thewire.comOver the course of history, men and women have invented some useful and brilliant things we take for granted every day. Just take a second to look around you and think of how much thought and time went into those seemingly everyday objects. Yet for every good useful inventions, there are just as many bizarre ones out there. In order to come to terms with this you need to remember one thing: people are weird. And some weird people just happen to have been given patents for their bizarre creations. Some of these inventions get called a waste of time, but there is a bit of brilliance that goes into something like the Baby Mop. Yes, it's ridiculous, and probably not safe for your small child to breath in all that dust; but perhaps it's just a matter of perspective. Here are 15 ridiculous inventions that, when you think about it, are actually pretty useful. Unfortunately, you may look like a moron when using some of them, so keep that in mind before jumping on Amazon to seek them out...