Ahhhh, the United States of America with it’s pride and patents and all those freedom-inspiring things. We can go on for days about some of the shit being granted patent-protection in this country, but, I’ll leave that up to some of our favorite blogsters over at Patently Silly, who sniff out some of the silliest inventions receiving patents as they are granted. For instance, the recently patented bandage printed with the stars and stripes (minus a few stars), which was recently granted patent-protection after several long years of review. Congratulations Anduss; Craig of San Antonio, Texas, you have a winner on your hands. I for one, can sleep a little sounder tonight know that myself and our pals over at Patently Silly can now apply a God-fearin’, US-flag emblazoned bandage to our open wounds, rather than those normal, boring beige Band-Aid-brand bandages.

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