Necessity is the mother of invention, but the father is unknown ~Anonymous Patent#US6983493 , the Retractable Toilet Table Top , concerns the concept of toilet inspiration, you know, those great ideas that seem to come out of nowhere when it’s “john time.” The royal throne, as the inventor refers to that instrument of necessity we plebes know as a toilet, has been transformed into a respectable workplace. According to the inventor, his Retractable Toilet Table Top conquers the conventional shortcomings of standard toilet facilities. His creation, however, needs the following elements in order to succeed: “This is a device for providing a working surface while a user is seated on a toilet