Gadget Master

Pash, snog, mouth-to-mouth, tonsil hockey ... call it what you will, but there really isn't another part of human interaction that has spawned as many movies, songs or pieces of literature as the good old-fashioned kiss (well, maybe there is another one, but this isn't that sort of blog).

It seemed mankind would forever be doomed to judge kissing based on anecdotal evidence, with no set standard to determine how good a kisser someone was, or how fiery or passionate a kiss could be.

Now, thanks to this inventor, comes the kiss-o-meter.

Created to measure the power of a pash, each participant of the kiss holds a handle connected to the kiss-o-meter, which registers in flashing lights and on a numbered counter.

Of course, the invention won't work with any old kiss. A quick peck on the cheek that wouldn't look out of place outside a church on Sunday won't even register a tiny blip on the machine's radar. Kisses in more adventurous locations, such as underwater, could trigger a short-circuit in the device.

And if your efforts don't send the kiss-o-meter bursting into flame? Well, you know what they say: practice makes perfect.