Frisbee finale and other sad endings
The inventor of the Frisbee died last week and I was overcome with the kind of emotions that I felt in 2006 when the inventor of instant noodles died. These people were behind two of the great inventions of the second half of the 20th century, and their passing should be a world event.
I think the noodle guy should have had 2 minutes of silence around the globe, at the end of which, everyone should have saluted the moment with the noodles of their choice. Most likely chicken or chicken and corn. Probably not spicy shrimp so much.
For the Frisbee man I am thinking he should be cremated and the ashes mixed into a paste and compressed into a Frisbee, which would then be thrown off a cliff, into the water.
My other idea was that the ashes are mixed with crushed dog biscuits and the Frisbee is thrown in a park by a man wearing mirrored sunglasses, a toweling headband, really tight white shorts and a yellow singlet. The dog would catch the Frisbee then be allowed to eat it.
For me this kind of tribute would be similar in style to that of Gene Rodenberry, the creator of Star Trek. His ashes were taken into space on one of the space shuttles and released.
The inventor of the post it note must be getting on. We should start planning his passing now. How about a giant post it note, so big it can be seen from space. It could be spread out somewhere that isn’t used much, like Hong Kong Disneyland, and the people of the world could go there and sign it.
The inventor of the Honey Bear, the creator of Pac man, Velcro shoes, and the brains behind the abdominisor. They’ll all kick it in the coming years and we need to think about how we’ll honor the huge effect they have had on our lives.
Start planning people.
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