When Thought Gives you Lemons: Recent Episodes
Darnelle Jones, Steven & McKenzee Chortos
Some ideas are money-makers and some ideas are world-changers. These ideas...are lemons. Like your mom always said, when thought gives you lemons, make lemonade. Come along for the ride as Darnelle, Steve, & McKenzee explore ideas that should probably never see the light of the day. They might be ridiculous, but boy are they fun to imagine!
Spiderman, Wonder Woman, the Black Widow. Do they have a place in this world? Better question, how do you define a superhero? We are back and are excited for a new year!
Archery, Pottery, Transportation. There are 135 Scout Merit badges. We discuss some new ones that should be added into the mix, and perhaps some that should be retired...
We are BACK. I hope you missed us because we're bringing the heat and talkin' halloween costumes....Canadian style.
With everything going on, it feels like teachers vs. computers. What if teachers were the computers? What if, every child could have a personalized education plan? Is it possible?
A dream within a dream. Is it a good idea? What if you had the ability to make your own dream world. Would you do it?
What is the chip pocket you may be wondering? Maybe it's related to potato chips, or maybe it's a weird slot in your arm where you can insert you ID tracking chip...tune in to find out!
Geico, Apple, Canadian Tire. They have all had brutal commercials. We explore the ones that have creeped us out, made us uncomfortable, or even scratch our heads.
Nike vs. Skechers. Pepsi vs. RC Cola. The real stuff against the fake stuff. Which will come out on top?
On today's gameshow, we explore if any of these current trends are fads, or here to stay. This is a fun one.
Bell-bottom Jeans, fanny packs, and the male romper. We explore fashion-faux pas and what we'd like to see make a comeback!
Up there! It's a bird, it's a plane...it's 100 blimps carrying Earth? What? Today we explore what it would be like to not live on Earth. Make sense? Yea I don't get it either.
Watches, headphones, glasses with heads up displays. That's easy. Today we dive in the future of wearables.
In episode 6, we tackled a look at the present from the past's future. Meaning, we looked at predictions from the past to see if any of them actually came to fruition. In this episode, we aim to predict the future in 2120. Think we are actually close?
You all loved it so much the first time, we back with version 2...season 2..you know what I mean!
Try to guess what it means before we tell you. Did you get it right? Yea, I didn't think so. Come along as we talk about weird units of measure. Like...Waffle Haas???
Have you ever tried calligraphy while driving a go-kart? Yea us neither, but boy it would make for a great hobby!
These have must seemed like crazy ideas. But were they? Where would we be today if these didn't happen...
Somehow, gender reveals have become the biggest craze. Another reason for parents to throw another party and get more free stuff. BUT, with this crazy new fad has come some hilarious content. People have the wildest imaginations!
We have learned a lot this year about proper etiquette to keep each other safe. We explore some of the best....and the worst things we've come up with in the last year!
Car makers are always trying to convince you that they are better than the competition by introducing some new hair-brained idea like cup holders that keep your soup warm...or keep your legs cool by dropping ice cubes from the steering wheel. Ok so maybe these never happened, but you get the point. Come along and see which ideas we really don't like!
Honey I shrunk the kids...Magic School Bus...they shrunk people. We aim to do the same in this riveting exploration of the future of medicine. I think we should have stayed home today (90s babies would get this reference!)
Slapchop, the Magic Bullet, the Sous-vide. They all serve a wonderful purpose. But I think we have one-upped them all! Or maybe three-upped...anyways, come see what we've come up with!
You've done it, we've done it, everyone's done it. It's 3am, you have popcorn on your shirt and suddenly you see the greatest product known to humankind on your TV: Sauna Pants. I mean who needs these!?!?! We've found 3 other horrible products that need to make it back to shelves ASAP.
Baby jumpers, bibs that catch food, and strollers that collapse down to the size of a backpack are all brilliant. But what about the bad ones. What about the ideas or products that just make you pull your hair out. The hair that turned grey because you haven't slept in 5 years because your kid hasn't stopped crying and nothing seems to work and...I mean...kids are great and we love them!
What should I eat today? Where should I go for vacation? Which colour pen should I buy? Tired of making decisions? Yea, so are we. But maybe it's not a good idea to let artificial intelligence take over our lives...
We all need to get around, but there are better ways than others. The pogo stick, while fun, won't get you to work this century, let alone before 8:00am. Come check out what we think are the worst methods of personal transportation.
Life hacks are all around us. You can find them on Tik Tok, YouTube, in the newspaper (if you still read one...). They're everywhere. But are any of them actually good? Well give this a listen to find out. OH! And we have a guest host this week :D
Confused yet? Yea, we thought you'd might be. In this episode we look at how theorists from the 1800s imagined the year 2000. Do you think they were right? Come along and see!
Have you ever looked at your partner's flannel shirt and thought to yourself: " Boy, that would be tasty with a bit of ketchup?" Yea, I haven't either. But Steve has! What has this guy come up with this time!?
Llamas, Ostriches, Deer. Do you wish you could have these furry companions walk you to work in the morning? Well then you're in luck! We explore what an urban world would look like if we knocked down the walls of the zoo and allowed the animals to live among us. Remember, no ideas are bad ideas..except this one.
Don't forget to send us an e-mail at thoughtlemons@gmail.com if you want us to explore one of your bad ideas on the podcast!
Have you ever been wearing sunglasses and thought: "Boy, I hate wearing sunglasses!" Well you're in for a treat here! We delve into the weird mind of Steven Chortos and pull out a gem that solves a problem that we have all been dying to eliminate our whole lives.
The NHL is back! What better way to welcome back Canada's favourite sport than by discussing Canada's favourite...arcade game? Well, with a twist,
Music by @dananddrum - Lester via @hellothematic