Chez Chesler

They saying is "If you build a better mousetrap, people will beat a path to your door." I've seen the traditional mousetrap with the spring and the wire that snaps, and the Rube Goldberg thing from the game, and glue traps (in the store, and in a Looney Tunes cartoon), and boxes with trap doors, and boxes with a little ramp so when the mousey grabs the peanut butter at the far end, the entrance lifts up and a door slams shut. Question: What was the best mousetrap when that was first said? (I know that sounds like "What was the best thing before sliced bread?" but these seem like more recent inventions.)

Labels: inventions, sayings