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How to Get Rid of Car Bombs in Iraq

This one's easy. Replace all the cars with camels.

24/7/365 Doctors offices

Do you ever get sick, call your doctor, and find out you can't get an appointment for a week and a half? Do you ever get sick late on a Friday and have to decide between the dreaded $800 emergency room visit or waiting until Monday to make an appointment with your regular doctor?

I think there should be a chain of low-cost clinics, open 24/7/265, which accept walk-ins. The company could be called "Walk-ins Welcome" or maybe "Walk-in Wounded". It would be to medical care what SuperCuts is to hair cuts.

Instant bread, Half strength Viagra

Instant bread is for people who want the occasional slice of fresh bread, but who don't use enough to warrant buying it by the loaf. It would come in either powdered form, which you'd mix with water and then microwave or bake in a toaster oven, or in refrigerated "cookie dough" form, which you'd slice and bake.

How to silence car-alarms and horns

All cars shall have a legally mandated device that disables the vehicle for one day should its driver lay on the horn for too long. The length of horn-time that disables the car is somewhat random.

Crimestats.com

Several years ago, I had an idea for a service that would sell historical crime reports for a given apartment-complex or street. Update: my friend Adam points out that the Austin Police Department is already doing this.

National Silence Day

National Silence Day: a day when people would do everything in their power to be silent. No talking, except when absolutely necessary; and then, in as quiet a voice as possible. No honking. No music or television. No garbage trucks. No construction equipment. No little Japanese cars with blatty oversized mufflers.