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 Kid-Created Crapper Cover Closer, Wedgie-Proof Underwear Published: Nov 4, 07 Comments: 1 Views: 3,528 Young inventors featured on The Ellen DeGeneres Show include a nine-year-old from Iowa who invented a device to hold up and replace the toilet seat called the “Privy Prop” and eight year old twins from Ohio who invented wedgie-proof Velcro tear-away underwear called “Rip Away 1000.” Its innovations like these that make America great. First, of course, the wedgie must be exported, and then orders for Rip Away 1000s will come streaming in from all over the world. Ellen DeGeneres is one of those celebrities that’s either loved or hated; either way, her shows are never lacking in buzz. Check out another recent feature from the show:
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Appearing on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," the 9-year-old Odebolt, Iowa, fourth grader wowed the talk show host with the Privy Prop -- a foot-activated toilet seat lifter that was born out of, well, necessity.
Because he didn't put the toilet seat down, "mom was getting mad and she was falling in the toilet," Jake told DeGeneres.
"Your mom is tiny," the Emmy-winning host replied.
During his two-minute segment within Kid Inventors, a popular DeGeneres feature, Jake said he got the idea when he was at his doctor's office. He saw a metal trash can with a pedal on it and figured he could adapt it for toilet use.
Jake's appearance came after a Connecticut 9-year-old tested a solar-powered automatic air freshener and before 8-year-old twins from Ohio demonstrated rip-away, "wedgie-proof" underwear. As a token of her appreciation, DeGeneres handed out Dell notebook computers to each of the four.
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