Day 43

'The Lunacy of some Idiotic Ideas', Pen on Paper

Depending on when you viewed the drawings for the next week (No's 43-50), being that I was on holiday in Austria for all of this week, You may have noticed that there was no text for that week and what you are now reading are retrospective posts based on the fact that I had little or no internet access whilst away. As usual I did my drawing a day but due to limitations with internet access only the drawings were posted. In fact the only internet access I had was through a friend of mine's smartphone so he photographed and then posted the drawings via email when ever possible. So while tidying up and adding the writing for the posts I decided to repost the drawings for the week as well so that they are the same quality as the other posts. Again depending on when you viewed the drawings either before or after the text was added the above drawing out of context may have seemed a little off centre, a little strange... possibly even a little bit much, so I think it's important to give it some context.

The drawing grew out of one of those types of conversations that normally happens when you're in a group of friends, those conversations when a particularly amusing aspect of story, a quip or throw away comment is latched on to by the rest of the group as each person takes it that little bit further attempting to in effect one up the person before them with a more ludicrous, outlandish or just plain ridiculous statement in a bid to keep the joke running. With regards to the above drawing it stems from a recent conversation and is in reference to a joke a comedian I saw once told about why women go to toilets in pairs, that being for one to hold the others hands in order to avoid sitting on an unclean toilet, actually at the time he used me as a prop to illustrate the punchline for the aforementioned joke. It may be a case when reading this that it's one of those 'you had to be there moments' but it did fit with the context of the initial conversation. Actually... it's strange sometimes what logically connects from one sentence to another, as having read back the few sentences I have just written it seems like an unusual conversation to be having by any standards. In saying this though the outcome of the conversation led to the formation of the above idea, which in turn is a spoof and a goof on the lunacy of some ideas, in many cases ones that actually come to fruition. They are those products or ideas for products that are clearly idiotic, so much so that the amount by which they are unnecessary is insurmountable. The types of things that take a seemingly easy task and in trying to simplify it, instead somehow make it more of a chore. I suppose what could be the cause of this is an underlying feeling that a lot of people get whereby they want to be independent, they want to be their own boss, make a quick fortune and then retire to somewhere tropical and sip cocktails on the beach. The unfortunate thing is not all of us are meant for that type of greatness, were not all meant to be inventors or entrepreneurs, mostly as most of us don't have a clue where to start and what seems like a good idea at the time in retrospect is actually the most obtuse thought ever conceived. If we are then to take an idea, a plan or a thought through to completion it's important to then consider what actually constitutes a good idea in the first place. To me what constitutes a good idea for any product is that it is something so obvious that it is difficult to understand why it doesn't already exist... failing that it's having the ability to do it better than it has been done before.