Stupidest Invention Ever II
 

Ok.. I think this tops the previous stupidest invention ever. My mom has a knack for buying me the most idiotic things.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you...

the snow ball maker!

Snow balls on SoCal? What the fuck?

You never know when you might be ambushed by warriors of frost and lack the gloves needed to procure a proper ball of sleet and ice.

I got a couple of them myself.. Some people call 'em 'hands' but I dunno.

Your mom is way cooler than my mom. Can I have her?

I'll trade you a Bengals Beer jacket for it....:D

snow?? what the heck is snow???

I'll bet that thing eliminates a lot of dates..

What the..... I dont understand....

Stupid inventions, eh?
[edit] removed pictures, cause there was some stupid avertisement on them... damn people.

My cousin actually got one of those things for Christmas about 10 years ago. We all knew it was stupid, but we had to try it just to see. It actually worked in the right kind of snow (when it was just around 32º out and nice and sticky). Otherwise (when it was too cold out), the snow was too powdery and just didn't ball right.

Unfortunately, when the snow was in that perfect condition for balling, it was also heavier and we put too much pressure on the plastic handle. It broke the second day he had it.

Stupidest invention ever? I'd say probably not.

My advice to you, now that you have it, would be to use it as either a mellon-baller or a cat poop scooper. Or both.

Someone, somewhere, has turned that into a sex toy.

Just use it as an ice-cream scoop.

yeah kinda stupid...in two ways..in ca of course it's stupid....in wisconsin if your a lazy kid..

I'll deliver you some quality ice/snow from behind the Easy Street Arena.
That's the closest we'll get to snow in Simi.

You might have opportunity to use it in NYC. In LA, you probably don't get much opportunity.

Tell you what. I'll challenge you to a snowball duel. I'll take the snowball maker. You take, let's say, a melon baller. We'll see who wins! :thumbsup:

Let's get creative here. Ice cream scoop was already mentioned. How about cheese ball maker? A really large melon baller? Slimy tennis ball picker upper after your dog has had it in his mouth for 20 minutes?

It damn well better make the best, most rounded snowball ever. Or else I'll return it, without the receipt, that'll show 'em that I'm pissed.

"The Salad Tosser"

It kind of reminds of the stuff they use to castrate sheep.
Get a few small rubber bands and you're sorted for dealing with people who haven't paid their bills.

IN NY, you can use that as a weapon. Just place it in the crotch of the would-be mugger and sqeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze.

It only shows that you live in a climate w/o snow :D

But I agree that it looks flimsy.

Make it out of metal and put a teflon coating on it and you could have superior snow ball fights!

Just walk into a Sharper Image or Brookstone store, you'll get enough material for a hundred "Stupidest Invention Ever" threads.

http://www.brookstone.com/shop/produ...ry&prodtemp=t1

I think its just funny, how much lazier can we get? What's next a machine that wipes our ass?!?

Are you sure that you haven't accidently aquired an Acme breast alignment tool? I think it's part of a set.

You should see the DDD alignment tool!

I have to agree on this one.

It's the quintessential stupidest invention ever.

Amazing but true, I guess...

ahahahaa i was laughing for like five minutes

Already exists.

A snowball maker... man, I'm thinking powdered water's next. You know, just add water.

I'd like to nominate a wonderful invention. Not the stupidest ever, but it's up there somewhere:
http://www.smittens.biz/default.htm

Just be grateful that your mom has a sense of humor to begin with :thumbsup:

Umm dude that thing kicks ass. I never had one and always at the bus stop got owned by the kids that did in a snowball fight. You can RAPIDLY make snowballs with it at probly 5x the pace. It is NESSESSARY to have it. No way is it a stupid invention.

Lol, my friend's mom is the exact same way. She always comes home with crazy toys she finds at Safeway.

You have got to be kidding me. Pretty soon they will be coming out with a automatic snow ball maker, then a automatic snow ball thrower, then proably something like you can control a robot to make its own snowball and throw it for you while you sit on the couch. Unbelievable...

lol milf I would buy that robotin a second. drive it around town throwing snowballs at random people...

Somebody's mom is spending too much time on the shopping channels. How come these "gifts" keep coming your way?

What is this 'Snow' you speak of?

it's pretty stupid... how much did that cost?!

Lame...lame...lame. Halx has a fetish for random stuff.

Wow. That IS stupid!

It's like I always said. "This is Amercia, We have the dumbest thing for sell.

I remember years ago seeing a book called 101 useless japanese inventions. There were som pretty bad ones, such as a helmet you wear that has a roll of toiler paper on it so when you have to blow your nose you just roll it down.

Apparently amazon has a couple pages of it scanned for everyones pleasure.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0393...38#reader-page

And a Sequel!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0393...38#reader-link

Sorry halx, your snowballer just cant compete with that useless crap.