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| Thread ID: 122879 | 2012-01-17 23:42:00 | The World's Greatest Invention? | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1254797 | 2012-01-18 02:05:00 | Go read up the history of Seattle, WA :) | Zippity (58) | ||
| 1254798 | 2012-01-18 02:06:00 | The even more humble axle. The unsung hero sidekick to mighty wheel. | Contented (15925) | ||
| 1254799 | 2012-01-18 04:30:00 | If the idea of best invention is prevention of deaths then antibiotics wins by a mile. It was almost single handedly responsible for the current 7 billion bodies cramming the planet. Me, I like the invention of cheese. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1254800 | 2012-01-18 04:35:00 | I remember Dr. Jonas Salk saying that indoor toilets and civil sewer systems were responsible for the outbreak of Infantile Paralysis - polio. It seems that outhouses and the drainage of fecal waste and bacteria into the water table created a natural immunity to the germ, and when it was no longer in the water supply the outbreak in children without the natural immunity opened the Pandora's Box on it. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1254801 | 2012-01-18 05:25:00 | Haven't looked at the link yet .... but it'd have to be a woman that doesn't complain .... :D Well, THAT'S an urban myth!!! /ducks-for-cover |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1254802 | 2012-01-18 07:33:00 | Well, THAT'S an urban myth!!! /ducks-for-cover Yes, you can't count it as the worlds best invention if it hasn't been invented yet. |
pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 1254803 | 2012-01-18 07:36:00 | Or on the top floor of a building, just imagine flinging your waste from 50 floors up would make an awesome splat Ask the pedestrians, aka squishies. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1254804 | 2012-01-18 09:21:00 | Haven't looked at the link yet .... but it'd have to be a woman that doesn't complain .... :D Johcar beat me too it it has to be an actual real thing not fantasy |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
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