FLOYD
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Surfers, meet Floyd. Floyd, meet surfers. Floyd is one of the more recent
brainchildren of the Frinkian family. Floyd is not merely a robot: He is a robot with
hopes and dreams as exhibited by his attempt to escape the compound. With the ingenuity of
putting a SOLD sign on himself at the yard sale, Floyd seems to be asking the world,
"Won't you let me live?" |
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This is one of the neatest items for sale at the Frink
yard sale. Where else but planet Frink can you defy the laws of physics for only 12 bucks?
I didn't know what the name of the doohickey was, but I received an
e-mail shedding some light on the matter: |
THE POIUYT
(?!)
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From: Matt
Date: Monday, March 23, 1998 4:14 PM
Subject: The real name of the Doohicky
Just browsing through your great
Simpson's site. It is a hoot!
Thought you'd like to know that the
real name of "The Doohicky" that was on sale for $12 is a "poiuyt".
It was invented by Mad Magazine in the mid to late 60's and was featured in several
issues. The name was apparently created by some bored writer drumming his right hand
along the top row letters of the typewriter keyboard.
Loved your site. 8-)
Matt
Thank you Matt for the info. I thought it was more of an M.C. Escher thing
myself... |
MATTER TRANSPORTER
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The Matter Transporter is an item that was found in the
Treehouse of Horror. It was one of Frink's inventions up for grabs at a yard sale. The
asking price was $2, however Homer bought it for 35¢. After the cat and dog went in
simultaneously (twice the pet and none of the mess) Bart ended up going through with a
fly. However the outcome, as shown here, was not as he expected. |
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| This prototype was brought to Abe Simpson when Abe
inherited $106,000 for further funding. The Deathray, Frink was confident, could destroy
an area the size of New York City. Unfortunately, Abe was interested in helping people
instead of science, so it never went any further. |
THE DEATHRAY
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THE BEAR
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When Mr. Burns was longing for his teddy bear, Bobo, Professor Frink came
up with a replacement teddy bear. Although the bear was designed to be cute and cuddly,
and do a little dance, the invention backfired and went on a tirade. |
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| For your amusement, this mythical dimensional object is
known as a Frinkahedron. It is supposedly a third dimensional object, which we
all know is just silly. This object comes from THOH, where Homer took his chances in the
mystery wall. Seeing as this is more of a theory, this would be a discovery as opposed to
an invention. |
FRINKAHEDRON
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GAMBLE-TRON
2000
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Capable of calculation at MIPS speed, the Gamble-Tron 2000 was designed
to accurately predict the outcome of sporting events, most notably football. This behemoth
box is scientifically advanced, however the logic that was put into this machine was less
than perfect.. in the prediction by Professor Frink on the Cincinnati vs. Miami game, the
outcome was "Cincinnati by 200 points!" In the words of professor Frink, this
invention as a whole can be best described as a "worthless hunk of junk." |
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| This invention could make a wonderful playmate once honed.. In an obvious
attempt to beat Big Blue (the chess champion of the universe), Frink has designed this:
the Ultimate Chess Machine. However, in somewhat typical Frink fashion, there are still
some bugs to be worked out, as evidenced in his yelling at the machine, "Pawn can't
move that way, you stupid arm!" |
CHESS-MASTER
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FLYING MOTORCYCLE
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"Hey son, wanna try this flying motorcycle I just invented?"
was Professor Frink's query to Bart. Only a stupid little boy would pass up the chance to
ride on this baby, capable (I'm sure) of near-Mach speeds. This motorcycle is set apart
from many of Frink's other inventions: It apparently works! |
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| GRADUATED FROM THE
MUSEUM!
This little beauty can no longer be an object of The Museum of Patent
Pending. It is Frink's very first patent! This is the AT-5000 Autodialer, in the words of
Frink "designed to alert children of snow days and such." It is preprogrammed
with all of the telephone numbers of the residents of Springfield. Homer ended up picking
it up after a bust where the AT-5000 was used illegally. Homer used it to call everyone
and request that they send $1 to "Happy Dude" for eternal happiness. When Frink
was called by the autodialer, he tried to retrieve it, however Homer caught it in the
process of going back to Frinky and broke off it's legs. |
