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Off Topic The greatest inventions

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

  1. bum_chinned_crab

    bum_chinned_crab Well-Known Member

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    Exactly. And as it was carried on their back **** spilt out down their spine, it was ****ing horrible. When did we first see wheelie bins - mid to late 90s?
     
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  2. Leon T Trout AFC

    Leon T Trout AFC Well-Known Member

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    Sure I've read/heard Pete Townshend reckon that he 'invented' the internet.
     
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  3. Leon T Trout AFC

    Leon T Trout AFC Well-Known Member

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    Hmm. Can't remember exactly but mid 90s seems too late.

    I reckon a gradual roll out: late 80s/early 90s.

    It changed round our way too, previously the bin man would have to come into our yard (we'd leave gate unlocked) then upon the dawn of the wheelie bin, we had to leave them outside (despite it being miles easier with wheels).

    With regard to the idea of putting wheels on a bin, didn't Dusty Bin have wheels?
     
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  5. Leon T Trout AFC

    Leon T Trout AFC Well-Known Member

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    Ba-dum tish!
     
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  6. bum_chinned_crab

    bum_chinned_crab Well-Known Member

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    That meant to say 80s, slip of the finger. I was defo in my early teens.
     
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    :emoticon-0107-sweat I also remember the agony.
     
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  8. BlackAndAmberGambler

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    .My mum used to do our hair with one of those ****ing things. Some days I went to school like Phil Oakey others I went like Moe out of the Three Stooges.:afro:
     
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  9. Cortez91

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    Isn't the answer to this... sliced bread?
     
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    i meant the stuff you put round windows and baths rather than the stuff that comes out of a can at the rate of fresh lava!
     
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  11. Mark de Klein

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    Lemon Curry
     
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  12. Mark de Klein

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    A TV programme a few years ago decided that it was the Patent - the mechanism whereby inventors could personally profit from their invention. The programme/book was called, I think, The most powerful idea in the world.
     
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  13. The Omega Man

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    Salt.
    Beer
    Lime juice
     
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  14. Edelman

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    Buy a tin
     
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    Agreed with the mayo. Wish it was easier to get hold of the stuff they put on chips in Belgium and Holland. Triple cooked Belgian chips with mayo are unbeatable.
     
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  16. where's les mutrie now

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    Paper, without which, books, magazines, newspapers, but also bills, exam papers, annoying advert flyers.
     
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  17. augustatiger

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    Do they sponsor Kamil Grosicki
     
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  18. PattyNchips2

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    The Flesh Light.
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    Surely tequila rather than beer if you having it with salt and lime?
     
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    Association football. Nothing better to piss off the missus :emoticon-0100-smile
     
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