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I had a wonderful conversation with Ben Munat at the Raincity Afterparty, and the discussion came around, as it often does with me, the grilled cheese sandwich with the image of the Virgin Mary.

We talked about it, the Mother Theresa baked good (a.k.a The Nun Bun), and it wasn’t a big leap to come up with the idea of a grill that put images onto bread.  Like an image of George Foreman on your steak.  From there, we decided that opening a sandwich place with famous faces would be a cool idea.  Then you could name the sandwiches after whoever’s face was on it.  Like a Mr. Burns Egg Salad sandwich or a Salami Davis Jr., for example.  A Viggo Mortadella on whole wheat.  OK, I’ll stop now.

I went looking online, though, and clearly, I’m not the first guy to have this general idea, though the tie-in to a restaurant seems to be just mine for now.  There are sites out there that collect random ideas and let people comment and even go do something with them.  Scott Adams even started an idea trading site called “The Lazy Entrepreneur”.

All of which is my way of saying, that just because this idea was already used, that doesn’t mean every idea will be.  From now on, if I have a good idea, I’ll share it—no sense letting my sporadic flashes of insight and/or insanity go to waste!

Overheard

“Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need.”

...who said it?

“A third of high school graduates, along with 42 percent of college graduates, never read a book after they finish school. Eighty percent of the families in the United States last year did not buy a book.”

...who said it?

“All things are difficult before they are easy.”

...who said it?

“All growth is, by its very definition, not sustainable.”

...who said it?

“We’re Justin and Dave, and this is our improbably, bacon-flavored story...”

...who said it?

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Darn, the Lazy Entrepreneur site isn't working. Sounded like a good idea to me, too!

 

Posted by hermitdeb  at  11:00 am on Apr. 17, 2006

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