… slipper genies & tatermitts? 
And that’s not all – Amazon offers a special deal if you buy both the slipper genie cleaning slippers and (are you ready?) dust mop plaid dusting slippers. I mean honestly, why plaid? According to the customer reviews they work quite well, the main downside being that if you pick up any sort of sharp object you’ll end up scratching the shit out of your floors. Considering the amount of stray bits of cat sand flung about casa az I don’t reckon these are going to be a future purchase.
The tatermitts looked rather interesting – check out cheezy 50’s style ad here (my favourite line is “the possibilities are endless!” 🙂 ) – but then a quick googling turned up some very unsatisfied customers. And the “peel a potato in 8 seconds!” claim is pretty misleading as you have to boil the potatoes for five minutes and let them cool before using the scary nubbly gloves on them (which are basically rubber gloves covered with bits of sharp stone – maybe cat sand?) . Too bad they don’t work because it’s really a good idea.
Awhile back Lori wrote a post about inventions she’d like to see. How about you? What would you like to see invented?
~ tatermitts first seen on Boobs Radley ~
casa azahar 
can’t come up with an invention I’d like to see but I’ve seen a couple of wacky craft projects….. slippers made from maxi pads and a knitted womb…. I’m giving the womb pattern to the knitting group at the gimcrack 🙂
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my favorite is something called a ‘baby mop’. a little jumper you put on a kid that crawls and the floor gets clean as it scoots around.
Baby Mops
my thought? i’ve got lots of hardwood floors. maybe i can open a babysitting service on saturday mornings, dress up the little buggers in Baby Mops and then sit back with a cup of coffee while my floors are done…
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A knitted womb? Hey, I could use one of those, nursemyra. And I reckon that maxi-pad slippers would work almost as well as slipper genies.
But not nearly as well as those baby mops, daisy. And you’ve even solved the problem about where to get enough babies to do the job right – well done!
Too bad there isn’t a version for cats – it would certainly help with keeping under the bed dust free.
This cat mop is cute but it hasn’t cut out the middle man, an all-important factor.
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Peeling A (like in 1) in 8 minutes?
Sucks 😉
But the shoes are cool.
With all the Dust here I should go for them 😀
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Boy, am I glad you showed up, rainmountain – welcome! 🙂 .
That was clearly a whoopsy on my part which I’ve now corrected – it should read “peel a potato in 8 seconds!” (not minutes).
I really shouldn’t post stuff before I’ve had that all important first cup of coffee…
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even better? people would PAY me to drop their kids off… i think this one is worth pursuing! The cat mop would be just fun… but probably not for the cat.
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I would like to see a diet pill that only allows you to lose weight by drinking tons of beer.
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I could totally use those slippers. Usually I skate around the kitchen floor on rags.
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I’d like to see someone invent opposable thumbs for cats and dogs so they could make themselves useful around the house, perhaps make you a cup of tea in the morning since they’re up so early…
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I’d prefer a Spanish ‘tons of rioja’ version myself, uw.
So are you going for the Amazon double offer, MyStarbucks?
I think cats with opposable thumbs wouldn’t really care about making themselves useful … dogs maybe. Remember this one, truce? 🙂
I’d like to see an automatic garlic peeler.
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So true, Az! The cats would be busy eating and using haircare products… while the dogs would still be bouncing around, waiting desperately for someone to play with them!!
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