"I built a shoe for gentleman that has a rubber bottom for lightning storms. And it makes you run faster too. I was trying to make a ladies version. But Violet says they are ugly and ladies won't like them." "I did not say they were ugly, I just." "I said I would paint them pink." "And I made a patent cream." He said. "I learned about it in Surinam and the chief allowed me since I was an honorary member to sell it." "It's made of bird droppings." Violet said. "Right now I am working on a light. You get lightning And you stick it in a bottle or on the end of a candle and then the power of the lightning lights up your house. it's mysterious it's electricity." He said "And I want to build a buggy Where you only need horses for three minutes and the momentum drags you where you want to go. And the horses stay behind. Horse powered transportation. You won't need to change horses. And since it is powered by horses you don't need to make charcoal or oil, so it doesn't smell bad." He said. It was a variety of unfocussed and somehow brilliant ramblings, but none of them exact innovations