Ideas you've had that didn't pan out

[olddots]

here's some of mine

My Dinner with Andre action figures

Children's ash trays

Toaster ice cream

science books for republicans okay now yours please

[Go Vols]

1. Thinking the speed limit

was an opinion.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

6. You mean it's not?

[In_The_Wind]

17. I always thought it was just a suggestion.

The last speeding ticket I received was 30 years ago.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

22. I used to get one every 7 years

like clock work. I am way overdue...the last was in 1999! I've never been ticketed on the highway, where I tend to drive as though 10 demons were chasing me...It has always been 5 to 7 miles above the limit around town but never in a congested area or with pedestrians around...the last infuriated me...!

[In_The_Wind]

23. sheesh. Why are you in such a big hurry?

I speed out on the highway. No pedestrians just cars and wildlife. I've never hit any of 'em.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

47. Foot of pure gold....

heavier than lead. Cut me some slack here...I've lightened up... it's been over 13 years since my last ticket!

[In_The_Wind]

49. Hmmm. Ok. It seems as if I am doing that a lot today.

cutting some slack

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[Sekhmets Daughter]

50. Whatever do you mean?

[In_The_Wind]

52. Oh just the normal stuff I do when I'm bored.

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[Sekhmets Daughter]

53. Rut roh!

[In_The_Wind]

56. hahahahahaha

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[HeiressofBickworth]

2. Thinking I could make some pocket money

by making jewelry and selling at our town's local street fair. What a bust -- I still have the plastic bin full of jewelry; didn't sell a thing. After talking with the other jewelers at the fair, I learned that if there are carnival rides for the kids, merchandise doesn't sell.

Wish I had known that BEFORE I made the effort.

The good news is that my jewelry-making started off as a hobby, making things for myself that I enjoyed wearing. But I so enjoyed the process, I kept making more and more until I decided to try to sell it.

Oh, well..... just another one of my failures in life. There have been others and probably more in the future. I never said I was perfect.

[In_The_Wind]

3. Oh ... selling my photography didn't do well.

One photo was on display in a museum in Woodstock, New York.

[harmonicon]

4. Growing up/being an adult. (nt)

[RiffRandell]

5. I was going to marry C. Thomas Howell from The Outsiders,

Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day, or Eminem. As far I know, Eminem's still on the market.

It's ok--I ended up with a great guy. But Eminem, if you're on here, send me a pm.

[fizzgig]

25. my 14-year-old self was devastated when i learned billie joe was married

i was sure we were going to fall in love

[RiffRandell]

27. Well, he did get married young--22.

I was 25 at the time---good for them though---he and Adrienne are still married.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

7. Thinking I would ever learn how to read a map!

Considered going into the catering business.

Trying to get my head around religion.

[tabbycat31]

8. you would not have survived in my family

I had to prove I could read a map before I was allowed to take my driving test.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

10. Perhaps my family was hoping...

to be rid of me!

[Moondog]

9. Buying a convertible after I went bald.

Fair skinned, blue eyed - you get the picture. In Florida, no less.

That lasted for four months. My dermatologist told me that I either sell the ragtop, or I was fired as a patient. And she wasn't kidding.

Anyway, bad idea.

[pipi_k]

11. Being

5' 4" and weighing 100 lbs.

I'm almost 5' 9" and weigh...nevermind.

anyway, that didn't work out so well.


Having 12 kids. OK so I was ten years old when I planned that one. Spending holidays with my father's family (he had six siblings) made me want a large family myself. I had three kids. Not by choice that the number was that low, but it's OK even though it didn't pan out.


Being Queen of England someday.

Prince William was snatched up by Kate before I could nab him.

[RagAss]

12. My proposal to the Winter Olympics Committee for - Bullfighting on Ice

[olddots]

26. that could work

[RagAss]

28. Yeh - but it takes a while to teach those bulls to skate.

[Brigid]

31. It would be a YouTube hit!

[Ron Obvious]

13. All you can eat, to go

No, that was Carlin, actually.

[Taverner]

14. My plan to sell boutique testicle wash

Guess there isn't a niche market for that...

[In_The_Wind]

18. Oh My Taverner.

[olddots]

29. I saw that item at CPAC

Coulter had a booth selling it

[talkingmime]

15. Banana-based prosthetics.

[In_The_Wind]

16. You are right. That will not work!

[talkingmime]

19. No, but if you chop them up they're AWESOME with cottage cheese!!!

Damn. now I'm hungry.

[In_The_Wind]

21. Yep. It is lunch time.

[datasuspect]

20. the "Manpon"

-male tampon for men with anal leakage issues.

-dishwasher safe penile cleansing rag

[olddots]

30. I will give you 100.000 $ for 15% of your company

[siligut]

24. Little hand-held computer devices

I thought it would be a great innovation, but then I went to live in this cave and haven't given it another thought.

[Brigid]

32. Applying to a Catholic seminary.

[ZombieHorde]

33. I have had a few.

1) Anal toothbrushes. Who doesn't get an itchy ass, and wished it smelled/tasted minty?

2) Jalapeno pacifiers. "Spice up your baby with one of our hot pacifiers!"

3) Underground penis fist fighting. I would fist fight a man's penis, and people would make bets on the fight. It went OK for a while, but our clientele started to get a little shady, and we wanted it to be a family event. Everything kind of fell apart.

[Populist_Prole]

40. What a crack up!

Jalapeno pacifiers

Nice to know someone who has a warped sense of humor as I.

[olddots]

46. I'm still laughing

[easychoice]

34. they stole it!!!

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[Callmecrazy]

35. Ashtray for a motorcycle...

With a push-in lighter for the gas cap.

Now, I don't ride motorcycles but I noticed it needed a lighter and ashtray.
Guaranteed to work once.

[Aristus]

36. My desire to be either a gondolier in Venice, or

a referee for Australian Rules Football.

My shattered dreams have made me bitter...

[Still Blue in PDX]

37. I don't understand what the problem is with this one.

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[olddots]

48. Christopher Quest my hero

I have never seen that thank you now I'm embarrassed for steeling some thing I never saw .

[Still Blue in PDX]

57. Great minds think alike!

I always thought that was an extremely clever idea.

[Still Blue in PDX]

38. Going back to school to become a massage therapist.

My son said, "You do realize you have to touch people, and they might be sweaty and icky."
Actually it was the realization that I would be really, really old by the time I paid off my student loans that convinced me it might be a bad idea. I'm pretty old already.

Putting a picture of the tenth Doctor on one side of a wall and Grant Wilson and Jason Hawes on the other in my signature block at work. My supervisor didn't get it.

Handing my dog's leash to my son while said son was wearing rollerblades. Lucky there were no squirrels or cats in the vicinity; I might never have caught up with them.

That's all I can think of right offhand.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

39. I tried to sell the idea of message therapists to Western Union.

You know-- 'telegraph, telephone, tell a shrink'
I figured if they've got candygrams, why not nutsograms?

[Still Blue in PDX]

43. I like it.

Abbreviated talk therapy for the succinct psycho.

[Duer 157099]

58. Fiona Wallace would be proud n/t

[Populist_Prole]

41. Devil's head night light for small kids

Ought to keep the boogey man at bay....NOT!

[WCGreen]

42. I was working on flavored crack to go along with the Hello Kitty

coke spoons....

[Tuesday Afternoon]

44. marriage.

[olddots]

51. best one so far

[nolabear]

45. DIY Colonoscopy kits.

The best part is that the anesthetic made the user forget they'd done it so they had a great repeat business potential.

[struggle4progress]

54. The atomic BBQ grill: a block of pure plutonium, sculpted to drain the grease away from your burgers

and franks! Always hot and ready to use! Lead suit sold separately!

[olddots]

55. High tech robotic robots

flem on a stick

diet potting soil

tattoo removal canon (sorry)

dog breath flavored tooth paste

mentholated toilet paper ?

X games for napping .

[Duer 157099]

59. All of them n/t