To paraphrase something I once heard from Dell honcho Michael Dell, sometimes you see tech answers in search of a question. For these doodads, that question must have been: What's the gadget equivalent of a Kick Me sign? Here are some perplexing devices sure to get you all the wrong attention from onlookers.

ELECTRONIC ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS
($8.89 at prankplace.com)
You know it's dumb when even the site selling it says “unless your name is ‘Captain Hook' this is probably the lamest electronic game ever developed.” The game set randomly displays one of four preset patterns, so it's random like life. To which we say if you get this, you should probably get a life, too.

WEAR YOUR SEAT
(info at idsland.com)
Throw another Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle joke on the fire if you ever see this cushy backpack seat at a campsite, or anywhere else in public for that matter.

HUMAN DIRECTIONAL SIGNALS
(info at topblogposts.com)
For those who follow a little too close behind, here's a ridiculous device we presume is meant to spare you a rear-end collision in the grocery store aisle. Then again, wearing turn signals behind your ears just might get you a boot up the bum anyway.

René A. Guzman | 210SA contributor