Every now and then I stumble upon a website or online service that I think: "damn that was a simple idea, i wish i had thought of that", and consequently ponder the potential money that some other guy on the far side of the world is making off such an idea.

Sometimes that 'something' is a useful service, an idea, or something that is just so plain silly that it's guaranteed lots of people will find interesting or amusing that you can make a killing off advertising revenue.

That 'something' today was GraphJam.

The idea is pretty simple: let people design and produce their own funny graphs and then let them post it on your website.

Below is just one example:

Funny stuff, and i'm definitely now subscribed to it using Google Reader.