Does anyone agree with me that the greatest invention in human history...

I do poison the snails because I figure they have a perfectly good opportunity to eat the plants I don't care about, and if they go for my pansies instead, on their little horned heads be it.

However, if I see a snail minding it's own business on the side walk, I'll gently pick it up and move it to a safer location. (Not near my flower boxes.)

So, gosh, we've strayed from the topic, but since it wasn't a serious one that's all right.

Returning to the invention of our favorite foods: Pie!
 
Mouse said:
Christians supposed to believe that "God" created all living creatures? Do you think "God" is happy for you to murder one of "His" creatures, Parson?
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Actually Jewish scholars believe it was only with Noah that humans allowed meat and it had to be humanely killed.
In the OT you had to feed and water your animals before taking care of own needs and fence holes etc to avoid animals falling in.
 
And where did I say you were? I was talking to Parson. I used his name and everything.
 
i have caught and released mice at this horrid apartment i was in.. then i got a kitten and the kitten did it for me.. the kitten invited another kitten and they used to play mouse hockey.. mouse would dive for one end or the other of the bureau and the kittens would cover the exits.. the mouse always got away .. but then i would stick steel wool down the hole entrance and caulk over the entry... after the mice had a conference we had no more visitors..

the kittens were quite miffed and i ended up supplying them with oodles of cat toys.

as for inventions, my favorites are foodwise and otherwise, chocolate chip cookies.
and a nail clipper.

i realize a nail clipper seems prosaic... but if you have ever tried to keep your nails in order with what they used previous to a good fingernail clipper and toenail clipper, you would soon realize the superiority of this innovation. with one small portable item you can quickly and easily rid yourself of a hangnail, once a surgeons job.
trim and clean and file... save your socks from reckless savaging by unruly toes run amock. allow your shoes to once again fit ..
no more stealing the kitchen shears and risk amputating a digit in full or part.
clean nails and clean hands mean less transfer of bacteria, less spread of disease, and disorders.
good grooming in our society is equated with respect and civilized behaviors.
so my vote goes for that mini manicure in a hand, the nail clipper..
(and they're invaluable for snipping off those plastic loopy things on clothes that stay behind and scratch your skin after you've brought your new apparel home and ripped off the price tag..)
 
Ray McCarthy said:
In the OT you had to feed and water your animals before taking care of own needs and fence holes etc to avoid animals falling in.
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Not just in the Old Testament - I had that hammered into me from an early age. I would be making my horse a warm bran mash and lukewarm salty water to drink while my own hands were blue and I had lost touch with my feet hours before. I instilled the same ethics into my kids.

Best invention? Food=black pudding, non-food would be a toaster. OK, that's to do with food too, but I'm hungry right now and food is all I can think of.
 
sliced bread, I would wager.

Although what people said before "the best thing since sliced bread" is moot
 
I like a lot of these responses. I'd have to say writing is likely the greatest invention, as we couldn't communicate to others as well without it. The toilet is another good invention. The personal computer and the internet, another two inventions we use every day in the modern world. Also, stoves and ovens. How would we get by without these?
 
The pointed stick. Between 6 and 2 million years ago, our ancestors wandered around in the open woodlands of Africa. They were small and couldn't run fast. And being open woodlands, there wasn't always a tree handy when a large predator showed up. The pointed stick gave our ancestors enough reach to fend off the predators. Without the pointed stick, you wouldn't be here today.
 
I have really enjoyed this thread so far.Thanks for making me laugh,Guys and Gals.
 
Special mention should go to the humble calendar .... oh and clocks as well.... or better still, the measurement of time.

Without such things no one would know when other brilliant inventions were made; or when they'd be available in the shops

Having said that, you would always know when it was a Sunday, because Sundays always draaaagggggggggggg..............
 
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