living it up...
Alright, new invention:
I was hanging some sick handcrafted walnut elevator doors the other day when had a sort of inventive epiphany. Introducing...
wait for it...
The Libravator.
Yep, that's right, folks, the libravator. It is an elevator lined with bookshelves. Think of it... How much time do you spend going up and down elevators? What if you could spend that time constructively reading?
It could be argued that the average elevator ride is somewhere between thirty seconds and a minute. But, think of the aggregate of all those thirty second rides. Over twenty or thirty years you could probably finish War and Peace. All we need now are some really effective bookmarks.
So I am starting the American Libravator Company. Anyone looking for a sure-fire investment opportunity?
I was hanging some sick handcrafted walnut elevator doors the other day when had a sort of inventive epiphany. Introducing...
wait for it...
The Libravator.
Yep, that's right, folks, the libravator. It is an elevator lined with bookshelves. Think of it... How much time do you spend going up and down elevators? What if you could spend that time constructively reading?
It could be argued that the average elevator ride is somewhere between thirty seconds and a minute. But, think of the aggregate of all those thirty second rides. Over twenty or thirty years you could probably finish War and Peace. All we need now are some really effective bookmarks.
So I am starting the American Libravator Company. Anyone looking for a sure-fire investment opportunity?
posted by yonderincarp at 22:20
4 Comments:
Since we live on the 8th floor, I spend tens of minutes in the elevator every month. I've often wondered how I could better myself during that time (other than by checking my teeth in the mirror, I mean). So maybe you are on to something.
I only have one question: is there some sort of a security feature that prevents people from removing books from the Libravator? (Like maybe a dye pack in the binding of each book. That would be cool.)
It would stink to get 30 years into Tolstoy, go the the Libravator one day, find that a burglar had absconded with the tome, and forever wonder if Nikolai ended up with Sonya or Princess Maria.
Stuff like that could really shake up the company, so you should probably go with dye packs, otherwise I don't see how this idea could ever be feasible. In the long term, I mean.
Thanks, Andrew. Excellent observation. When R&D gets the loss-prevention device perfected we'll get you royalties.
Sounds brilliant, and that means a lot coming from a Libra.
I was thinking maybe an audio book system with a lady computer voice like on the Star Trek Enterprise, that knows exactly where to begin each time someone steps inside. only then, there would be mass confusion if more than one person needed to ride at the same time. so perhaps headsets.
sure-fire is right. ;)
Well, think about it. There are two inventions in one. One is the libravator. The other is the personal bookmark that remembers exactly who you are and automatically goes to that page.
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