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Idiocy is the mother of invention - 4/21/2006 5:41:53 PM

gooddogbenji

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Got an idea for a game.

One person says am ordinary household item, the next person explains how it was invented, and says a new one.

So if I say Pen, the next person it was created..... perhaps by an octopus and a stick copulating?

If anyone stumbles on this and uses the info for a history paper, I personally will be amused.

I'll start. The toilet. Many good stories about it out there, but none convincing.

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RE: Idiocy is the mother of invention - 4/21/2006 6:14:20 PM

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The toilet was invented in 1487 by a group of Dommes who had over indulged in whine and cheese at a party. It seems the outhouse had a long line and Dommes, being Dommes, knew they didn't have to settle for waiting, so grabbed several men, threw them to the floor and evacuated at their leisure. This became known as a soil the boy. Because of the over indulgence, several of the Dommes couldn't properly pronounce this rather convoluted verbiage so said toil the boy. Later in history, toil became synonymous with slave and toil the boy was just shortened to toil. A few years after toil the boy was shortened to toil.. aliens landed on Earth and immediately the powers that be started a mass evacuation. When cornered and asked why they had landed on Earth, the alien answered.. "Toil ET?" It seems that Earth is nothing other than a Galatic Outhouse for the rest of the Universe. Who knew?

Next invention.. Suction cups

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RE: Idiocy is the mother of invention - 4/21/2006 6:48:16 PM

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When donuts were first invented, they were made of rubber and used to protect soda cans from being shaken too much. But because it's easier to make a disc then cut a hole than to make a ribbon and turn it, small rubber circles would be stamped out. The donuts, however, were not flat, but 3D, so the discs that were stamped out would be curved, and always stuck to things in the factory.

Finally, someone noticed this and decided that donuts needed a better cause.

Next invention: Sunglasses

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RE: Idiocy is the mother of invention - 4/21/2006 9:12:59 PM

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Some guy needed eyewhere so they stuck two diaphrams together, tied them with strings, and tied them to his ears.

Next invention: Silverwear.

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