[[Bruno looks up from his paper, holding his reading glasses in one hand, and addresses Wendy, who is sitting near him.]]
Bruno: So, I invented a faucet that MIXES hot and cold water to enable it to deliver WARM or COOL water if desired. Rather than strictly TEA or ICE.
Wendy: Sounds pretty daring.

Bruno: I went to file a patent, and guess what I found!
Wendy: I daren’t guess, I DAREN’T!
Bruno: Scaldfreeze Faucet Corporation OWNS the patent! They’ve invented a usable faucet, but DELIBERATELY REFUSE to manufacture it!

Wendy: You’re saying there’s a CORPORATE CONSPIRACY to QUASH any attempt to make ANY faucet that doesn’t toggle exclusively between ANTARCTIC and THE SUN.
Bruno: That’ exactly what I’m saying.

Next time, on MYSTERIES SOLVED:
[[Wendy is either absent or out of frame.]]
Bruno: You can’t use CELL PHONES on AIRPLANES because they would let you PRANK-CALL the PILOT!

#903; The Faucet, Reinvented transcribed by in

Next time, on MYSTERIES SOLVED:
[[Wendy is either absent or out of frame.]]
Bruno: You can’t use CELL PHONES on AIRPLANES because they would let you PRANK-CALL the PILOT!

#903; The Faucet, Reinvented transcribed by in

Bruno: I went to file a patent, and guess what I found!
Wendy: I daren't guess, I DAREN'T!
Bruno: Scaldfreeze Faucet Corporation OWNS the patent! They've invented a usable faucet, but DELIBERATELY REFUSE to manufacture it!

Wendy: You're saying there's a CORPORATE CONSPIRACY to QUASH any attempt to make ANY faucet that doesn't toggle exclusively between ANTARCTIC and THE SUN.
Bruno: That' exactly what I'm saying.

Next time, on MYSTERIES SOLVED:
[[Wendy is either absent or out of frame.]]
Bruno: You can't use CELL PHONES on AIRPLANES because they would let you PRANK-CALL the PILOT!

I don't even know whose side I'm on anymore

#903; The Faucet, Reinvented

— January 11th, 2013

[ Tags: annoyances, commerce, technology ] Permalink: https://wondermark.com/c/903/

Continued from #902; The Invention of the Faucet

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#903; The Faucet, Reinvented

— January 11th, 2013

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