Wednesday, February 09, 2005
MG, check this out! You smoke, right?
Yes, Roger.
Sweet! Then you can use my new invention!
Why do I doubt that already?
Ta-da!
Is that.... origami?
Yeah. It's one of the ancient martial arts.
Roger, origami is not a mar--
See? It's an ashtray.
Made out of... post-it notes?
Yes! See? It's perfect. Because no matter where you are, if you know the pattern, you can make an ashtray. Like, if you're in the office and you want to smoke, you can just fold yourself an ashtray. And you can carry the post-its around really easily, and just fold one up after dinner in a restaurant, or wherever! What do you think?
Where do I start?
I'm gonna make a fortune. This is totally gonna catch on!
Okay, let's start there. It's going to catch on fire. It's paper. And the reason there's no ashtrays in the office or in restaurants already is because you're not allowed to smoke there. And they already sell post-it notes, so how would you make money off it?
Duh, I would just sell the idea. Then people could use their own post-its.
Even if this made any sense, you can't sell the idea of origami. Origami is thousands of years old.
Yeah, but post-it-note-ashtray-origami is totally new. Like Goober Grape. Peanut butter alone and jelly alone were each thousands of years old, but when you put them in a jar together, hai-ya! It's totally new. And awesome.
Hm. Right. Good luck with that.
See, that's the problem with you. You don't see the big picture. I'm gonna go show this to Jay. I bet he'll go in on it with me. He's the kind of person who gets it. If everyone was like you, there wouldn't even be any Goober Grape. Think about that!
Yes, Roger.
Sweet! Then you can use my new invention!
Why do I doubt that already?
Ta-da!
Is that.... origami?
Yeah. It's one of the ancient martial arts.
Roger, origami is not a mar--
See? It's an ashtray.
Made out of... post-it notes?
Yes! See? It's perfect. Because no matter where you are, if you know the pattern, you can make an ashtray. Like, if you're in the office and you want to smoke, you can just fold yourself an ashtray. And you can carry the post-its around really easily, and just fold one up after dinner in a restaurant, or wherever! What do you think?
Where do I start?
I'm gonna make a fortune. This is totally gonna catch on!
Okay, let's start there. It's going to catch on fire. It's paper. And the reason there's no ashtrays in the office or in restaurants already is because you're not allowed to smoke there. And they already sell post-it notes, so how would you make money off it?
Duh, I would just sell the idea. Then people could use their own post-its.
Even if this made any sense, you can't sell the idea of origami. Origami is thousands of years old.
Yeah, but post-it-note-ashtray-origami is totally new. Like Goober Grape. Peanut butter alone and jelly alone were each thousands of years old, but when you put them in a jar together, hai-ya! It's totally new. And awesome.
Hm. Right. Good luck with that.
See, that's the problem with you. You don't see the big picture. I'm gonna go show this to Jay. I bet he'll go in on it with me. He's the kind of person who gets it. If everyone was like you, there wouldn't even be any Goober Grape. Think about that!
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