Happens more lately, I come up with an idea or gadget or new phrase and like clockwork, it appears on TV or the internet or in a store, and I am presented with the idea I thought of, and I say to my girlfriend "Do you remember when I came up with that idea?" and she says "Yes! They must have stole it from you again."

She notices all of the ideas being stolen from me. She thinks I should be upset, and now when I come up with a new idea she wants me to write it down or whisper it. The truth is, I don't mind if they take these ideas.

Because I have other thoughts and ideas that are private that I won't share with anyone because they are too horrible to imagine. I wouldn't want anyone to know some of those ideas.

My question is, how long can I contain the multitude of thoughts and ideas to myself before they are released into the world? Because I had a very VERY big idea recently, and if anyone else thought of it, it would be very very bad for the world. I don't want to see that happen, and then think "I remember when I first thought of that."