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What do you think is the greatest trivial invention of all time?

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  • #52
    Tail Docker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,954 ✭✭✭Tail Docker


    Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »
    Trivial Pursuit board game.

    You havn't really read this through, have you? :D


  • #53
    Stainless_Steel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,155 ✭✭✭Stainless_Steel


    Tail Docker wrote: »
    How crap must the old, plain Nel have been if this is the fun version?

    You had me googling a Nel to see if It was some sort of antique apparatus for pouring liquids through. Doh!


  • #54
    Charlie19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,787 ✭✭✭✭Charlie19


    Phillips head screws.

    I think this choice might be more to do with my hatred for flat head screws.


  • #55
    EoghanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭EoghanIRL


    The fridge locker . This video is a parody but the item is real . It's just a voice over .
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYAwcT0tJx4


  • #56
    Zirconia
    Registered Users Posts: 386 ✭✭Zirconia
    Boycott Israeli Goods & Services


    c_man wrote: »
    Before that I had my regular browser as Firefox, and my "porn" browser was Safari. I still get a stir when I have to use a Mac.

    Pavlov's horndog!


  • #57
    ardle1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,521 ✭✭✭ardle1


    fleet_admiral wrote: »
    Electricity

    Invented by Dr. Richard Electricity in 1985, it has completely changed the world

    Your obviously just a wee bit older than me, my choice would be the 'plug', invented in 1986 by Thomás Plug, another great invention by an Irish man.


  • #58
    Degag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,982 ✭✭✭Degag


    I honestly thought this thread would be a lot better.


  • #59
    shruikan2553
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,113 ✭✭✭shruikan2553


    The c-string


  • #60
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Sliced bread


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  • #61
    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,206 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    About 2 / 3 years ago BBC3 had a countdown show about the "Greatest Invention Created" presented by Stephen Fry. Number 1 was the simple lighter. I remember watching with my brother and we both went "AHHHH!!!! come on!!!!! thats bloody stupid!"

    ... But looking back. I think it's right. Fire is life.
    You can cook with fire. You can heat yourself with fire. You can disinfectant water with fire. The survival blocks of life all from a stupid little lighter.

    Like trying going out to a forest and trying to make fire with what you see. It's harder than it looks.


  • #62
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Organic toilet paper, invented by Professor Gracias.


  • #63
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    The electric hare


  • #64
    Queen-Mise
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,461 ✭✭✭Queen-Mise


    Donkey Oaty wrote: »
    The banana slicer seems like a trivial invention, until you read the reviews.
    That's when I found the 571B Banana Slicer. Our marriage has never been healthier, AND we've even incorporated it into our lovemaking. THANKS 571B BANANA SLICER!

    Ah how were they incorporating a banana slicer into their bedroom activities:confused::eek:


  • #65
    The Diabolical Monocle
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,618 ✭✭✭The Diabolical Monocle


    The wasp cake.

    No not a cake made of wasps, now that would be a new level of madness.


    When you put 1 of the cakes you're eating to one side so the wasps fk off to their designated cake and leave you in peace.

    Super simple, super effective, facilitates caek.


  • #66
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Toaster


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  • #67
    shadowcomplex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,097 ✭✭✭shadowcomplex


    The Pub


  • #68
    Chet T16
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭Chet T16


    B.A._Baracus wrote: »
    About 2 / 3 years ago BBC3 had a countdown show about the "Greatest Invention Created" presented by Stephen Fry. Number 1 was the simple lighter. I remember watching with my brother and we both went "AHHHH!!!! come on!!!!! thats bloody stupid!"

    ... But looking back. I think it's right. Fire is life.
    You can cook with fire. You can heat yourself with fire. You can disinfectant water with fire. The survival blocks of life all from a stupid little lighter.

    Like trying going out to a forest and trying to make fire with what you see. It's harder than it looks.

    Its a portable flame you can keep in your pocket, I was always pretty impressed by that.


  • #69
    osarusan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,694 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    Toothpick bird:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkzle7v3Ibk


  • #70
    LizzieJones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,459 ✭✭✭LizzieJones


    osarusan wrote: »
    Toothpick bird:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkzle7v3Ibk

    I'll see your toothpick bird and raise it to a drinking water bird. :)



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9v9Dn4ildo


  • #71
    Omackeral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    This breakfast making machine.




    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EWUa0TTWH0


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  • #72
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,550 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    The can was invented in 1810 by Peter Durand.

    The first can opener was invented in 1858 by Ezra Warner.

    Go figure ...


  • #73
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,550 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Charlie19 wrote: »
    Phillips head screws.

    I think this choice might be more to do with my hatred for flat head screws.
    Nah Pozidrive is yer only man. *starts religious war*

    screws stick to the bit , and unlike Philips they don't slip out , unless you can't tell the difference and use the wrong bit

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_screw_drives#Cruciform_types


  • #74
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,195 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    Television

    Internet Shopping

    Takeaways/Fast Food


  • #75
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,195 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    Omackeral wrote: »
    This breakfast making machine.





    FYP


  • #76
    padd b1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,785 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    The ball point pen.

    Without it we would still be writing with feathers.


  • #77
    --LOS--
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,028 ✭✭✭✭--LOS--


    Aweswome trivial invention right here...

    http://i.imgur.com/WIRRJFN.jpg


  • #78
    Wacker The Attacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭Wacker The Attacker


    fleet_admiral wrote: »
    Electricity

    Invented by Dr. Richard Electricity in 1985, it has completely changed the world

    When did electricity become trivial?


  • #79
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    Arthur Beesley wrote: »
    That 'Yo!' App?

    lol, class, thanks


  • #80
    I_like_to mauve it
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8 ✭I_like_to mauve it


    feargale wrote: »
    The electric hare

    I find greyhound racing to be a trivial pursuit, both figuratively and literally


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