toilet paper thoughts here

do you ever think of toilet paper? we use it so much it's a necessity. we love to abuse, scratch, stain, scrub and tarnish it, don't we? we molest rile and rag its lovely white color on a rolling basis every single day...if products had rights, toilet paper rights would by definition of use be absolutely shitty and toxic! perhaps if we could reverse the effects of use by coming up with a new kind of toilet paper that comes in crap color and switches to clean white after use. you know, it goes from maculate to immaculate and from molested black to extra virgin white. imagine swiping your... black with it and the paper comes out white instead. that would be The revolution in toilet paper rights!

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Dog-Peek, add a hole for sniffing

I thought of a small innovation to the Pet Peek window design. Dogs love to sniff and have a more developed sense of smell, thus a small opening for the nose to protrude would make it more fun for the dog as it can see and sniff at the same time. On the company's website we are told their product won the 2006 Silver Medal Product Excellence Award. Why not poke a hole and hope for the Gold next time!

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Stationary products for nervous people

How about a paperclip that you can give it all sorts of shapes while on the phone but reverts back to its original shape and use after you finish playing with it? The concept is to create stationary products for people who are stressed and nervous and allow them to release their emotions without destroying them. What material could they be made off I wonder. Nano carbons?

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Reader's Reward

When I buy a book to read, I spend money to buy the author's wisdom, knowledge and thinking process. I reward him for his time and effort. As a reader, however, I also give up my time from doing other activities to read the book. Shouldn't my effort and time also be rewarded? I propose that out of the retail price of any book $1 is discounted at the time of the purchase and the discount is symbolically given the name 'Reader's Reward'. What do you think? Is it fair?

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Profit margin on display

Do you think it would be fair game to require companies to label along with the price of a product the profit margin they make out of it? I wonder how such practice would alter shopping behavior and in turn pricing of products. For example, would you consider not buying a favorite product because you thought the profit margin the company makes is too high compared to what others make even though you have no problem with the price? By the same token, would you consider buying the most expensive product in the shelf if it had the lowest profit margin thinking the company is honest in reporting the true cost of making it?

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