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Greatest Invention of All Time?

Greatest Invention of All Time?

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I say it's the Elevator.

Without an elevator, we wouldn't have buildings over 10 stories which would mean cities would not have evolved the way they have. Jobs would be spread over a larger area which would mean not everyone would have to drive into the city to go to work. Our reliance on cars would be much less if it weren't for the elevator.

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Free refill coke.

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Antiseptic

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Originally posted by XanthosNZ
Antiseptic
You mean like soap?

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"Our reliance on cars would be much less if it weren't for the elevator."

If that statement is true, why does that make the elevator a good thing?

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I say the whip, without which the many wonders of the world, and major societies of history would not have existed

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Originally posted by Ian68
[b]"Our reliance on cars would be much less if it weren't for the elevator."

If that statement is true, why does that make the elevator a good thing?[/b]
I said it was the greatest invention, ie most influential....not neccessarily a good thing

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toilet paper

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Whoever came up with the idea of money changed the World forever.

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Originally posted by XanthosNZ
You mean like soap?
LOL, thanks for clarifying.

BTW, you stole that line from Donnie Darko. It is true though.

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Originally posted by jammer
Whoever came up with the idea of money changed the World forever.
True, but it doesn't necessarily mean that it is the "greatest" invention.

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Looting and pillaging.

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Movable typeface.

Nemesio

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Originally posted by uzless
I say it's the Elevator.

Without an elevator, we wouldn't have buildings over 10 stories which would mean cities would not have evolved the way they have. Jobs would be spread over a larger area which would mean not everyone would have to drive into the city to go to work. Our reliance on cars would be much less if it weren't for the elevator.
Or maybe people would just be in better shape and walk up the stairs without a problem.

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Originally posted by Nordlys
Or maybe people would just be in better shape and walk up the stairs without a problem.
Think you've hit on something there... if you think the 'elevator' was a good invention, the stairs were pretty nifty...