Hi all!

Basically i have had two seperate convos with people i know who are convinced they had the idea of an invention before it was released.

One guy i know wanted to invent a hot dog clothing line for dogs and accesories. Owners could put these buns on the sides of dogs which keeps them warm and tings. Well we did a google search and found that a company already released this product time ago. :P

Another guy was convinced that he had the idea for mobile phones before they were invented. To tell u the truth it was logical that after the invention of the phone that a mobile phone wud be invented...

Has anyone else had a great idea only to find out that it already exists?

Personally i wish i invented sumfing dead cheap to make and everyone in the world no matter what sex or age they are needed. Like i wish i invented toilet paper and patented it... imagine if i got one pence for EVERY roll of toilet paper there is in the world.

Which gets me thinkin... is there any invention that will be with us to the end of humanity? I dont kno how toilet paper can be outdone or even improved, of course make it smoother but other than that i dunno... That crap about shells in demolition man is ludicrous at best.

Thanks for your thoughts...niceone.gif

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I didn't have an invention. I had an adornment. As a kid, I made a doll in which I called her " Samantha". To me, she was only a doll and did think much about the value of her. Then somebody told me about her being an ethnic doll. Again, I didn't know what " being ethnic" was as well. Like I said I just made a doll and she was mine. Now that I look back there are so many Black women who are making " ethnic " dolls for Black girls and women and I want to eat crow. I remembered seeing a Black woman and her collection of Black dolls that she has made. One of them looked similar to my Samantha doll that I made. Just thinking about that make me want to put my foot in my own butt. I could be making money off of Sammy . Just think about the many young black girls and women out there who would have looked at my dolls and said. " I'm glad that she made an item to make us understand who we are". Just think! As a kid , they didn't have a lot of Black dolls for girls to choose from. There were what was then a " Christy" doll( they call it Black barbie now) and a few others , but not like there are today, more Black-related toys are out there more than ever.

I don't know what ever happened to 'ol Sammy. It would be funny if that wasMY idea was stolen but I very much doubt it. Oddly, I didn't make Sammy for profit, I made her as my imaginary friend. I just liked dolls in general.