[AnAmericanMother]

Don't think of them as embarassing, think of them as "Industrial Art".

My dad's bird feeder is as entertaining as a Rube Goldberg machine. He installed it on a wire between two trees right outside the dining room window, so that we can have a Squirrel Floor Show while we eat. It's like a Yankee Flipper, only operated by counterweights and vertical instead of horizontal. . . .

We thought about getting a patent for it, but it would cost WAY too much to manufacture -- too much hand work involved.

[Miss Behave]

"Custom." "Designer." "Limited Edition." ;-) I'm LOLing at imagining the operation of your dad's bird feeder. My family also likes our "cheap thrills" at-the-expense-of "squirrels' misfortunes." LOL.

I think that squirrels were put on Earth by God for our sick entertainment. ;-)

[CSM]

OK, now you are obligated to post a youtube video of the squirrel entertainment!