Chapter 2 - A Few of His Notable Inventions
Bob is a world-renowned inventor (powdered instant water), holder
of over 4,000 patents (including the best-selling solar powered
flashlight and the leading do-it-yourself brain surgery kit).
Two of his greatest contributions to the advancement of mankind
through technology are these triumphs of genius: the lava light and the yo-yo.
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In computer science, of course, he is famous
for the invention of the algorithm known as Crush-Crunch-Squeeze, which
results in compression ratios twelve orders of magnitude greater than
PKZIP. All of the Win95 OS can be compressed onto a single 360K floppy
disk with the CCS program. As a public service, this magnificent bit of
coding has been released into the Public Domain and can be found on better
BBSs everywhere. If and when he writes the program to decompress the
resulting files, it will be made available on easy payment terms.
Among his many inventions, we pass over the electric light, the automobile,
the television and even the airplane to single out his greatest
contribution to mankind - the toilet. 
Yea and truly, Bob invented the
first indoor toilet. But his basic modesty (and a desire to not see it
referred to as a "miller"), caused him to pass the plans off to Sir Thomas Crapper
who took full credit.
His invention of the beanie inspired the creators of the fine computer known as the Mak. A special, large version of the beanie is modeled by his favorite cow Della, below:
And, of course, his discoveries of time and fire have certainly changed the course of human history and development.
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