Crazy shit I want but don't really need

I've already established that I am a hard-core gadget freak. I am not so far gone however that I don't recognise a gadget which I totally want but can do without. If I were a real gadget addict I'd probably have one of those squalor houses filled to the roof with demtel products. Luckily for me, I'm still slightly picky, but heck, the following gadgets are tempting!

Ride on vacuum cleaner

The designer of this thing, Kristina Andersson, deserves to be nominated for a Nobel Prize. What stroke of genius inspired her to think this up, I don't know, but I want one.

Can you imagine pulling your wrestling kids apart over an argument about who's turn it is to do the vacuuming? And I don't mean they're fighting because they're protesting about vacuuming. They're going at it with fisticuffs because they're busting to get on this thing and clean your floor. I'm picturing that scene, and it's heavenly. Not because I'm into kids fighting, but because I never thought I'd see the day they'd be arguing over something like that.

Bulb bopper

I think I have planted bulbs, oh..maybe three times in my life, and even then they were planted in a couple of small pots, but they're my favourite types of flowers. I envision myself being the proud owner of a garden covered in a carpet of colourful bulbs, but for that, I'll need one of these:

One of the mysteries I don't ponder on very much, in fact, never really, but the topic has come up so I'm pondering, is, how do people get those lovely drive ways, or areas under trees, springing up with daffodils or bluebells every year? If I tried that in Australia, the grass would be way too long before any poor daffodil could raise it's dainty head. I'd have to mow, and that would just chop the shoots of the bulbs down. Maybe I should find a gadget which detects bulb shoots and mows around them, but somehow I don't think I'll find one.

Dual Drill

You know when you're trying to put something together, maybe install a venetian blind, getting up and down the ladder to change drill bits, up, down, up, down because your unhelpful kids have worked out you want them to stand there and hand you the bits and they've mysteriously taken off (I speak from experience). How much quicker would it be to use one of these:

I lost my first electric drill, so I went out and bought a second el cheapo one. Of course, I then found the first one, which meant I had two drills. I fixed my son's Ikea desk a little while ago using the two drills - one with the boring bit and the other with the screwdriver bit, and it took half the time. No constantly stopping and changing the bits back and forth. So the above gadget is one of the handiest things I've seen.

Slicing thingo

I suspect this gadget would probably be one of those things you buy, then think to yourself 'how did I ever survive 39 years and 11 months without one of these!', and then shove them in the back of the cupboard after three days when the novelty wears off.

But hey, what a fun three days it'll be while you're slicing and chopping. And have you ever seen the added 'bonus' they offer you with these things - they make squiggly garnishes out of cucumbers that look like springs. How cool is that?! I really don't like cucumber though.