orphaned ideas » food http://ideas.shocklab.com a few ideas for loving homes with more energy than me Sat, 21 Aug 2010 06:28:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Hey, you put your coke in my snickers! http://ideas.shocklab.com/hey-you-put-your-coke-in-my-snickers/ http://ideas.shocklab.com/hey-you-put-your-coke-in-my-snickers/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:58:21 +0000 admin http://ideas.shocklab.com/?p=55 My friend David (to protect his identity, let’s just call him David Beck) doesn’t seem to feel satisfied by a Snickers bar. So he usually chases it down it with a Coke and handful or so of Sugar Babies. Which is all fine and good – but why the extra step? When I want soda I don’t want to wait to put down the candy and lift up a whole other can – I want it now!  And when there’s a will . . . imagine edible candy tubes inside your favorite bar, keeping your soda fresh, effervescent, and ready for that cola Niagara rush, where sugary fluids navigate the cheapest chocolate, caramel and nougat in a simple return to Eden.

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him: Hmm.  How about hot dog flavored condoms?

]]> http://ideas.shocklab.com/conversation-over-the-sink/feed/ 0 The Global Morning Muffin Warmer http://ideas.shocklab.com/the-global-morning-muffin-warmer/ http://ideas.shocklab.com/the-global-morning-muffin-warmer/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:08:36 +0000 purrgirl http://ideas.shocklab.com/the-global-morning-muffin-warmer/ Yes, climate change can be delicious! Here’s a simple solar muffin and coffee warmer: a window box with a closing door. Place your breakfast cakes or coffee cup in the window box, shut the door, and let the sun get its greenhouse on for a few minutes. Ding! It’s time for warm muffins!

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Does breaking spaghetti feel like a waste of time? What about cutting it into pieces for a restless hungry child? Have no fear; pre-cut Kid’s Spaghetti is what you’re waiting for!  Now if only somebody would produce it.

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