the Greatest Invention of all time

[azamugg]

just a thread for you to suggest what invention you believe has had the greatest impact on civilization..........explain your reasoning

at some point in this thread I will tell you what arguably is the answer and why .....you might be surprised and you can even guess as to what it is

[crimsonnation713]

IMO living in Alabama when its July..I would say air conditioning but over all I would say disposable diapers. I would hate to think I would have to wash my kids dirty ones.:headshake

[azamugg]

air conditioning.......wow, what an invention........I can remember my family going to the beach as a kid and we would leave the house at around 1 or 2 in the morning and it would be bumper to bumper going down Hwy 31 ..........driving in the dark cuz we didnt have A/C

[volimhtown]

C'mon, Aza!! Stupid Question!! :angry:

EVERYBODY knows it's Sliced Bread!! :thumpsup:

[timNem]

I think its easily electricity as a source of power. Nobody invented electricity but many different people had a part in it becoming a source of power. Once electricity began being used, civilization took a giant leap forward. Its definately the single-most important invention/discovery in history because without it, just think of the countless future inventions and current technology that wouldn't be here.

[crimsonnation713]

I think its easily electricity as a source of power. Nobody invented electricity but many different people had a part in it becoming a source of power. Once electricity began being used, civilization took a giant leap forward. Its definately the single-most important invention/discovery in history because without it, just think of the countless future inventions and current technology that wouldn't be here.

Sometimes I wonder if you look like Jerry Lewis in "The Nutty Professor" :laugh::laugh::laugh:

[azamugg]

good answer Tim................but not the invention that had the greatest impact.....and you're so smart you'll overlook the simplicity in the answer

[timNem]

Sometimes I wonder if you look like Jerry Lewis in "The Nutty Professor" :laugh::laugh::laugh:
sometimes I look like this

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e271/Fucking_Lions/Jerry-Lewis-Photograph-C12141361.jpg




and sometimes I look like this

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm290/Julzann_bucket/monster.gif

[the Paradox]

Internet Porn?


RTR

[timNem]

Internet Porn?


RTR

wasn't it McAfee and Symantec that invented Internet porn? :laugh:

[PuddingTime]

Easy. The Styrofoam Cooler.

[the Paradox]

Eva Mendes?


RTR

[timNem]

The ability to create fire

the wheel

language

currency

[azamugg]

thanks Tim for playing along .......keep your eye on the ball and keep swangin

[PuddingTime]

Ohhh......duh. Vagina.

Case closed.

[timNem]

football? baseball?

[volimhtown]

Well, I'd say that indoor plumbing and toilet paper would HAVE to be up there. I actually saw a show on The Discovery Network or something like it and it was absolutely fascinating.
I think one of the more interesting facts was regarding how if a couple was walking down the street in Europe in the 1800s, it was customary for the man to walk on the street side of the sidewalk because if someone happened to be emptying their "pots", it was more "polite" for him to take the brunt of the "shower" over the woman.:barf::eek:
And to think...my wife won't even leave the house without her collection of hand sanitizer bottles now. A bit different these days, huh??

[timNem]

medicine......

[azamugg]

think of this phrase w/a missing word "______________is Power"

thats a hint

[PuddingTime]

So you're saying books are the greatest invention?

I still say it's vagina.

[crimsonnation713]

Alabama Football ??

[azamugg]

So you're saying books are the greatest invention?

I still say it's vagina.

books is close but not quite

[timNem]

hmmm....knowledge = power

ahhhhhh

the printing press so that knowledge can be archived and passed along to multiple people and into the future

[azamugg]

hmmm....knowledge = power

ahhhhhh

the printing press so that knowledge can be archived and passed along to multiple people and into the future

correct sir

Knowledge was monopolized by the Aristocracy in handwritten books, w/the invention of the printing press information/knowlege could be disseminated amongst the masses, thereby freeing them from the bounds of ignorance and a life of misery and giving them the know how to go beyond and obviously w/more and more people having knowlege, innovation was expedited exponentially

[timNem]

correct sir

but the reason is because Knowledge was monopolized by the Aristocracy in handwritten books, w/the invention of the printing press information/knowlege could be disseminated amongst the masses, thereby freeing them from the bounds of ignorance and a life of misery and giving them the know how to go beyond and obviously w/more and more people having knowlege, innovation was expedited exponentially
yep yep. books were available but only if you were rich and noble.

Thats why the Native American culture was the same in the 1700s-1800s as it was 1000s of years before, they had no written language and depended on oral narratives.

[GatorBait15]

condom is a pretty good invention...

It has saved me from having over 100 kids...

[crimsonnation713]

correct sir

but the reason is because Knowledge was monopolized by the Aristocracy in handwritten books, w/the invention of the printing press information/knowlege could be disseminated amongst the masses, thereby freeing them from the bounds of ignorance and a life of misery and giving them the know how to go beyond and obviously w/more and more people having knowlege, innovation was expedited exponentially

I just realize who you sound like. That principle they did a movie on...Joe Clark. And Timmy...I take back everything I said about you. GAWD WAS I WRONG !!!!!!!! :laugh:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yndTrYIDt7Y&feature=related

[timNem]

condom is a pretty good invention...

It has saved me from having over 100 kids...
and from putting your eyes out

[volimhtown]

condom is a pretty good invention...

It has saved me from having over 100 kids...

Apparently it was invented a little too late.....:glare:

[crimsonnation713]

and from putting your eyes out

and messing up his sock collection !!!!!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

[timNem]

and messing up his sock collection !!!!!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

[azamugg]

man that Stella Stevens is hot.......did anyone see her in "Courtship of Eddies father"?

[crimsonnation713]

man that Stella Stevens is hot.......did anyone see her in "Courtship of Eddies father"?

Where do you think I got the socks idea from ?????? :wub: