NEW YORK: The "Funulator," a square, gumball-machine-like box placed on various city corners to dole out "fun" ideas to people looking for less-conventional wisdom about how to make their lives lighter.

For two quarters, users receive a "fun" idea, one quarter back, a penny to leave as luck for someone else and a little toy.

A vending-machine company is so intrigued by his Funulator concept that it wants to franchise it.