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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Yeah whatEVER.
These are a pretty smart invention:
www.thinkaboutkids.com/musical-instruments/electronic-piano-gloves-with-speaker.html

What else is a smart invention? What's a shit and pointless invention?

Alt: what have you got coming up that you are looking forward to. The kindhearted generosity of my family and friends means that I have two gigs coming up which I couldn't afford to go to otherwise. That's nice isn't it?
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:28, 129 replies, latest was 13 years ago)
each glove has eight notes, I guess they are targetting the rural kids

in a couple of weeks I get to sleep in a caravan and look around a giant garden centre in cornwall
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:30, Reply)
Norwich rural

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:31, Reply)
Complete the following popular phrase:
THATS ___ _____
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:32, Reply)
the way, uh-huh, uh-huh, I like it?

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:34, Reply)
Livin' Alright?

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:34, Reply)
NOT MINE

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:35, Reply)
NOT TRUE

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:36, Reply)
FUCKING SHIT

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:36, Reply)
THATS: TWO HATS

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:37, Reply)
AGREED

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:56, Reply)
THATS 'has an apostrophe'?

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:40, Reply)
My Boy, starring Mollie Sugden.

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:42, Reply)
ENTER TAINMENT

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:43, Reply)
The only suggestions I came up with
were "Fucking Shit" and "Enter-Tainment".
What's going on here, SC?
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:57, Reply)
Perhaps you are not well?
Are you quite well?
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:59, Reply)
I'm 'quite' well
In as much as that I'm not in crippling pain.
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:02, Reply)
Well that's good to hear.

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:07, Reply)
It's the best I can hope for

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:15, Reply)
I know not
Some kind of mind meld, perhaps?

I fear for your sanity
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:03, Reply)
Perhaps
This should be explored. I'll keep an eye out for further cross-overs. I urge you to do likewise.
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:04, Reply)
Rather tight.

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:44, Reply)
Should pronouce the 'Th' as a 'F'

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:46, Reply)
WhatI CallMusic

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:54, Reply)
A SPICY MEATABALLA

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:54, Reply)
Everyone always targets the rural kids
RIP APRIL X X X X X X
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:32, Reply)
high 6's

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:32, Reply)
Are they, Monty? Are they really?
They look pretty shit and pointless to me.

Alt: Death.
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:32, Reply)
Sorry, I meant something about the kids or something.
Death
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:33, Reply)
NONCE

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:36, Reply)
You* could headphone them up and practice the piano on the way to school or whatever.
Good for kids who can't afford a piano too, at £25.


*not YOU, a child
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:33, Reply)
Could you though?
I suspect that the reality will be disappointing.
Also, my kid HAS got a piano.
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:36, Reply)
And they can practice this piano on, say, a bus???
WELL CAN THEY???????????

I PUT IT TO YOU THAT THEY CANNOT.
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:37, Reply)
...

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:38, Reply)
The reality will be being beaten up and having said piano gloves shoved up your arse by the local school bully

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:37, Reply)
Unless the school bully has them
and plays 'chopsticks' on your face whilst beating you up.

Now THAT is the best use of them. Musical fighting.
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:40, Reply)
Fast as lightning

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:49, Reply)
*something about keyboard runs*

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:41, Reply)
Ugly little tramp,
that eats poo.
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:33, Reply)
That's me!

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:34, Reply)
Oh YOU!!!

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:49, Reply)
That trick never fails to amuse me.

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:52, Reply)
i got something similar but with drumsticks for my nephew's christmas a couple of years back
it was good for 5 minutes
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:39, Reply)
You buy good presents.
Would you be my uncle? Mine are shit.
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:41, Reply)
Christ, Monters
If you want bumming, just ask
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:43, Reply)
Bad to have a bad uncle
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUIuixJLpbc
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:46, Reply)
you're too old for noncing
so, no
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:46, Reply)
I've got quite a young face!

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:47, Reply)
from what i've seen you look like a glaswegian immigrant

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:48, Reply)
That's a bit strong, Q.

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:49, Reply)
This is clever.
www.impactlab.net/2009/12/20/revolutionary-technology-color-changing-contacts-to-alert-diabetics/
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:44, Reply)
Clever if you could see your own eyes.

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:55, Reply)
I think the point is it'll tint your vision.

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:55, Reply)
This would be entertaining when driving
"Look, the lights are on green"
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:58, Reply)
Also not very alarming when you're already on the brink of a hypoglycemic coma,

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:59, Reply)
Fucks sake
IT WOULD BE GREEN IF IT WAS OK YOU MONG!
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:01, Reply)
stuff an ting

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:47, Reply)
ugh
alt: gay
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:49, Reply)
Alt: so you have 'gay' coming up and you're looking forward to it?
GAY ALERT!!!!!
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:52, Reply)
DAMN YOU, HOLMES

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:53, Reply)
why did this make me laugh?
just how childish am i?

this is a rhetorical question, kroney.
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:08, Reply)
Noted.

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:10, Reply)
the wheel was pretty good, in its day
people who bother to write into magazines with their shit inventions, like "i wanted a photo frame but i couldn't afford one, so i stuck my pictures all over the window, and now i have a beautiful and not at all shit looking house."
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:51, Reply)
I like the Kirsty Allsopp style home decoration shows
"Instead of buying photo frames, why not use CD jewel cases instead? Put them all over your walls and it'll look like you have a shit collection of music by ugly, fat people."
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:55, Reply)
i have never seen it
but we all know you just watch it for the tits
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:07, Reply)
Obviously.
I'd bang her like a barn door in a gale.
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:09, Reply)
i smell virgin
is it you?
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:12, Reply)
Yes, it absolutely is.
I'm pure, virginal and innocent.
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:13, Reply)
hey, you're not 25 any more.

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:15, Reply)
These are clever
electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/travel/virtual-laser-keyboards.htm

e.g. for dentists/doctors etc where a normal keyboard is a haven for bugs, etc.
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:51, Reply)
i'm not sure i like that.

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:55, Reply)
I've used one, it's weird because you don't get the feedback.

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:56, Reply)
Yeah, would think so, but you'd get used to it eventually
It's similar to typing on a touch-screen phone/Ipad etc I guess.
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:01, Reply)
i always turn on the thing where it vibrates slightlyor each key press,
don't like the lack of feedback.
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:10, Reply)
That's what your mum said...

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:39, Reply)
Invented by Jean Michel Jarre, I expect.

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:55, Reply)
I was going to say, I'm sure Jean Michel Jarre was using something similar decades ago.

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:57, Reply)
You were going to say that, were you?
PROVE IT.
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:58, Reply)
I'll send you a link to my blog
I always post my thoughts there, before posting them here.
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:59, Reply)
Please do*



*n't
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:06, Reply)
He's just RAMPLING now.
Hahahahaha!
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:08, Reply)
I don't get this, soz.

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:12, Reply)
Do you know what's fucking stupid? My fucking alarm, I have it random, and I hit snooze, and it had some stupid birds and cow thing which wasn't annoying enough so I slept in and I only just got up.
I'm looking forward fireworks night, I love a bit of that.
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 10:59, Reply)
I'd use this every day
www.hammacher.com/product/default.aspx?sku=82893
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:00, Reply)
I'm sure cheaper spit-roasts are available.

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:02, Reply)
That is great

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:02, Reply)
I've always wondered what that would be like.

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:03, Reply)
A bit like fried chicken, at a guess.

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:07, Reply)
someone ruined my wikipedia entry for Quincy
it wasn't even inaccurate or offensive, i hate wikipedia
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:05, Reply)
Humourless CUNTS.

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:06, Reply)
your face is inaccurate and offensive

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:08, Reply)
as is your diet

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:09, Reply)
actually the other day something happened to my neck
i hurt it or something, can't even remember

but i didn't want to bring it up here in case you bullied me again :(
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:10, Reply)
how can you hurt what you don't have?
it's like me hurting my dragon
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:11, Reply)
you leave your 'dragon' alone you filthy harlot!

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:12, Reply)
i would like a dragon actually
no more tube in the morning, no traffic lights, just majestically sweeping over the proles and occasionally searing someone who looks like a cunt (ie cyclists) with a jet of flames
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:13, Reply)
christ you're a dull shitcunt prick

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:13, Reply)
not as dull as your imaginary girlfriend

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:24, Reply)
my imgainary girlfriend went to Ikea on saturday
she doesn't half buy any old useless shit
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:38, Reply)
Oh man, what did they do? :(

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:10, Reply)
it's just gone, Kronely
it's just gone
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:10, Reply)
Just like everyone I've ever loved :(

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:11, Reply)
oh, kronely
:'(
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:11, Reply)
This is my favorite edit that I've done to wikipedia which got deleted
"....The programme is set in a fictional [ citation needed ] suburb of Chester called Hollyoaks and is centred around a local further education college called Hollyoaks Community College, with the characters generally being in their late teens or early twenties. Si....."
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:16, Reply)
because chester is a real place?

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:18, Reply)
because you cannot 'centre around' anything, as by its very definition the centre of something is in the centre?

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:20, Reply)
You can 'centre around' a theme,
but in this instance I think 'centred in' would have been more appropriate.
/dictionarycorner
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:27, Reply)
They're actually going to start looking for Dyson Spheres.
www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10/05/dyson_sphere_search_wins_funding/ just imagine if they find one.

Oh and radio 4's book of the week is on Maps this week Monty, have fun with that.
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:09, Reply)
Thanks a lot.

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:11, Reply)
this is a great use of money.
look for made up shit, in space.
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:17, Reply)
What a waste of time
Say Mumps, I want you to go under the sea and try to find evidence of a fish with the claws of a crab and the face of Terry Wogan. WHEN you find it, I'll give you a cajillion pounds. Deal?
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:19, Reply)
I'm going to fund an expedition to see if bears wear duffle coats in deepest darkest peru.
interested?
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:21, Reply)
AM I???
By that I mean, Yes.
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:23, Reply)
meet me at the docks upon the hour!
WE SAIL FOR LIMA!
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:25, Reply)
YOU CAN BE STEVE COOGAN AND I'LL BE JACKIE CHAN
Oh man, this is shaping up to be quite the adventure!
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:34, Reply)
BEST DAY EVA!!!!

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:36, Reply)
Thank God there's loads of money around these days!
Otherwise that might be seen as a criminal misuse of it.
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:21, Reply)
Some guy goes "yeah how about if you like built a planet around a STAR!"
when he's clearly off his tits on e and some prick wants to prove this shit?
fucking hell.
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:23, Reply)
It's a logical way of increasing energy production when you've limited the amount you can make on a planet.

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:35, Reply)
you terrible troll.

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:36, Reply)
Bollocks, this basically means taking some photos and getting a few academics to work on it.
If they don't find anything they'll still have a bunch of data about the universe that we didn't have before.
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:34, Reply)
LOAD. OF. WANK

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:35, Reply)
Pure research is always worth investing in.

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:36, Reply)
STOP TROLLING ME YOU CUNT

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:37, Reply)
This is ridiculous. Give me the money, I already know that they exist.
I've got one on my fucking vacuum.

Money-leeching scientist cunts.
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:43, Reply)
I think we should club together and get Monty one of these:
www.reghardware.com/2008/11/06/darth_toaster/

knowing how 'into film' and 'Sci-Fi' he is.
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:19, Reply)
I don't.

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:21, Reply)
You'd love it, you slag

(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:23, Reply)
I think he prefers Star Trek
He seems more knowledgeable on it, at least.
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:40, Reply)
Morning all. I has an hangovered, so please don't shout.
I am going to an opening of a typography exhibition this week which sounds incredibly exciting. And a multimedia showcase and archiving event on Saturday, which sounds even more exciting. I may go to the pub at 6ish, which probably will be the highlight of today.
(, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 11:43, Reply)

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