Movie scenario

2011. The US economy is going through its Greatest Depression. People everywhere are gloomy, depressed, unhappy. The government is too embarrassed and stops reporting suicide rates. Government-provided universal health coverage in the US has been implemented and all medical records are digital. All patient-doctor communication is electronic, therapy is delivered online and patients rarely visit the doctor at his office. The government wants to do something drastic to end the Depression and decides to write a software that will inform every citizen that they have been diagnosed with a terminal illness. You get informed that you have 1-2 years of healthy life in front of you before the illness takes over.

Will the government's action, however drastic, energize people to ostracize misery and gloom from their lives and turn a whole nation away from depression?

Do you think it is an interesting scenario for a movie? I imagine that the end will be that the whole nation will recover fast from the economic slump and misery but when the people realize that their diagnosis was fake they will be shocked not knowing whether to forgive or not forgive their government for lying to them.

How would you develop the story?

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Butterstick

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 24 October 2007 by member geniuskid

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What a great idea! Why dirty your knife when you can butter your toast with the butterstick instead?

Besides toast, it is useful for buttering corn on the cob and crumpets; less useful unfortunately, for buttering rice and peas.

I think chindogu ideas are great, simply great. We should support them. Too bad we do not see many of them turned into real-use products we can use every day.

For those who don't know, chindogu is a Japanese word. Dogu means tool and Chin means weird. Weird Tools!

If you post an interesting chindogu idea I haven't heard of, you have my support.

Ski Sticks Filled With Wine

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 24 October 2007 by member leslie

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You like skiing? You got to love this. Imagine your ski sticks could be filled with wine.

Feeling cold up there? Want to take a break? Open the handles at the upper end and take a sip!

Easy idea to make. Have to make sure that the material the sticks are made of is extremely light.