Great inventions that nobody has yet thought of

[hismikeness]

Any way of making baseball less than totally tedious would be a great invention.

Mandatory minimum pitch counts for starting pitchers, like around 110 pitches.
A walked batter on a full count goes to second base instead of first.
A hit batsman is granted second base instead of first.
Steroids.
Make ground rule double a ground rule triple.

[OldGit]

Mandatory minimum pitch counts for starting pitchers, like around 110 pitches.
A walked batter on a full count goes to second base instead of first.
A hit batsman is granted second base instead of first.
Steroids.
Make ground rule double a ground rule triple.

Well, I understand Steroids.  The rest of it seems to me to be illustrating the problem rather than helping with it.

How about:

Ball to explode randomly several times a game.
Land mines on pitch.
Instant death penalty for minor infringements.
Extra rules to be introduced secretly, to be announced only when execution is triggered.
Nude cheerleaders to prance around the pitch for no serious reason.

Similar innovations might help with cricket.

[En_Route]

They would have to invent new ways to make the game interesting then. ;

Extra points for any means of keeping spectators awake during cricket.

Apart from electrifying the seats or naked cheerleaders, I can't think of anything.

Electrified naked cheerleaders?

Genius! Now, all we have to do is get it past Health and Safety.

[En_Route]

Any way of making baseball less than totally tedious would be a great invention.

Mandatory minimum pitch counts for starting pitchers, like around 110 pitches.
A walked batter on a full count goes to second base instead of first.
A hit batsman is granted second base instead of first.
Steroids.
Make ground rule double a ground rule triple.

I could make more sense of the Bible.

[Ecurb Noselrub]

Electrified naked cheerleaders?

That would ensure that everyone's bat stayed hard.

[The Magic Pudding]

I'd like to put in a request.

A personal submarine would be good but probably a bit expensive.

So I'll settle for a slightly larger than me size bubble I could go floating about in and just check out fish and stuff. 

It would need to be shark proof, if sharks came and played with my bubble for a while that'd be OK.

If some motorised craft comes into contact with my bubble it should explode efficiently in a high temperature fire ball, minimising carbon emissions.

I'm not sure how propulsion is going to work but I'm not in a hurry.

I don't need an ability to dive but I expect a shnorrkle would be needed and torpedoes probably.
Might as well have surface to air missiles as well I suppose, might need them, you never know.

An arm to grab tasty looking things, if it's not too much trouble.
I don't don't know if the above arm can multi task but I'm going to need something to push off those free loading sucker fish, bastards, I hate them.

[bannedatheist]

Self-raising yurt.

Personal drones that hover over your head keeping you cool and zapping bugs.

Nanotube space needle with anchor in NEO.

GIFOPs are Great Ideas For Other People -- I love this thread!!! I shall read them all. Any chance I can repost some of them on my GIFOP Tumblr? Any objections? I also like to illustrate GIFOPs as if for patents. Just ask and I might just sketch your GIFOP out, gears 'n all.

[Buddy]

A way to get vaccines without needles. 

[OldGit]

A way to get vaccines without needles.  

Right - and my several shots of insulin per day, and my blood tests.  I jab needles into myself a minimum of 5 times a day and it's not really fun.

[En_Route]

A way to get vaccines without needles.  

Right - and my several shots of insulin per day, and my blood tests.  I jab needles into myself a minimum of 5 times a day and it's not really fun.

I bet not. Sorry to hear it.

[Ali]

Kitten mittens. 

Those have already been thought of. But, they're spelled kitten mittens, and you'll be smitten.   

Kitten Mittons

Glad somebody got that.   

Right - and my several shots of insulin per day, and my blood tests.  I jab needles into myself a minimum of 5 times a day and it's not really fun.

Have you thought about getting one of those insulin pumps?  Husband's cousin has one and I think she likes it because no more shots.

I had Gestational Diabetes with T which means I'll most likely have it again with this little pickle, so I'll soon be joining your ranks of doing thrice daily blood tests.  Haha, last time I made everyone around me try the finger prick at least once (because I'm mean, and they indicated curiousity.)  Biggest bunch of crybabies EVER!  "Ooooowwwww that stings!"  Oh yeah, little bit?  'Cause I only do it three times a day, no big deal.   

[OldGit]

Oh, dear, Ali, I hope you don't get it this time.  But if you do, and you make others try a test, how about setting the needle to much deeper before handing them the pricker?

As to the pump - thanks, but I don't really hate injections that much.  I just love moaning about them and getting sympathy. 

[xSilverPhinx]

It can always get worse...like having to take a needle through the open iris in your eye. It probably doesn't hurt at all but it's got to be a desconcerting experience to see that needle coming closer...and closer...

[Ali]

It can always get worse...like having to take a needle through the open iris in your eye. It probably doesn't hurt at all but it's got to be a desconcerting experience to see that needle coming closer...and closer...

*Passes out*

[Guardian85]

Haha, last time I made everyone around me try the finger prick at least once (because I'm mean, and they indicated curiousity.)  Biggest bunch of crybabies EVER!  "Ooooowwwww that stings!"  Oh yeah, little bit?  'Cause I only do it three times a day, no big deal.   

My dad has one of those to keep an eye on his blood sugar. Last time I was home he wanted to test my blood sugar. Three jabs with the fucking thing later he still hadn't drawn blood. I told him "Fuck it. I'm out."