Have you ever had a brilliant idea?

Sleepy · 03-05-2019 02:47PM

I've actually had a few in my time. But every time I've researched them, someone else had beaten me to it.

harry Bailey esq · 03-05-2019 03:23PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Still trying to perfect my own version of the zx spectrum Vega plus campaign:

Get a venerable brand name.
Start Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign on Facebook.
Collect deposits from early patrons.
Get a Chinese factory to make 100 of the yokes.
Take photos of it at all angles and post on Facebook crowdfunding page.
Send the 100 manufactured devices out to first 100 lucky patrons
Announce on Facebook page that manufacturing of production units will begin. In actuality do no such thing.
Keep in collecting cash in orders.
When complaints start trickling in on the Facebook page, well, just delete the and keep collecting money.
When complaints become a deluge, shutdown the Facebook page. Withdraw all money from the bank account and close it.
Get lost completely like supertramp

That's brilliant! You'd be off having breakfast in America laughing your head off having committed the crime of the century!

Guill · 03-05-2019 03:25PM

I have one, I just lack the funds to get it going.

:(:(:(

keano_afc · 03-05-2019 03:26PM

Well, mine was to move the clock change for daylight savings to Friday afternoon. 1am on a Sunday morning benefits nobody, so why not move the clocks forward at 4pm on a Friday? We all get to go home an hour early and the weekend starts sooner. Boom.

Guill · 03-05-2019 03:31PM

keano_afc wrote: »

Well, mine was to move the clock change for daylight savings to Friday afternoon. 1am on a Sunday morning benefits nobody, so why not move the clocks forward at 4pm on a Friday? We all get to go home an hour early and the weekend starts sooner. Boom.

And when you move it back 1 hour at 4pm six months later?

Wayne Gorsky · 03-05-2019 03:35PM

I basically had the idea that is now Deliveroo some 30 years ago...never did anything with it, of course...

keano_afc · 03-05-2019 03:45PM

Guill wrote: »

And when you move it back 1 hour at 4pm six months later?

Nah, do that one at 2am.

MrCostington · 03-05-2019 03:46PM

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

That's a terrible Jo.. I mean idea. How about this one. Get a metal coat hanger and straighten out the hook. Then get a pencil eraser and stick the now straight hook about 2/3rds into the eraser. Then, if you want to read a book in bed, but would like to keep your arms under the duvet, sit up in the bed and place book securely between the dip in the duvet between your knees and then place the coat hanger on your head with the hook and eraser facing out from the forehead. This enables you to turn the page as required by having the eraser make contact with the paper and making a slight head movement to the left. Your arms stay nice and cosy under the duvet all the while.
Harry Bailey esq™

Harry,

I like your idea. But your valuation is crazy.

I'll offer you the full amount, but I'm going to want 45%

Rgds
Peter Jones

MrCostington · 03-05-2019 03:51PM

I did have 2 ideas myself, I actually made LED xmas lights back in '81 or '82, used them for many years but never tried to sell them.

In early/mid 90's thought of a box to connect your TV to the new fangled internet.

Oh and like another poster had the Deliveroo / Just Eat idea too

harry Bailey esq · 03-05-2019 03:52PM

MrCostington wrote: »

Harry,

I like your idea. But your valuation is crazy.

I'll offer you the full amount, but I'm going to want 45%

Rgds
Peter Jones

I reluctantly accept, we have a deal. It'll be the best(and possibly last)15 billion you've ever spent.

MrCostington · 03-05-2019 03:53PM

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

I reluctantly accept, we have a deal. It'll be the best(and possibly last)15 billion you've ever spent.

Do you need to go to the back of the room?

corner of hells · 03-05-2019 03:55PM

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

I reluctantly accept, we have a deal. It'll be the best(and possibly last)15 billion you've ever spent.

Whoa , just hold on a goddamn minute.
Supposing you get a boner in bed while wearing Harry's contraption , you haven't looked into the Health and Safety end of things , Harry.

03-05-2019 03:59PM

I have amazing ideas at least two or three times a week. Then I wake up and can never retrieve them before they disappear into the ether.

kippy · 03-05-2019 04:08PM

I've had a few ideas but never the bravery or balls to bring any of them any further.
A friend of mine had an idea for a website for leaving cert/junior cert students circa 2003 or 2004 (may have been earlier or later, my history sucks) I rubbished it at the time. He could have been retired by now if he didn't listen to me and took it further. Well there was still a strong chance it wouldn't have gone too much further. Thankfully we are still mates though but he's not had a decent idea since.....

JupiterKid · 03-05-2019 04:10PM

Yep, a couple.

...putting them into practice was a different matter altoghther!

Deebles McBeebles · 03-05-2019 04:10PM

corner of hells wrote: »

Whoa , just hold on a goddamn minute.
Supposing you get a boner in bed while wearing Harry's contraption , you haven't looked into the Health and Safety end of things , Harry.

Or.....and hear me out...you remarket it as The Boner Buster.

corner of hells · 03-05-2019 04:11PM

A friend of mine came up with an early concept idea for a mobile phone however Eircom as they were known at the time wouldn't get involved.

Apparently fitting wheels to phone boxes wasn't viable in their eyes.

harry Bailey esq · 03-05-2019 04:16PM

corner of hells wrote: »

Whoa , just hold on a goddamn minute.
Supposing you get a boner in bed while wearing Harry's contraption , you haven't looked into the Health and Safety end of things , Harry.

Staunch Catholic meself, but plenty of my heathen friends have no qualms about putting a rubber on their boners. Come to think of it, you've just given me another brilliant idea using the same basic principle. I'll knock up a prototype later, Jonesy's helicopter is a bit cramped. I left him my own duvet and a copy of 'Coping with loss'. He'll be wanting to be keeping his arms under the duvet of a cold night underneath the doorway of Penneys....

kowloon · 03-05-2019 04:31PM

Candie wrote: »

I have amazing ideas at least two or three times a week. Then I wake up and can never retrieve them before they disappear into the ether.

I've solved all the world's problems several times over in my sleep onlt to forget how in the morning. I have to stop watching Schindler's List before bedtime.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 03-05-2019 04:53PM

I wrote a brilliant song once but I couldn't remember it when I sobered up.

Loafing Oaf · 07-05-2019 04:16PM

Beize/grey trainers marketed specifically at old people. You see these aul wans, with flashy fluorescent Reeboks or whatever, presumably because their doctors have told them wearing trainers helps their joints, and it looks so wrong...

jester77 · 07-05-2019 04:54PM

I had some great ones when I was drunk.

I returned home to my parents as a young lad polluted from the night out, having stopped at the chippers and gotten a curry chip. I had them put the curry in a styrofoam cup so the chips wouldn't be soggy. Now that was a great idea.

Taxi got me home, parents have one of those big ass ranges in the living room which was still nice and warm. Put the styrofoam on top to heat the curry, throw chips into oven to reheat them and head to the toilet for a whizz.

I return, lift the styrofoam cup and the bottom had melted and the curry flowed all over the range top. I was too drunk to be capable of cleaning it, ate the chips and fell asleep on the chair.

The place the next morning stunk and the curry had formed a hard layer of crust and took some effort to clean. Was a brilliant idea at the time.

MrMusician18 · 07-05-2019 05:02PM

I had a great idea (well I thought it was) for a public policy but it wasn't listened to.
That the department of education should produce standard open source texts for schools in Ireland. The Teachers could amend and adapt as they see fit and students could use soft copies, buy or indeed print their own books.

It would end the book racket and would be in effect practical direct aid to parents.

07-05-2019 06:31PM

Set up an account on YouTube.
Dont put any content on it.
Watch as many videos aimed at young adult audiences, from a highly Politically Correct point of view.
Report videos for ANY bad word, or threatening facial expressions and the slightest aggression.
Get a spot on on RTE radio 1 as a social media expert, explaining about the effect of such immoral videos on YouTube.
Just Don't talk down the Web summit.
There. You're a feted cebrity cause celebre. Get hired by Google.

07-05-2019 06:33PM

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Beize/grey trainers marketed specifically at old people. You see these aul wans, with flashy fluorescent Reeboks or whatever, presumably because their doctors have told them wearing trainers helps their joints, and it looks so wrong...

That footwear will never go over 3 kmh

Beasty · 07-05-2019 07:02PM

I invented sliced bread

No-one's ever bettered that

ToddyDoody · 07-05-2019 07:13PM

Yes. Joining boards.ie

ILoveYourVibes · 07-05-2019 07:14PM

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly wrote: »

I haven't.

Me neither.

I dunno if i have even had a real idea.

Deub · 07-05-2019 07:20PM

I have many ideas that might work but too lazy to try them. Here are 2 (if someone tries them, let me know if it works):

- open a shop selling stuffed breads (cheddar & bacon, tikka masala, etc). How it is made: Just add the cheddar and bacon when making the dough and cook. I did some and it was great !

- open a crepe shop (savoury ones and sweet ones). It is quick to cook so you can compete witb fast food but with less junk in it and you can create so many combinations.

Signore Fancy Pants · 07-05-2019 07:30PM

Potato waffles.

My idea.

Youre welcome.

Have you ever had a brilliant idea?

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