The Best of Inventions

So as I was basking in the sun of the back deck earlier today, I had an idea for those of us who still sunbathe and have a modicum of modesty. It's part towel, part swimsuit.

If you're in a private or clothing-optional environment, you can lay the towel out, then pull up a velcro-ed bikini bottom, flip the velcro on the "waistband" under, and re-velcro it at your sides on the towel. When you flip onto your stomach, the same half a panty would give you a generous thong covering. The bra section would be comprised of two flaps that velcro together in the center of your chest like a front clasp-closure bra. You don't need this part when you flip over, or if you're a dude.

If you're in a public space where you need cover, you would just show up with your towel's clothing parts already engaged, leaving the rest of the towel folded into a handy backpack. Then when you're ready to lie down all you need to do it sit, unfurl your backpacked towel, lie back and stretch it out beneath you. Beats adjusting clothing over and over again. Of course the turning over part still requires some dexterity and slight of hand.

As I was pondering this aspect of the invention, the girl child approaches me with the theory that Arithmetic can be applied to words. If you want to add, she says, you use a pencil and write the word again. To subtract, you use the eraser. To multiply you make copies, and to divide you cut the word in half with scissors. Then comes the genius of her postulation: "Prime Words." Her first prime word was "orange", because in "Word Math" the words that only rhyme with themselves are "prime". Isn't that a cool idea?

Since it seemed that creativity was alive in the air, I approached the boy child who did not disappoint. His invention is a dog bed with an insert of that gel which you find in pain pads and can be made to work with heating and cooling therapy. Difference is, this one would also have a sensor that goes to an outdoor thermometer so that it can regulate the dog's bed temperature in accordance with the current outdoor temperature. That's a bed I think I might sleep on, too. (He also has an amazing idea for a virtual experience via video game that is entirely revolutionary. I told him to draw up some ideas and develop it further as I think that while it uses existing--but not commonly available--technology, it does so in a very unique and ground-breaking way. I hope he sticks with it.)

Now, if I can just figure out how to turn over without disengaging the wearable towel, I'll be ready to sew. Well, that and some sewing lessons ought to do it!