Several thousand people answered the call to help design a Dilbert House. Read some of the funnier and more interesting suggestions below. Funniest Suggestions • Solar panels to power electric fans. These fans will power wind powered generators on non-windy days. The wind turbines will power kleig lights to recharge batteries attached to the solar panels on windy nights. • No reason to have a toilet AND a shower (redundant) • Walls and ceilings covered in Velcro, so you can stick the kids to it • Pointy-haired boss punching bag • Brick corner, sharp, so you can scratch your back on it. • I have always thought a riding vacuum cleaner would be excellent. • Build it in Bangalore because that's where Dilbert's job will be • THE FURNITURE SHOULD BE ON THE OUTSIDE FOR IRONY • The Dilbert House shouldn't have any doors or windows ... keeps it clean • If Dilbert got married and had kids he would definitely need a hideaway, say a garden shed, to escape to if things get uncomfortable. • If you removed the microwave generator from a microwave oven and threw the casing away you'd have a device that could heat the occupants of a room from the inside out without the need to heat the whole house. If anyone tries this don't hold me responsible for their early departure from this world. • Getting back to that most dreaded of man-tasks, taking out the garbage: Why not make the kitchen sink waste disposer an industrial-strength trash disposer? Put everything down the drain — milk jugs, cereal boxes, old socks, broom handles, cat food cans, etc.! Never miss garbage day again! To paraphrase the old marine slogan, shred'em all — let the city sort'em out! • Dilbert's new house will be connected to his boss's office via insulated piping. This will allow hot air from the mouth of the pointy haired boss to flow to Dilbert's hot air powered electrical generator, thereby providing all the power he needs for his house. • As you walk in the door there should be a reception area with a cabinet for keys, rechargeable personal electronics, plug in cell phones, to sync PDA's, etc. Also there should be a place to throw clothing - coats, sweaters, dirty gym clothes, etc. This would be part of a larger system with depositories in each bedroom, bath and kitchen. • If the house is two stories, put in a baffle in the riser so that more air conditioning can be sent upstairs in the winter and more heat downstairs in the summer. Do not put this baffle in the attic above the bedroom closet where it is impossible to reach, but you have to go up there twice a year anyway. • Combination refrigerator and compostor. Just leave the food you don't want in there. • I would recommend a giant kitchen sink for informal meals where everyone just leans over the sink.