My trip to the Patent Office
I went to the Patent Office trying to register some of my inventions. I went to the main desk to sign in and the lady at the desk had a form that had to be filled out. She wrote down my personal info and then asked me what I had invented.
I said, “A folding bottle.â€
She said, “Okay. What do you call it?â€
“A Fottle.â€
“What else do you have?â€
“A folding carton.â€
“What do you call it?â€
“A Farton.â€
She snickered and said, “Those are silly names for products and one of them sounds kind of crude.â€
I was so upset by her comment that I grabbed the form and left the office without even telling her about my folding bucket.