creativity taking up the rubber gauntlet of originality

From: The Independent - London | Date: December 11, 1995| Author: WILLIAM HARTSTON | Copyright information

We received many rubber- glovely ideas this week, but none quite so obviously useful as John Dyke's missive from Balliol, as seen in the picture. On the other side, it just said: "With regard to your quest for new uses for rubber gloves, how about this?" Its pair, however, seems to be lost in the post.

The most popular ideas were udders for pantomime cows, waterproofing for reindeer antlers and bottle-feeding for quintuplets. Harold Stone, however, points out their useful social functi...

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