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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:03 PM Original message |
I wonder what the greatest invention was before sliced bread? |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. The zipper? |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. I hate zippers...one of those things I just don't get along with |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. But there's something kind of disturbing about a Velcro fly. |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. That's why I like button fly |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. pumpernickel bagels |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Separate outhouses for men and women |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. Bottled beer. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. The wheel. n/t |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. The bread knife? |
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blueknight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. unsliced bread |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 12:20 AM Response to Reply #7 |
48. ... |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. Rocks flaked on both sides=spear=civilization! |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. We're basically thinking the same way. |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. How about the invention of alphabetical written language? |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 01:50 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Cuneiform and hieroglyph are both lovely highly-viable non-alphabetical written languages. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 02:15 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Not to mention Chinese. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. Easy: Pocket on a shirt. |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. Pottery |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
11. I loved watching the deli bread slicer. |
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Chellee (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. Fire. |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 11:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. You are taking us back a long, long time ago. |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
15. Shredded bread. Now outmoded. n/t |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
16. Hmmmm... |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 11:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. Bread tends to bake outside in the hot sunlight. |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
18. Flours. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
19. Sex |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
21. Church key! |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
22. Beer. nt |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
23. Indoor plumbing. |
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7wo7rees (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
24. BEFORE sliced bread? |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 02:00 AM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Alice is playing a Sony Dreamcast? |
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7wo7rees (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. You could have asked "Why is there a power supply on a giant mushroom?" |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
25. anaesthesia n/t |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Winner! |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
27. Bread someone else made |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
31. Since that happened in 1928, I'm going to go radio. |
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Doc_Technical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
32. Liquid Prell |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
36. Maybe just bread? |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
37. Sliced iPads? |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
38. Plastic. |
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zanana1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
39. Fire? |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
40. Actually, it was canning. |
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yankeepants (602 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
41. footwear that distinguished right from left |
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Hotler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
43. Bacon. n/t |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
44. Not sure but I think it may have been round... |
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6000eliot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
45. A better mousetrap? |
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Tom Ripley (418 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
46. Sliced unicorn |
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SwampG8r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
47. i was around then so i actually remember |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
49. Fire. Otherwise you couldn't bake the bread to slice it. |
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