My kids and I have this jingle for double stuff Oreos that we still think is a sure fire marketing slogan. We have been waiting for the company to announce a contest for 10 years.
But I came up with this idea for a product that I really want made. It’s something you’d set to remind other people of what they’re supposed to do. It is inspired by zillions of the “Oh, I forgot” statements that in turn, inspired the same number of corresponding scoldings and/or reasons to doubt the true intelligence of your loved ones. It’s called a mom-minder.
The mom-minder is a small mechanism that attaches to your loved one’s ear lobe. It can look like an earring and now that both sexes are sporting them, it’s socially acceptable for anyone to wear one. (Not true 15 years ago when I first thought of this when it was simply females and Mr. Clean wearing ear bling.)
The fashionable outside of the mom-minder covers the functional inside that is a timed recording device. It is set to go off at specific intervals of your choosing with a recording of your voice to remind the wearer to bring home the milk, pick up the kids at school, take the dog out when they get home, etc. You can even add a motivator after the reminder like, “or you won’t be watching any TV” “or you won’t be gettin’ any” or whatever you think will make your loved one remember.
Since every parent (or wife) has reason to use a mom-minder a minimum of 2 to 7 times a week, coming up with a marketing strategy would be a piece of cake. Imagine all the possibilities! All the times you could prevent small explosions in the home. (It could be considered a safety device.) I could have used one today when I picked up my son from school for a doctor’s appointment and he came outside without his coat. It was about 20 degrees, the wind was whipping, and snow swirled inside of my car as I yelled through the open window, “Get your blasted coat! Does this look like Miami to you?” A mom-minder would have kept me from that icy blast – and him too. I think someone clever should contact me about the development of this idea – pronto. It’s only December.
Or I could just try sticky notes.
“Prevention is one of the few known ways to reduce demand for health and aged care services. ” ~ Julie Bishop
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1 Fire One » Blog Archive » I Could Sell A Million of These // Dec 3, 2007 at 11:00 pm
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2 Karen Vogel // Dec 3, 2007 at 11:11 pm
I think you need to develop a taser model – otherwise, it’s just more nagging to be ignored.
3 angelawd // Dec 4, 2007 at 2:10 pm
I must have these. Many of these. I could conquer the world with enough of these!
4 Tot's Mom // Dec 5, 2007 at 6:32 am
You better have this idea copyrighted before someone else sells a million of these!
5 Keli // Dec 7, 2007 at 1:18 pm
Sheer genius! Do you think you could add some sort of stunning or shocking device just in case they choose not to listen?
6 Dana // Dec 7, 2007 at 1:45 pm
I love this idea but I agree with Keli and Karen; it definitely needs some kind of shocking device. Let me know when you get this out on the market; I’ll need 4 of them to start!
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