Worst inventions?

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ChamberNut

October 07, 2008, 12:07:49 PM
Carpet flooring, for one.

Todd

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October 07, 2008, 12:36:17 PM
The internet forum.
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Norbeone

#2
October 07, 2008, 01:34:59 PM
Reality TV, followed closely by.......lots of other things I can't quite think of on the spot.

Szykneij

#3
October 07, 2008, 03:20:09 PM
Leaf blowers. They're noisy, smelly, waste energy, and don't do anything you couldn't do with a rake or broom in the same amount of time.
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it.  ~ Henry David Thoreau

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~ Satchel Paige

toledobass

#4
October 07, 2008, 03:44:51 PM
the garlic press:




Allan

Bogey

#5
October 07, 2008, 03:52:09 PM
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Bogey

#6
October 07, 2008, 03:57:03 PM


The 8 Track
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Bogey

#7
October 07, 2008, 03:58:08 PM
And on a societal level:

The garage door opener.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Bogey

#8
October 07, 2008, 04:07:33 PM
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

springrite

#9
October 07, 2008, 04:10:18 PM
I once saw a young woman circle her car around the lot to find the parking spot nearest the building entrance, take the elevator (lift) to the 50th floor so she can go to her gym and get on the stair-master for half an hour. Just walk up the damn stairs, bitch! It's FREE!

So, I pick the Stair-Master as the stupidest invention.

Bogey

#10
October 07, 2008, 04:12:58 PM
Tanning beds
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Bogey

#11
October 07, 2008, 04:14:38 PM
Hey Allan, what about microwave dinners?  ;D
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

springrite

#12
October 07, 2008, 04:19:33 PM
Quote from: Szykniej on October 07, 2008, 03:20:09 PM
Leaf blowers. They're noisy, smelly, waste energy, and don't do anything you couldn't do with a rake or broom in the same amount of time.

I once mentioned this as the worst invention while talking to some Chinese village people upon my return to China. They were so puzzled by the point of this invention. In the end, one guy smoking his pipe said: "They person who invented this and all the people using it deserve a beating!"

Bogey

#13
October 07, 2008, 04:19:45 PM
The Hummer for non-military use:

There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Bogey

#14
October 07, 2008, 04:20:19 PM
Quote from: springrite on October 07, 2008, 04:19:33 PM
I once mentioned this as the worst invention while talking to some Chinese village people upon my return to China. They were so puzzled by the point of this invention. In the end, one guy smoking his pipe said: "They person who invented this and all the people using it deserve a beating!"

:D
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Szykneij

#15
October 07, 2008, 04:23:27 PM
Quote from: springrite on October 07, 2008, 04:19:33 PM
I once mentioned this as the worst invention while talking to some Chinese village people upon my return to China. They were so puzzled by the point of this invention. In the end, one guy smoking his pipe said: "They person who invented this and all the people using it deserve a beating!"

Yes! I agree! Especially my neighbor who likes to use his early on Saturday mornings (and his little dog, too)!
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it.  ~ Henry David Thoreau

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~ Satchel Paige

Kullervo

#16
October 07, 2008, 04:25:11 PM
The McRib.  :-X

Solitary Wanderer

#17
October 07, 2008, 04:29:54 PM
Saucepans with removable handles!  :D
'I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.' ~ Emily Bronte

springrite

#18
October 07, 2008, 04:34:11 PM
Quote from: Szykniej on October 07, 2008, 04:23:27 PM
Yes! I agree! Especially my neighbor who likes to use his early on Saturday mornings (and his little dog, too)!

Johnny Carson: "In California, where you can hardly notice the change of season, you known autumn is upon us when a singular leaf falls from a tree, and ten guys names Pedro rush out and attack it with leafblowers."

drogulus

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October 07, 2008, 04:52:39 PM



   

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