This book is based on the cult website Patently Silly, (www.patentlysilly.com) which receives over 60,000 visits per month and has received wide-ranging publicity the world over. It is written from the unique perspective of a stand-up comic with a college degree in engineering. It features an incredible range of patents for inventions that strain the boundaries of imagination, taste, and any form of usefulness. In short, they are ridiculous. At least 35% of the inventions are new to the book and have not been seen on the web site.Â