Foo - Greatest invention in human history...

what is it?

Foo

I'm gunna have to go with the microwavable chicken pot pie, but thats just me.

The internet. Thanks Al Gore! Where would we be without you??

White Castles

carbide

The birth control pill.

White Castles
None of those around here. The only white castle we have is a box of 6 little burgers in the frozen food aisle at the grocery store. Nontheless, they are very good still.

the spoken language
that, or microwave buritos

Given that this is bikeforums... it must be the Bicycle, of course!

Compound interest has also been given that distinction.

Domesticated dogs FTW!

beer

(1) Fire
(2) Written language
(3a) Wheel
(3b) Bicycle
(5) Internet

(1) Fire
(2) Written language
(3a) Wheel
(3b) Bicycle
(5) Internet


guessing the number 4 wasnt a worthy invention?

The internal combustion engine.

The internal combustion engine.
only if your talking about the 572cu.in. BB from the good ol' bowtie.

Foo

Correct

This is easy. Science.

In the larger sense, civilisation is our great invention. But science is the pointy
end of the stick.

Btw, the internet is one of those technological revolutions. And Al Gore played
a crucial role shepherding the technology. Ask the guys who acutally built the internet. They love him.

"They invented foo? What will they come with next?"

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what is it?

Condoms:D .

Condoms:D .

If they're so great, how did we end up with you? :eek:

only if your talking about the 572cu.in. BB from the good ol' bowtie.

How about 427 cubic" in anything made by Carrol Shelby?

chix

I grew up hearing the greatest invention was the wheelbarrow. It got the Irish off all fours.

The bone saw

None of those around here. The only white castle we have is a box of 6 little burgers in the frozen food aisle at the grocery store. Nontheless, they are very good still.
After eating one of those and paying 10 bucks for the privilege to own 8 or 10 of those sandwhiches i felt a very massive pain in my rectum :(

How about 427 cubic" in anything made by Carrol Shelby?
the 427 was slapped into cars by the graces of Don Yenko. Carrol shelby used 289cu.in engines (Shelby GT350) and 428cu.in. Police Interceptor engines (Shelby GT500).

After eating one of those and paying 10 bucks for the privilege to own 8 or 10 of those sandwhiches i felt a very massive pain in my rectum :(

Glad to say I never had that problem from the burgers. Only thing that really did that to me was my first week of drinking 100% Whey Protien. Made me sick to my stomache and gassy. I also wasnt fond of the flavor, but now I love the stuff.

The roach clip.

the wheel, without which there wouldnt be bicycles

After eating one of those and paying 10 bucks for the privilege to own 8 or 10 of those sandwhiches i felt a very massive pain in my rectum :(

rectal rockets

their corporate office is 555 goodale blvd, columbus---about 1.5 miles away, direct your angst at them

Integrated Circuit and the microprocessor

The Thermos: It hot things hot. It keeps cold things cold.

How does it know?

The Thermos: It hot things hot. It keeps cold things cold.

How does it know?
I got an electric thermos you plug in the lighter socket in your car. It keeps hot things hot as long as you want.

I'm gunna have to go with the microwavable chicken pot pie, but thats just me.

And to think that all those years we spent waiting for the oven to preheat, all anybody had to think of was to trade out the aluminum pie tin for one made out of hot pockets wrappers! :lol:

Think deep. Think geologic time. Think the movie 2001. I vote for "The Club." No, not the hair club for men. The stick or bone club that first allowed us to extent our influence over the World to beyond our own fingertips.

The roach clip.
Hairy roaches? Why would you need to clip your roaches?

duct tape
tie wrap
porn

not necessarily in that order

I wouldn't call things like fire and language inventions. Fire was discovered through chance, not invented and language evolved over many thousands of years, and wasn't invented either.

Writing, however, is an invention, and in my opinion the greatest in human history. With writing, ideas, knowledge and culture could be communicated over great distances and through time. Today, we can read texts written more than 5000 years ago. The same information would never have survived without written language, and very little information from the past would have survived at all.

Jelly beans!

Integrated Circuit and the microprocessor
Close.

I say the transistor.

I say the Buffalo Wing.

Few people actually realize how important it really is...you must master the wing to understand the wing, and must understand the wing to master it....be one with the wing....be the wing....

duct tape

Ya beat me to it!

Plumbing.

The correct answer is: junkyard.

what is it?

Why the bicycle of course.

Hairy roaches? Why would you need to clip your roaches?

Please tell me you're kidding about this one. I really hope you're being sarcastic.

1. Agriculture
2. The wheel
3. Microprocessors
4. Personal lubricant

Hairy roaches? Why would you need to clip your roaches?
Roach clip lets you hold the roach securely in a... clip. Then you can pin it to your shirt. Turn them into broaches.

I'd have to go with materials that didn't exist before and were used to create a "plethora" (yes I just said that) of other inventions. Examples are:

1.) plastics
2.) carbon fiber
3.) steel

Not necessarily in that order.

Along a different line of thought - Velcro has to be right up there. ;) :D