Get Rich or Die Trying

I'm on an invention kick. I often think about inventing something so unique in hopes to get rich quick and retire... Except that I can't actually think of anything worthwhile to invent. The worst thing about it is I spend so much time thinking about something that no one else has ever thought of when I think my real problem is that I'm thinking TOO much about it. I need to greatly simplify and dumbify.

For example...

The Shake Weight. Who woulda thunk?! I'm sure tons of people thought of this but also thought it was the dumbest thing a thought could think. Dr Seuss is my inspiration. But then there was that one person who thought it through to the end and lo and behold, he's rich. And probably retired already. That could've been me. I think most people buy it because they think its a great conversation-starter. I mean, c'mon. If you saw this thing at someone's house, you'd run straight for it to see if it actually works, and then spend at least a few minutes laughing about how ridiculous it is and maybe make a few obscene comments in between.

Ponzi-schemes. So basically I could've just told a bunch of people that trust me that they'll make tons of money as long as they keep finding more and more investors that will help "invest" in some sort of barely-marketable product. I could have totally gotten away with this 5 years ago. Bernie Madoff had to ruin it for the rest of us.

The Snuggie. No one knows this, but I am really the one that invented the idea of the snuggie... I've been wearing my sweaters on backwards forever! You know when you're wearing a totally cute shirt, but its kinda cold so rather then hiding your totally cute shirt you just pull your arms through the sweater and then you get the best of both worlds?? Ya.. I invented that. Unfortunately for me, I didn't patent my brilliant invention and now some other guy is getting all the credit in the form of money.

Then there was...

The Guy Who Simply Asked For A Million Dollars... And Got It. Did you hear about this? This guy posted several rants on YouTube begging for anyone who was a multi-millionaire/billionaire to give him just $1 million. A rich loony came along and was like "this guy kindly asked for $1 million, so heck I'm going to give it to him!" If I knew I could get $1 million by simply asking, I would've signed up for a YouTube account a long time ago. THAT could've been me.

I do have 2 ideas, but I think they are totally lame. But are they? The above's are pretty lame themselves but that didn't stop them. I probably wont pursue them and watch someone else get rich from it eventually.

So here I am. Inventionless.