I wish I'd thought of this

26 Jan 2001

People keep telling me I have too much time on my hands. I came across this patent for a method for exercising a cat using a laser.

Have you ever held a laser pointer and tormented a cat by making the beam dance across the wall? Then you get the gist of this patent.

Now that I’ve seen this patent, it makes Amazon’s 1-Click patent seem so much less absurd.

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