrellas that go into cocktails - very rich guy now so I hear ;o)

[sddsddean]

How about Percy Shaw, who only invented cats eyes so he could find his way home from the pub!

[Hahabonk]

Wish I'd invent (ed) something that people keep running out of..... like toilet roll, shampoo, cleaning stuff, hair spray, etc., so people like us would keep buying it ...again and again.....and again.........

[doristwonk]

Well I saw something one day that made me think. On the side of a pack of toilet rolls it said RECYCLED. Now I wish I had thought of that!

[sft42]

Tetra-Pak carboard drinks cartons.....the family who invented them just sold the business off last year..if I remember right it was somewhere around the �500 mil mark!

[gilf]

Yep the family who invented the milk carton Tetra and otherwise are from Norway and are the richest people in Europe. The point is its all about patents.

[darth vader]

Actually the invention of post-it notes was by accident - the scientist was trying to make a super ultra strong glue and the research went totally wrong and he ended up with a very weak glue. I can't remember the whole story but i think someone basically came up with the idea in the office for a laugh, on hearing of the results.

[Nelli]

Actually referring back to Docklands answer, wasn;'t it Vanessa Feltz's father who introduced Edible Panties into Britain? (Seeking clarification on this fact people)

[FredPuli]

And wasn't the first plastic , as first used in billiard balls etc, discovered when some formaldehyde spilled on to the cheese for some chemist's sandwich ( honestly, the stuff scientists keep in the fridge); and Velcro because some bloke saw burrs sticking to his dog's fur; and the pencil sharpener when someone saw Percy 'cat's eyes' Shaw's cat but it was walking away from him? See it's all chance coupled with looking at things the right way ( or both ways in the case of the cat).

[FredPuli]

Or it could've been the towel holder I suppose with the cat; depends how you look at it.......

[docklands77]

im not sure about that one. please dont kill your bf at the weekend...

[manutdstott]

The obvious one is the dyson fella a billionaire by now surely. Did you know he also invented the ball barrow like a wheel barrow but with a ball not a wheel. Do you remember them I dont think they took of as well as the Dyson.