### April 9 *Ever heard of April 9th? It's like the red-headed stepchild of holidays. The one day nobody really cares about, the day that apparently spawns the stupidest inventions of all time.* From the atomic toaster which could cook your morning toast but also blow up your kitchen in the process, to the $5 million dollar robot cat that meowed randomly and could actually purr if you tickled it under its chin (but cost more than 2 years of college tuition to acquire). Then there's the bug-eyed glasses that let you see into the future, and the pet rock that required no work but hours of sheer entertainment waiting for it to move or do something. But let's not forget the infamously terrible decision to invent the life-size cardboard cut-out version of your favorite celebrity that cost a fortune and weighed about the same as a small elephant. And last but certainly not least, the seemingly brilliant idea of creating a soap dish that called your name whenever you put a bar of soap in it. Yes, April 9th has certainly brought us some of the most ridiculous inventions known to mankind. But hey, at least they never stop trying to make life more interesting. Right?!