Best Invention of All Time?
 

Just been watching the channel4 pre-programme bit with all the actors/presenters/personalities giving their two penneth on the greatest invention ever; thought it would make a decent thread!

I have to agree with Paul O'Grady's choice - the tea bag

What do you think?

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[QUOTE=shakermaker]Just been watching the channel4 pre-programme bit with all the actors/presenters/personalities giving their two penneth on the greatest invention ever; thought it would make a decent thread!

I have to agree with Paul O'Grady's choice - the [I]tea bag


Nah, Shaker, the hairclip and hair spray. :D

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As much as I like my tea, and if i'm addicted to anything it is tea, I opt for the wheel, because without the wheel, they'd never get enough tea over here for me, although without boats it wouldn't be here at all.

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Prescription sunglasses.

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The razor.

I'd hate to be walking round with a beard I could sit on and accidently do myself a mischief.

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OH rindy pmsl - err the visions of you doing a mischief with a beard :eek: LOL!!!

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OH gawd theres quite a few:

The wheel or else we'll be still cavemen
The light bulb
TV
Micro chip
mobile phones
leccy blanket
PC
Music
Gas cooker/fire
Hoover
Yeh razor or i'd be a russian shot putter :eek:
loo paper ...the toilet

oh i could list more but then you'll be all asleep LOL:D

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The internet of course. The knowledge it brings together is a god send, and it's doing well in letting the chinese be less censored (Yes the government have tried to censor the net, but theres many ways around it)

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If I was Chav I could be rude here!:D

Since I'm not I won't, but thank you for making me laugh.:p

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Oh gee just cottoned on to that wave of thought now - fancy plaiting your beard:rolleyes:

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I missed that programme ,Shaker maker,but i dont think i would like to be without my washing machine...

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Mine would have to be.... ooo eck can't say it's a family forum ;)

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LMAO!!!!!!! bet i could hazard a guess what you was going to put ... a 'powered friend';) perhaps LOL

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Yeah my hair straightners and dryer :D

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Of course.....:D

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someone on there said that, can't remember who now.

I think you should put men on your list :D Youcouldn't do without us could you .

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Were men invented :confused:

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Refer to my first post on here, lol :p ;)

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Yes but we bring you a cuppa in bed in the morning.

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So can a Teasmaid and it doesn't fart & hog the duvet.

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what if she want coffee, anyway men don't hog duvets, they never get any of it to start with.
yes single duvets, excellent invention.
and teddy bears. :)

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Gettin' worried about you Hatter.. tee hee.

Anyway, who wants a bloke to wake you up wiv nice cup of coffee, have to make the effort of smiling and trying to look reasonably decent, that's stress related, sooner make me own ... and chuck em out at 4 o'clock. :D

Ok, going off thread ...think cat's eyes were brilliant, something so simple, must have made him a packet.

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forgot to add one to mine - Bayliss' wind-up radio still amazes me!

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Cats eyes, saved me once, I'd have been in a ditch if it wasn't for them, not the same now though, they're square, and proper ones are round.

that radio is so simple though, and yet so good
Think this is an interesting thread, it's one of the good ones

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has to be the CIGARETTE.:D

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No. Fire.

Very frustrating, one without the other.:p

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Printing Press......although the 'stylophone' runs a close second ;)

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2 sticks to rub together :rolleyes::D

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That's what a man said to me to try and make me join the Scouts.:eek:

Luckily I had more savvy and declined.:)

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Erm best put tenner lady down on list as it come in handy for laughing too much :D pmsl

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If I adn't given too much out I'd give karma just for the cheek of putting that lol :)

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A tenner?

You'll find twenties much more absorbant.;)

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Ran out of twenties tho :( pmsl!!!!

I used them up in smoking room:D

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i think paul O'Grady wasnt refering to PG tips but a totaly different type of tea bag ;)

best invention- the internet although where would we be without electricity :)

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It would have to be the internet,and football of course.

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Don't get that :confused: Is my education lacking along the way.

Shakermaker: Can you remember what most of the celebrities said? Would be interesting to know. Sure they had some interesting answers.

Edit: Ok just looked this one up CHAV !!!! Happens to you regularly then does it ? :eek:

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Sorry can't remember much; I seem to remember the guitar, the printing press, the wheel & spaghetti sauce getting a mention!
It's normally on just before Big Brother or one of the other C4 programmes in the evening.

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The number zero.

Without it none of our modern life style would have been possible.

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Not really invention, but you cannot deny that Blue Jeans have been a great success. Don't gasp in horror Garinda. :D

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I agree.:)

That's what someone said on tv. They are shown on C4 before the programmes start.

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gonna be serious for once,so i apologise in advance, i think the best invention of all time is music, don't matter what type/kind, i think it gives more pleasure and relaxation to more people than anything else i can think of.

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I once had a t-shirt with 'When God invented man she was only joking' emblazoned across it - so maybe they were:rolleyes:.

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Best invention - paper! Well what would you do without your morning paper? What would you do without books? What would you do without paper to write on and most important - loo paper! The only paper i could do without are the bills you get!

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vibrator, jeans,

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Thats a well thought out answer, we wouldn't be a booktown if it wasn't for paper.

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whilst that is perfectly true, i don,t think even then it was used negatively, whilst not being in agreement with war i think it was used to- encourage,the poor devils, i still maintain it is what gives more pleasure and relaxation than owt i know.

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Am I on my own in rarely listening to music or tv for that matter?

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Well, Madhatter, seem to know a lot about Big Brother ! Or are you just selective :D

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The off button,,, sometimes it comes in very handy...lol

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Agreed cashman, using music to call men to war wasn’t a negative act. Far from it, it was a deliberate positive act. The rhythmic beating of the drums stirred the blood, increased the heartbeat and got the adrenaline to flow faster. Or put another way got the men ready to fight and helped to overcome their fear. In fact you could describe the drumbeat as hypnotic. Fortunately there is no place for that scenario in modern warfare.

The African Zulu warriors used the same tactic but the beating of the spears on their shields was also designed to put fear into the hearts of the opponents. The American Indians had the ‘war dance’. Today you get a similar effect with the modern boom, boom music. I don’t know about today but some 15 years ago when my son was still a teenager he and his mates would rate the quality of the music by its bpm (beats per minute). The higher the bpm the better and they would marvel at 150 bpm as they jumped up and down on the spot trying to keep up. And that’s where pills came in but that’s another topic.

Music itself isn’t bad just some of the ways it can be put to use and listening to music that you like is indeed a pleasurable experience. By the same token having to listen to something that you don’t like is the opposite.

No you are not on your own Madhatter if by listening to music you mean sitting down and deliberately putting on a record or CD and listening to it or walking around with a walkman glued to your ear. Walkman? My I am behind the times! It’s an ipod now isn’t it? I rarely put a CD on and sit and actually listen to it although I will admit to having music in the background from the wireless or a CD or on occasion an LP as I go about my daily life. Having got a car with a decent CD player in it I can now match the boom, boom racers and play my own kind of music at a volume that turns heads. 20’s and 30’ dance band, trad jazz, some 50’s and 60’s pop with a few military matches thrown in for good measure and even Jimmy Shand.

When I am in my final minutes I would like to pass away listening to the Prelude To Act 1 from La Traviata – a truly beautiful piece of music.

Sorry but all that is really off topic. I will castigate myself and stand in a corner for an hour.

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- - - Gotta be the "Wheel" Can you imagine what my posteria would feel like if I had to drive something like this!!:eek:

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...1&d=1151243542

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Fire for cooking warmth and well you know.

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No it aint criminal afore you lot start! :p

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very, I watch big brother hour and evictions, and lost on a tuesday. other than the odd film, watched res evil and phone booth, both excellent films. Watched some film last night, it was ok but nothing special. film is quality to me, it's a whole story, complete, thats got to be a good invention.

music I rarely listen to these days, sometimes I put the radio on for the play, when I'm driving, then turn over and leave it on for some music.

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Erm..........can't believe no one has put this but beer is an obvious choice. What else makes us feel good about ourselves when we are at our worst? Whoever invented it is a genius.

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debatable that one shady? read somewhere that when you are down alcohol is a depressant, though i tend to get depressed cos i can't have a few.:D

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I just dont go out when i'm banned from drinking! Stay at home with my coffee and the computer and books!

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the dvd

i mean how else wud we watch those commentaries and makin of's that no one actually watches?

seriously until the flyin delorean is invented i'd say electricity

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Tea makes me feel good about myself, can't beat a good teaparty.