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Thread ID: 122879 2012-01-17 23:42:00 The World's Greatest Invention? SurferJoe46 (51) PC World Chat
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1254787 2012-01-17 23:42:00 Whatcha thunk?

I had my own ideas, but this really caught me flush-footed . And - NO ---> it's not bottled beer .

Please don't click on the link until you think it out fer yourselves! More fun that way, and revealing too!


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I still think the refrigerator is right on up at the top too .
SurferJoe46 (51)
1254788 2012-01-17 23:45:00 I thought the Bidet would be up there but only if your rich gary67 (56)
1254789 2012-01-18 00:18:00 Way off the mark.
The Cities sewage system is far more important than a flusher (as even mentioned in the article)
1101 (13337)
1254790 2012-01-18 00:35:00 Indeed, without a proper disposal system the flush toilet is the fast lane to all that it claimed to save with tonnes of sewerage just getting piled up in one place. The Error Guy (14052)
1254791 2012-01-18 00:50:00 The sewerage system is only important to those who don't live at the top of the hill. R2x1 (4628)
1254792 2012-01-18 00:52:00 The sewerage system is only important to those who don't live at the top of the hill.
Or on the top floor of a building, just imagine flinging your waste from 50 floors up would make an awesome splat
gary67 (56)
1254793 2012-01-18 01:30:00 I thought the watch or a mechanical time device, since people often need the time or some reference to it. The article reminds of the Mel Brooks while back where in Victorian times they had a "water boy" carrying a pail around for men to relieve themselves. kahawai chaser (3545)
1254794 2012-01-18 01:35:00 Definately one of the great inventions, the fanciest sewerage system in the world wouldn't be very nice if we connected to it with a straight hole in the floor.

I suspect the greatest invention would be something really simple though, for example clothes. We can't survive naked anywhere outside the tropics if I remember correctly. We can survive with a bucket or a longdrop if necessary (ask christchurch residents). Other candidates off the top of my head,um...
Cooked food
The humble wheel
Indoor plumbing in general
Shoes
Condoms (sorry had to)
the knife
etc
dugimodo (138)
1254795 2012-01-18 01:46:00 Haven't looked at the link yet .... but it'd have to be a woman that doesn't complain .... :D SP8's (9836)
1254796 2012-01-18 01:49:00 And what pray tell is wrong with a wooded area SJ ??? .... if it's good enough for the bears .... it's good enough for me .... :lol: SP8's (9836)
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