Greatest Invention Ever
 

As the title says, take your pick...

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no tivo option?

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no tivo option?

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Vote television, close enough. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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masturbation.

And it's not even close.

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masturbation.

And it's not even close.

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Goes with internet.

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fire by friction

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those transmitters you get for your car that turn lights green.

and pattern mappers.

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no tivo option?

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Your avatar: Awesome!
Your location: Sucks balls.

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The internet sucks

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How could you leave the "space bag" off? Are you high? I got high 2 months ago and ordered them, I had to return them. You should have seen me explaining to my wife that I thought it was for big sandwiches. I mean, my single wide can fit in one of those space bags.

craig

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The Screw. One Good Turn: A History of the Screw

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Oh, I had to give a reason for returning it to their CS...for some reason I didn't want to tell them I was stoned, watching Conan and your commercial came on. So, I said, our vacuum cleaner was broken and we had no way to suck the air out. She then asked me why did I order it if I knew our vacuum was broke. I could only think of one thing to say at that point, "I don't appreciate teh 3rd degree. Why did you send it to me when my vacuum was broke? "

craig

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The Screw. One Good Turn: A History of the Screw

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Ohhh... good suggestion, but the nail & hammer is pretty good too.

I made the post originally because I thought about the line from Donnie Darko where they talk about sanitation and antibiotics being the greatest invention, and I felt that the lock and key was more ingenious. However, when I went to post I had a hard tiem not picking the light bulb, too many uses, television and the combuter wouldn't be up there without the light bulb.

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The Screw. One Good Turn: A History of the Screw

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Ohhh... good suggestion, but the nail & hammer is pretty good too.

I made the post originally because I thought about the line from Donnie Darko where they talk about sanitation and antibiotics being the greatest invention, and I felt that the lock and key was more ingenious. However, when I went to post I had a hard tiem not picking the light bulb, too many uses, television and the combuter wouldn't be up there without the light bulb.

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I think what makes an invention great is one that you realize you really need it before hand. For example, anti-biotics are great, because we all get to live longer. But, if we didn't know about anti-biotics and living longer we would accept our max average of X years. But, the screw is a good one. That was something that somebody said, we really need to hold this Y up or whatever. I don't know if that makes sense. Another example would be the wheel. How long did it take before they realized they needed something like that? And the obvious choice, the Pot Head Clapper. Essential stuff.

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If he doesn't really exist than the greatest invention ever would be God.

Stu

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If he doesn't really exist than the greatest invention ever would be God.

Stu

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NH

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If he doesn't really exist than the greatest invention ever would be God.

Stu

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God is a terribly misused invention, the people who use the invention have made it an ugly thing, the word great really doesn't come to mind.

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Tivo

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I can't believe how badly the wheel is doing here. I mean, it's the damn wheel!

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I can't believe how badly the wheel is doing here. I mean, it's the damn wheel!

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That's why I put the engine up, cause the wheel really isn't that great now a days without the use of an engine as well.

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Obviously: wheel > engine > all the others (except antibiotics)

Engine's invariable require wheels (either in the engine or the application of), and all electronic type devices need an engine/power generators and therefore wheels.

So it comes down to antibiotics or wheels. And the wheel takes it because what good is antibiotics without a wheel to transport it to a person in need?

Not having any wheels anymore would totally change the world.

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I dont understand how someone couldnt vote for the wheel

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Control of fire

Iron working

The transistor

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God is a terribly misused invention, the people who use the invention have made it an ugly thing.

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You could say the exact same thing about most inventions. Is the wheel a terrible and ugly thing just because it been instrumental in the destruction of millions of people?

The belief in God has likely stopped a multitude more of evil from occurring than it has been responsible for inspiring. I can't prove that statement but I think most would agree with it.

Stu

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The delete key.

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1 Girls
2 X-Ray Vision
3 Bubblegum

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terrible answer

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I thought there was a poll on this with some major scientific publication that said the Printing Press.

in addition to pretty much starting the age of enlightenment, it helped spread the scientific knowledge that made the other discoveries possible.

RB

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terrible answer

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Gay?

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The pet rock

Call waiting

The auto shuffler

The garter belt

Cruise control

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Gotta admit tho - that wheel this is pretty cool.

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Finally a positive result from someone's "circular reasoning".

(OMG - did I really say that ?)

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The pet rock

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The jump to conclusions mat.

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Air conditioning.

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The greatest invention is the remote control. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

or maybe plumming. [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

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I really thought the screw was number 1 right now and if God doesn't exist, then that would be by default number 1?

craig

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The fact that planes work is pretty [censored] amazing to me.

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The transporter

Warp drive

phasers

light sabers

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The line on the field during football telecasts that shows you where the first-down marker is.

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The line on the field during football telecasts that shows you where the first-down marker is.

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Okay, official winner. Especially how quickly they draw it after each first down. I never even see them go out there.

craig

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As the title says, take your pick...

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wheels!

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The fact that planes work is pretty [censored] amazing to me.

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I've always been astounded by this myself. Everytime I'm on a plane I wonder if I'm crazy for even stepping aboard a big piece of metal that climbs to over 30,000 feet in the air.

Not to mention spacecrafts. That's pure insanity. Whoever was the first man in space is the bravest. man. ever.