Thursday, January 27, 2005

The "Bacon Smock" and Other Inventions on the Dockett

I fancy myself a bit of an inventor; my husband thinks he's an inventor, too. We both sit around dreaming up really good ideas. For example, I would like to invent something to wear over your clothes and hair that repels the smell of bacon. You know when you cook bacon, and then you smell like it everywhere you go? I mean, it's like in your hair and your skin, and everything? Well, you don't want to go around letting everyone know that you eat bacon for every meal, now do you? So, I've taken a page from Cosmo Kramer's book and invented the "No Smell, No Tell Bacon Smock." You slide it over your clothes and attach the non-comedogenic bonnet to your head and you can cook all you want. When you are done, just throw the smock and bonnet in the dishwasher.



I also have been thinking real hard about inventing some sort of insert that goes into your furnace and air conditioner that makes your house smell good--alas, I found one at the grocery store. Someone has been spying on me again....



Mike wants to invent what he calls "Mike's Bacon," which is just really, really thick bacon that tastes really, really good. He's looking into some genetically engineered pigs right now. He also wants to start a rock climbing store/hot dog stand called "Beeners and Weeners."



Each of us has independently thought of a dishwasher in which you just throw the dishes (no need for rinsing and organized loading. It takes too much time!) and it does the rest. I've also been wanting to come up with some sort of safe sleep-inducing drug to give to babies. Every night. Also, I'm working out a potty-training drug that your kid takes once a day for a week. At the end of the week, he's potty trained. Who wouldn't want that? I have patents pending on many of these amazing inventions, so don't even think about stealing my ideas.

10 comments:

  1. oh, that is just too funny. And here I was thinking that you're just the funniest gal and love your writing...and then to tell me you've moved on to inventing. (sigh)

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  2. You and Mike are definitely MFEO. You are just like the Bacon Brothers, except obviously you are the Bacon Spouses. I'm glad you found each other. And let me know as soon as the Bacon Smock and the Tossing Dishwasher are on the market.

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  3. And thank you for saying "on the docket."

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  4. Oooh, a bacon smock. I like it. But you know, I'd like that to magically include the whole house. And for any pork product really. Maybe like a "bacon bubble" or something that traps the bacony smell inside. Hmmm. I think the idea is capital. You KNOW I'd buy one. All that bacon.

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  5. Robyn, I miss those days. I really do.
    Marcy, Too bad I spelled docket wrong. It's the French version, though: Dockette. I'm trying to be all French 'n' stuff.

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  6. It was a great time. I miss it too. And foodwise we were SO diverse: bacon, specialty shakes (ooh those sound good right now), bacon, five for five, nutrageous, mmmmmm. I know my comments are always rather reminiscent, but who wouldn't want to remember this?

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  7. I would pay at least 7.53 for the bacon smock.

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  8. As a small child, Carly was taught to never say that our mom wasn't home when people asked for her on the phone when we were home alone. Most children say, "She can't come to the phone right now. Can I take a message?" But Carly came up with the phrase, "My mother is busy cooking bacon and can't come to the phone. May I take a message?" That is true.

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  9. My husband was dead serious about wanting to open a gourmet hot dog stand when we lived in Utah. He really is a great chef, but it never happened. I noticed someone in American Fork opened a similar type place in a strip mall. Alas, no rock climbing.

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  10. Someone invented bacon wrapping paper...isn't that brilliant?

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