Procrastination/Exit strategies are the mother of all inventions

aka The Academic Equivalent of Kramer, II

Other inventions that I should patent/create/sell and make money from instead of finishing the PhD:

1. A collapsable travel mug. Once you're done your coffee, you're left with an inconvenient, bulky mug that you can't necessarily fit in your bag (especially if the mug has a handle). I once saw a travel cup in a Chapters that was composed of five rings that collapsed down for ease of packing. I can understand how translating that design to a travel mug with the thermal insert would be difficult if not impossible, especially considering that it should absolutely be leak proof, but if any engineer out there can make, patent and profit from this idea, all I ask is for 1% of the gross. That is all. Gross, mind you, not net.

2. A brass monkey toy with detachable/re-attachable balls. The monkey contains some kind of thermometer and when the room temperature (or outside temperature?) falls below a certain point, its balls fall off. Balls need to be re-attachable for replay value.