Transparent toasters, rubber umbrellas, time-sensitive bills [products]

If you’re looking for unique products, Inventibles fits the bill.  My favorites:

Transparent toaster

Time-sensitive bills

Rubber Umbrella

Random dancing – Sound of Music [video]

This is SO COOL!!!!!!  I just love these kinds of videos.  Take a look at 4 minutes of fun!  I love the expressions of the onlookers standing in the Central Station Antwerp…

Need a unique proposal idea? Order “Martini on the Rock”

Image by chrisjohnbeckett via Flickr

If you’re in need of a unique proposal idea, try the “Martini on the Rock.’  For a mere $10,000 (approximate–depends on the stone) the Algonquin Hotel in New York City will help you propose to your sweetheart.  But you have to place your order three days in advance and meet with the hotel’s jeweler.

The first person to order this drink paid $13,000—and instead of a loose stone, selected a 1.85-carat diamond engagement ring. (His girlfriend said yes.)

But apparently, that is false. Cleopatra set the precdent when she removed one of her pearl earrings and dropped it in a goblet of wine vinegar. Each of the pearls was so large and rare that it was extraordinarily valuable—“the value of 15 countries.” The pearl dissolved in the vinegar, which Cleopatra then drank. Antony conceded defeat—the value of that single drink, let alone the banquet, had indeed been more than any meal in history.

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Source

The Algonquin website

Cleopatra’s Wager

Cleopatra on the Web