{"id":1895,"date":"2002-01-26T14:57:54","date_gmt":"2002-01-26T21:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/?p=1895"},"modified":"2002-01-26T14:57:54","modified_gmt":"2002-01-26T21:57:54","slug":"chindogu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/wordpress\/2002\/01\/26\/chindogu\/","title":{"rendered":"Chindogu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chindogu is the art of creating almost useless objects.  That is, an invention that at first seems like a great idea, but, upon further reflection, reveals itself as more trouble than it&#8217;s worth.  For examples, check out the <a href='http:\/\/www.chindogu.com\/'>Internation Chindogu Society<\/a>, where you can find such speciments as the <a href='http:\/\/www.pitt.edu\/~ctnst3\/chindogu\/chin1temp.html'>backscratcher&#8217;s t-shirt<\/a> and the <a href='http:\/\/www.pitt.edu\/~ctnst3\/chindogu\/chin10.html'>portable crosswalk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s one I just came up with:  a tiny toilet roll dispenser, about an 1.5&#8243; across, and paper rolls of a corresponding size.  This would be mounted next to your sink.  Then, after shaving, a gentleman can tear off tiny 1&#8243; x 1&#8243; squares of tissue to apply to his various cuts and nicks.<\/p>\n<p>If the idea of chindogu appeals to you, I simply cannot recommend <a href='http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0393313697'>101 Unuseless Japanese Inventions : The Art of Chindogu<\/a> too highly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chindogu is the art of creating almost useless objects. That is, an invention that at first seems like a great idea, but, upon further reflection, reveals itself as more trouble than it&#8217;s worth. For examples, check out the Internation Chindogu Society, where you can find such speciments as the backscratcher&#8217;s t-shirt and the portable crosswalk. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-great-ideas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1895\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}