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Eric Idle nails it (Original Post) SocialDemocrat61 Nov 2023 OP
This! tblue37 Nov 2023 #1
Jazz. Mr.Bill Nov 2023 #2
Blues! JoseBalow Nov 2023 #5
Sad but true surfered Nov 2023 #3
Sad but true surfered Nov 2023 #4
... speak easy Nov 2023 #7
Don't you..... HotRod Deluxe Nov 2023 #19
Truth and it didn't come from a watery tart from a lake offering a sword. We had our own "origins." Evolve Dammit Nov 2023 #6
Peanut butter Mossfern Nov 2023 #8
Spidey? SocialDemocrat61 Nov 2023 #10
I have been shamed Mossfern Nov 2023 #11
There's a bit of ambiguity of where the telephone was invented. Wednesdays Nov 2023 #15
Monty Python invents coprolite Nov 2023 #9
Did you ever notice how much the various members of Monty Python know about our country? EarnestPutz Nov 2023 #12
Atomic bomb Doc_Technical Nov 2023 #13
Don't forget Cheetos SocialDemocrat61 Nov 2023 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author Doc_Technical Nov 2023 #14
To delete one of your posts, Wednesdays Nov 2023 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author Doc_Technical Nov 2023 #17
Thank you, Wednesdays Doc_Technical Nov 2023 #18
...and atomic weapons of war...... lastlib Nov 2023 #20

Evolve Dammit

(21,802 posts)
6. Truth and it didn't come from a watery tart from a lake offering a sword. We had our own "origins."
Sun Nov 5, 2023, 07:44 PM
Nov 2023

Mossfern

(4,734 posts)
8. Peanut butter
Sun Nov 5, 2023, 07:58 PM
Nov 2023

BTW, countries don't invent things, people do.

Telephone
Light bulb

Just to name a few.

Wednesdays

(22,844 posts)
15. There's a bit of ambiguity of where the telephone was invented.
Mon Nov 6, 2023, 11:48 AM
Nov 2023

Brantford, Ontario claims it was invented there. Not to mention Bell may have ripped the idea off from an Italian immigrant.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_of_the_telephone

coprolite

(365 posts)
9. Monty Python invents
Sun Nov 5, 2023, 08:19 PM
Nov 2023

the 48.5 year anniversary. Monty Python will re-release the Holy Grail on Dec 3 and 6 of this year, look for it at a theater near you.

 

EarnestPutz

(2,843 posts)
12. Did you ever notice how much the various members of Monty Python know about our country?
Mon Nov 6, 2023, 02:24 AM
Nov 2023

Last edited Tue Nov 7, 2023, 01:06 AM - Edit history (1)

Doc_Technical

(3,765 posts)
13. Atomic bomb
Mon Nov 6, 2023, 11:27 AM
Nov 2023

hydrogen bomb
napalm
anti aircraft proximity fuse
grenade launcher (M79)
claymore mine
Magnetic torpedo pistol (didn't work well)
Liquid Prell

Response to SocialDemocrat61 (Original post)

Wednesdays

(22,844 posts)
16. To delete one of your posts,
Mon Nov 6, 2023, 11:52 AM
Nov 2023

Click on "powers" and self-delete shows up as one of the options.

Response to Wednesdays (Reply #16)

Doc_Technical

(3,765 posts)
18. Thank you, Wednesdays
Mon Nov 6, 2023, 12:19 PM
Nov 2023

I inadvertently deleted my previous post thanking you
for telling me how to delete posts,

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