“Miniature adjustable two strand pasta maker” Bob Layton
Thumb wrestling game with score keeping technology. -Jason
Spacecraft control panel found in Roswell. Scott T
Rolladex for people who only have two things to remember. Steve C. in Phoenix.
That gadget is a manual thumb exerciser. Carole Marciano
It’s a two tone variable pitch pipe. David Danielson
It is a dual flag holder. Mr Tom.
Early prototype of a self-managed heart valve. StuHunter
You place it on your forehead and it projects your thoughts in 3D! Chad Masters
Dual stamp-licker. Mike Ferguson
It is a dual headphone splitter with individual volume controls. This one was created at home with a 3D printer. Made one myself. Mrtom
Eye-ball distance measuring device, to determine the distance between your eye-balls or from the center of your nose bridge for ordering new glasses. Sparkie48
WINNERS (Who live in the U.S.) get the August 2021 issue of MAD. (Wow, I have 20 pages of material in that issue with art by Mort Drucker, Harry North, Angelo Torres & Hermann Mejia!) Even though MAD moved to LA in December 2017 I’m continuing the WTHII game and sending out MAD magazines to winners since so many people say they love to play it. I pay the postage so winners of MAD magazine are for US addresses only. If you win and live in the US, email me your full name & address and put MAD WINNER in the subject so I can pick it out easily. I’ll autograph your MAD with your first name & my name unless you specify “Dick’s name only”. If you’d rather have one of those 38+ year old Alfred E. Neuman pictures, instead of February MAD, put “SEND ALFRED PIC NOT MAD” in the subject line. Soon, they will be no more of those either. The remaining Alfred E pics were shipped to MAD in LA. If you won more than once using different names, please just ask for one MAD. If you live anywhere outside of the US email me with WINNER in the subject line and I’ll autograph an Alfred E. Neuman photo to you, scan it & email it to you. You can print it out & no one should know the difference. (I’ve done it quite a few times already and people say the photo looks great.)
Email me at gizwizbiz@gmail.com
We’ve never done this before – and perhaps never again! We’re running six losing answers. People who were in the final go-round, but didn’t quite make the final cut. (This was a very hard WTHII to judge. There were almost 200 entries.) But we thought if they didn’t win a MAD, they should at least get some online credit for being close. So here they are – the clever, but not winners:
Pfizer “Nasal Evacuator.” It has color coding to prevent nostril cross contamination. Rufus Thompson
It’s a mixer for ketchup and mustard. Tubing delivers condiments to vertical nozzles and yellow tabs control the mixture. Keith Phillip
Easter grass dispenser to spool out custom length grass that fits perfectly in your Easter baskets. Brian Burwell
A stair stepper for mice. — Deborah Ann Stressner
New cable company wifi modem. Slow internet? Move one of the yellow sliders to a new position. Scott Williams
Looks like a calliope for a mouse. Tom Jensen
