20 Odd Inventions That Might Secretly Be Awesome

Essentially, butter in a glue stick tube. Easy application, or totally pointless?

The battery-powered, plastic cone contains a small dish that rotates your melting scoop for you. Prevents dripping and cone turning, or totally pointless?

Helps you keep your balance, or totally pointless?

Ballpoint pens with fork, knife, and spoon caps. Handy for a snack, or totally pointless?

This allows you to watch your bread while it's toasting. Tired of burned toast, or totally pointless?

These jeans have a special transparent pocket for your iPhone. Convenient way of checking your texts, or totally pointless?

Makes your goldfish happy, or totally pointless?

Because why should you have to buy candles and forks separately? Party time saver, or totally pointless?

A onesie with a mop attached. Do crawling babies speed up cleaning, or is this totally pointless?

Pack your lunchtime apple in a sweater to prevent bruising. Adorably protective, or totally useless?

You'll never have to bend over again. Prevents achy backs, or totally pointless?

Is it a staircase? Nope! Well, yes. But it's also a set of drawers. Space saver, or totally pointless?

These sweatpants have mini-tablecloths velcroed to the thighs for lazy lap eating. Reduces your laundry load, or totally pointless?

Skip a step and shred documents directly into your hamster cage. Useful, or totally pointless?

Plastic bags with fake mold graphics keep sticky fingers off your sandwiches. Clever trick, or totally pointless?

Prevents watermelon from rolling where you don't want it to roll, or totally pointless?

Bench is wet? No problem, just turn the crank to get to the dry side. Useful, or totally pointless?

Keeps broth out of your hair, or totally pointless?

Prevents cold hands, or totally pointless?

Boon to toothbrushers everywhere, or totally pointless?