Man's Greatest Invention, or at least the first.

The back scratcher. It may not be the greatest but I bet it was invented centuries before the wheel or fire. People have had itchy backs ever since there have been people. What prompted this comment? Simple, today I found a back scratcher lying on one of the desk in our great cavernous gothic library. It was about 30 centimeters long and made from carved wood. One end was carved to look like a hand, the other had a small wooden wheel attached to it. The first back scratch were probably just sticks of course. Or a rock lying near by the sleeping cave. Even dogs use back scratcher. When my dog Rocky can't reach an itch with is paws he rolls around on the carpet with his paws in the air. So it doesn't take a brain to advanced to make one. What we need is a scratcher for today. A modern scratcher like no other. I say lets get Dean Kamen and that Dyson guy on it right away. The BS2000! All good inventions should have the number 2000 on it. 2000 denotes a sense of wonder and artifice. At least it did at the turn of the century perhaps 3000 is more appropriate now. Yes, the B-S-3000. Solid GOLD!

Could double as a ball scratcher!
lsob | 11.17.04 - 8:27 pm | #