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...your least likely idea may be worth millions... https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/smal...uct/ss-AAEzU8R

I'm always working on ideas - my latest idea is .... no wait! It's a secret, but has a potential customer base of billions

^ Satellites + pornography ?

Developed ?

Physically incubated ?

A susceptibility to crazy Isaan women ? If it's a remedy for that, please PM me...

I invented a new mousetrap many years ago. No really. No mouse has ever defeated it.
I should get a million made in China and retire in comfort but I'm too busy.

Originally Posted by docmartin

No mouse has ever defeated it.

...has any mouse ever seen it?...

And I've conceptualised a winner for the self-obsessed muppet generation too.

Originally Posted by tomcat

...has any mouse ever seen it?...

Yes. Many. But they don't see it for long.

After coming up with the idea I knocked up a prototype in about twenty minutes.
Went to the pet shop for a few volunteer trial participants, and set up an experiment with a video camera to record the action should improvements be needed. But the thing worked perfectly from the start.

Doesn't get any use these days because the house I live in now was built to be mouse-proof.

Originally Posted by docmartin

No mouse has ever defeated it.

This wee fella will.

Originally Posted by docmartin

I invented a new mousetrap many years ago. No really. No mouse has ever defeated it.
I should get a million made in China and retire in comfort but I'm too busy.

A way to rid rats in massive numbers without poisons would be more relevant. Pigeons, too.

Rats are smart. They send the young ones to check out anything new.

^Rats have language?

They communicate effectively.

They communicate effectively or have a strategy that creates the desired outcome.

Originally Posted by docmartin

They communicate effectively or have a strategy that creates the desired outcome

...i.e., they lie to their young ones...

Hey, they’re rats.

...and not so different from humans then...maybe you need to resize your traps...

Philosophically inclined to agree but there's legal liabilities and practical considerations to be taken into account.

...so, patent pending then...

Originally Posted by tomcat

...and not so different from humans then...maybe you need to resize your traps...

Rats are fascinating creatures with a highly organised social structure. They are probably the most successful mammal there is (after humans) which is why they are so persecuted. They have this 'diseased' reputation, and in many cases rightly so, but all they're doing is taking advantage of the habitats we have created for them. They have such efficient digestive systems that they can get nutrients out of our faeces. They are brave little buggers as well. When I used to go ferreting as a youngster, occasionally we'd come across a rat in a rabbit warren. A female rat with young will take on any ferret, and often come off best with the ferret badly bitten and heading to the vet's for some antibiotics.

Anyway, I resisted posting on this thread for fear of someone stealing my idea, but in the interests of animal welfare have decided to share.

For some time our chickens were suffering from bumblefoot. This is an affliction caused by the chickens constantly landing hard on the ground with a heavy impact when flying/falling down from their night time roost in the morning. The red egg laying hens are particularly prone to this as they're not very aerodynamic and tend to hit the floor with a crash. Bumblefoot is this strange white growth inside the chicken's feet that is very painful and stops the chickens walking about. Eventually the foot will swell right up making the chicken's life a misery.

The books say to add sand to the ground to soften it to reduce the chicken's impact, and to keep the perches no higher than 18 inches from the ground. Neither of which are practical as any sand will soon get scratched away and a chicken will roost in the highest place possible and will just ignore some stupid perch at knee height.

So, in my light bulb moment I invented the 'chicken ramp'. In the six years since my invention we haven't had a single case of bumblefoot.