Speaking of pointless...
...is this a bit underwhelmung?

"A "Double Broom" created by a five-year-old boy is one of the most ingenious inventions of the last decade, according to the British .Sam Houghton came up with the idea at the age of three while watching his father struggling to sweep up garden leaves.
Inspired by his heroes Wallace & Gromit, he decided to tie two brooms together using a rubber band, creating what he called the "Improved Broom"."
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 11:53, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Christs on a fucking pogo stick
Is that really one of the most exciting innovations of the last ten years?

That has just sucked all the motivation out of me.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 12:04, Reply)

It's part of a show about Britain being a country of inventors.
The fact he's 5 is more important than the invention.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 12:08, Reply)

2 x broom + 1 x rubber band = Big broom.
Not exactly up there with the wheel or a Hadron Collider is it?
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 12:13, Reply)

You're just jealous you didn't think of it first.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 12:16, Reply)

Fuck that five year old tosser - this is war..
I am working on a three broom/two rubber band prototype. It's all a bit hush-hush right now but NASA and Homebase have expressed interest in funding my research.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 12:20, Reply)

The people can understand it though
Not many people know what the LHC does, or would even understand it if they were told.

Even fewer would care, sadly.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 12:17, Reply)

Fair enough, I suppose we can't expect his skills in metalwork or electronics to be quite up to speed just yet.

(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 12:19, Reply)

That has inspired my to invent the "Improved Child-Beater"
instead of just beating him with 1 stick, I have attached another stick with barbed wire.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 12:12, Reply)

that is an invention
i would buy
( zulu eh?, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 12:18, Reply)

Razor wire
and fish hooks would improve it still further.

*patents*
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 12:25, Reply)