Sunday, February 21, 2010

Norman and the Blood Tester

Years ago, Grandpa wobbled to his recliner, slurred his speech, and motioned incoherently while attempting to tell us something. We freaked out and rushed him to the hospital; only to find out his blood sugar was just a bit low. As soon as he took medicine, he was fine. Now we have these nifty little blood sugar testers at the house. If Grandpa starts acting loopy, we simply test the blood and give him some medicine. Awesome.



I want to create and market a hormone level tester. I would like a simple finger-prick blood tester machine that would notify me if I am crazy. For example, if I look into my closet and burst into tears because my shirt is the wrong shade of blue, I could take out the hormone tester and realize that everything I think and feel is entirely fictional because hormone levels are through the roof. I could then rest assured that in a few days my shirt would again return to an acceptable shade of blue.

I have also been working on creating a character in my dreams that notifies me of non-reality. His name is Norman. He is a thin, nerdy guy with brown plastic-framed glasses. Norman will hopefully enter the scene next time all my teeth fall out. He will wave red flags and shout, "This is not real! You are dreaming!" He will occasionally reassure me that I am neither pregnant, nor floating on my ceiling, nor marrying a faceless person I have never met. Everyone needs a Norman. I am also convinced due to recent events, that everyone also needs a hormone level finger-prick blood tester.



"Knowing is half the battle." -GI Joe.

3 comments:

joanna said...

Great idea! I would also like you to invent some sort of device that tells you if you are really hungry. Then, when that leftover cheesecake in the fridge is calling your name - and you are really trying to justify eating it - because you really think you are hungry - you could just take that test and realize you have several more hours before your body needs its next form of sustenance. And then you also need to add to that device some sort of restraining device to keep you from still pursuing the indulgence when you hunger test is negative!

sethswifeforlife said...

yes, I'd buy it.
great to see you the other day. stop by absolutely anytime. it's craziness here, I don't need a tester to tell me that though!

Jacquline said...

I appreciate this post very much and think you are really onto something here. Please keep me updated as soon as you can paten and produce this nifty invention of yours :P