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Off Topic The greatest inventions

Discussion in 'Hull City' started by BrAdY, Mar 31, 2017.

  1. askewshair

    askewshair Well-Known Member

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    the idea of a city of culture
     
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  2. askewshair

    askewshair Well-Known Member

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    ****ing saved us
     
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    over18and legal Well-Known Member

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    The membership scheme would be








    bottom of this list
     
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    decking and fences.
     
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    gooey sealant stuff to keep draughts out.
     
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    The Hair Wiz (although i couldn't remember what it was called).

    This was fantastic, my mum used to sit there on a Sunday night ripping all our hair out... Not sure what the razor blade actually did in it as it didn't actually cut anything...

     
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  8. askewshair

    askewshair Well-Known Member

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    No. Was designed by trades people to show how rubbish diy ers are. Looks so ****ing easy
     
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    That stuff is ****ing evil.

    Nice shiny can.

    Cute little nozzle.

    How hard could this be? Little squirt into this gap and.....OMFG ITS EXPANDING TOO MUCH! ARRRGGGHHHH I CANT MOVE HEELLLLLLLPPPPPPP!
     
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    Slightly controversial ....
     
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    At least refer to them with their proper name...Carpenters ;)
     
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  14. tigre

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    Ronco buttoneer or the thing for De-fluffing jumpers.......
    Maybe not the greatest thing ever but looked good on the advert
     
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  15. The B&S Fanclub

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    The boy Crapper done well..
     
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    For me the greatest invention
    wasn't the wheel or fire but
    Spellcheck and predictive text.
    Without it I write in
    an alien Dialect ....
    You couldn't understand a
    ****ing word.. mind you, some
    Would say that wouldn't be
    that bad.... to them I say...
    **** off !!!!!!?
     
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    Trees
     
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    bum_chinned_crab Well-Known Member

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    Not an invention as such but more extended use of an existing invention...

    Wheels on dust bins and suitcases. I'm old enough to remember these not existing. How the **** did the human race go what must've been approx 100 years without thinking 'hang on, you know what would make moving these heavy things easier...'
     
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    Toilet paper
    The internet

    Both a load of old ****.
     
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  20. Leon T Trout AFC

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    Good call. A bin man seemed a proper graft back then, lugging heaving metal bins around then manually tipping it into the jaws.

    They even put wheels on some shopping baskets these days.
     
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