What is man’s greatest invention?
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April 17th, 2009
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I’ve said this before. Novacaine.
Vasectomy. I also love the sound of the word. :^>
@cyndyh – HA. Thanks for my first laugh of the day.
It’s got to be the Snuggie™.
Pizza, Beer, Those little table top thingies that keep your pizza from sticking to the box?
Invention or discovery….....fire
@GAMBIT – In my youngish life, I’ve been to enough outdoor privies at rock festivals to be absolutely grateful to the inventor of the flush toilet. Just sayin’.
@aprilsimnel – yes and think of the many people in the world that don’t have them. I am grateful to always be near one.
I have trouble believing somebody hasn’t said sliced bread yet.
@AstroChuck – I think you just beat them to it. Hey it’s Friday no way to tell what’s next.
@cyndyh – my wife just got an apple splicer that cuts the core from the apple and splits the apple into four perfect pieces. Only cost a dollar and I am flabbergasted over it.
I think it’s the iPhone. Of course, I just have an iLife now because of it. I think it beats sliced bread all to hell!
I’m also surprise someone hasn’t said Fluther.
@GAMBIT : Nice! I have a thing that takes the core out, but not one that slices it, too.
What about those crank handled peanut butter stirring devices? I love those things!
Oops!
(Ahem!) Why, Fluther, of course!!!
@cyndyh – And we can’t forget the toaster.
@loser – Fluther yes I must say. I must say.
@Shuttle128 – yes years in the making and still going strong. Good answer.
The Internet, of course. Where would we be without the Internet?
@evelyns_pet_zebra But the ability to understand logic precedes it. Without logic there’d be no science. Without science there’d be no electrical engineering. Without electrical engineering there’d be no computers. Without computers there’d be no internet. Without internet there’d be no Fluther. Without Fluther this question would not exist!
Agriculture, the wheel, the steam engine, fertilizer, telecommunication, the car, hygiene rules, antibiotics, the transistor, the Internet, the world wide web.
I am also fond of indoor plumbing… especially flush toilets and hot showers.
@Shuttle128 don’t overthink it buddy, that’ll just give you ulcers. not really, since ulcers are caused by a bacteria, not stress.
Oh. I forgot about DVRs. I can’t understand how I ever did without one.
@AstroChuck I think you’d be happy they invented canvas/cloth mail bags, instead of those old leather ones like my Grandpa used to carry.
Antibiotics, Latex condoms, birth control pills, silicone breasts, indoor plumbing, and my beloved iPhone.
is it too late to add air travel?
@Dr_C – Never too late for air travel. Thanks for participating.
@Dr_C books are waayy higher on my list than fake boobs
@benjaminlevi i love books but plan to open a cosmetic surgery clinic…. my POV is slightly different.
plastic surgeons have to read a lot too you know
The Concord. I could wake up in London as normal and still make a morning appointment in New York. Fantastic.
@Lightlyseared .. and everyone underneath your flight path had to wake up too. ;-) Sorry, I used to live in Brentford.
How about language.
Patuerization, Antibiotics, Pennicillen (sp?)
internal cumbustion engine, flying buttress, arches,
flouride, electricity, batteries, integrated curcuit,
wireless communication, graphic operating systems,
love and accountability, pizza
@cyndyh – couldn’t live without it at work or at home.
Caller ID and the answering machine.
Oh, yeah. And those signs in movie theaters asking people to turn off their cell phones. :^>
paper clips, velcro…
parachute pants..
@Jayne: Did we domesticate cats? Or did they domesticate us? Who ‘serves’ whom?
I forgot letterpress printing.
@hearkat; We domesticated them. But they certainly train us.
@lercio I’m going to have to agree. Language is probably the greatest invention anyone has ever devised.
@Simone_De_Beauvoir Wow, that was more information on tampons than I ever intended to know, but I read the whole thing. Sea sponges? I had no idea
@Simone_De_Beauvoir I wonder how the sponges would react to their fate were they conscious enough to do so.
@benjaminlevi indeed perhaps you have found your new cause in life
@benjaminlevi and and to fight for the rights if they are, in fact, upset about their fate
@Simone_De_Beauvoir Its a shame that no one takes the rights of barely sentient beings into consideration.
@benjaminlevi oh no that’s not true
there’s one person that does
his name’s bill o-reilly
The camera and musical instruments.
I also agree with caller id!
@jonsblond – Yes musical instruments. They bring so much joy to so many people and break language and cultural barriers. Good answer.
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