[Closed] Greatest thing ever...

The "discovery" that static living and the creation of fixed societies as a posed to nomadic life created the opportunity for wheel, written communication learning , technology etc etc

Contraception and antibiotics.

...and fags.

...and beer.

...and the bikini.

...and bicycles.

...and chips.

...and fried eggs.

...and the pneumatic tyre.

...and ladies with nothing on.

soapy boobs surely.

Static living as a discovery. Love it! I'll be saying that to Mrs 16 tonight when asked to do the washing up. "If I'm static long enough, love, I'll discover opportunities to do some work later tonight!"

Crikey - all your suggestions reveal the work of an insightful mind. Ah ladies with nothing on... inner fire... hmmm...

Frijj milkshake.

Chocolate Fudge Brownie flavour.

Frijj milkshake.

Chocolate Fudge Brownie flavour.

I was going to simply go with chocolate milk 🙂

I'm convinced that mankind would have ceased to exist without the toasted sandwich maker

Mmmmm, bit of a stream of consciousness thing there. Just been out for a quick spin on the roadie and it was one of those days when every lady seemed to be wandering about semi-clothed.

Very dangerous..

crikey, it's not dangerous... it's genius!

My thinking on the subject was all wrong. The bottom (fwooah!) line is mankind obviously wouldn't have bothered with fire or wheels if there had been more semi-clothed ladies wandering about...

I'm going with Penguin biscuits.

Or maybe Wagon Wheels.

Or maybe Wagon Wheels.

How the west was won 🙂

What about Worcester Sauce then? Given that cheese on toast is ALMOST the best thing in the world, but not quite. There was just that smallest of details missing

But with a few splashes of the brown stuff? Viola ..... the greatest creation mankind could ever hope to aspire too

Walnut Whips were good, but I was talking about them with Mrs Crikey the other night ( I know, but we're getting on a bit) and we concluded that the majority of kids in the UK would buy a Walnut Whip then throw the nut away, and therefore say that they didn't like walnuts.

The Walnut Whip then, is responsible for the poor sales of walnuts in the UK.

I was about to say something profound, like the development of spoken language, the discovery of fire, the Saturn V rocket or Nuclear Fisson.

However, upon reflection my own nomination is Hopback Summer Lightning.

Interesting biscuit-driven digression going on here...

Penguins, I have just discovered, first came out in 1932. Wagon wheels were launched in 1948.

Personally, my memories of both suggest that they only ever made one batch each...

Still, amazing how STW instills such a thirst for knowledge, eh?

Contraception.

Lots of fun without them pesky kids everywhere. Imagine how many children we'd each have without it.....Scary huh?

Soap.

Surgery/living/eating generally without being a festering pit of infection.

Purified/fermented water.

Beer and tea!

The bearing's pretty significant too.

V brakes.?

camo16 - is there any information available online about what exact percentage wagon wheels have shrunk by since 1948?

Vaginas

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the long egg, perfect as a mid ride snack.

dont eat more than 2 though, or if you do.. remember to chew it well before swallowing.

Phil WTF, seriously WTF?!?

EDIT: [url= http://www.cracked.com/article/18372_the-9-most-terrifying-attempts-to-improve-popular-foods/ ]Dear god it lives[/url]

binners, you should know that all such reduction issues are clouded in conspiracy and urban myth. It's the marketing and the nice shiny packaging that matters.

my second choice was this:

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i think it must have saved millions of elderly briton's lives each year when there's a heatwave. when you get to my age holding up a tea-pot is hard work. (if only they invented one to make pouring the water from the heavier kettle into the teapot!)

Viola

If it's a Stradivarius, a good call. Only 13 out there, after all.

I was always more a Club biscuit man myself, back in the 70s. I veritable range of flavours, and you could nibble the end piece of chocolate off.

Blue Riband will always be associated with a feeling of disappointment, admittedly less intense as the years advance, but still there all the same.

A poor attempt at a biscuit, I always felt the use of wafer to be an affront to the packed lunch consumer.

the jaffa cake surely?

Conveyor Belt + Plane

After the week I've had it has to be this...

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and this...

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Levi Roots reggae reggae hot chilli beef and rice..

and this..

The "discovery" that static living and the creation of fixed societies as a posed to nomadic life created the opportunity for wheel,

Wouldn't the wheel be a far more useful invention for a nomadic people than a static one, and therefore more likely to have come from innovation by the nomadic community 😉

whilst i appreciate all this talk of tasty things, can i suggest something that would make binners much more tasty?

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I think static communities are more likely to have invented the sofa, and possibly the cupboard.

...and the doorbell.

...and the door.

I used to spend the summers as a student working in the Burtons Biscuits warehouse surrounded by Wagon Wheels, Jammy Dodgers and Jaffa Cakes

I can't bloody stand biscuits 🙁

There are only so many packets of these you can eat:

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Phil - how can you possibly improve on Sausage flavoured eyeballs?

The transition from nomadic society to static society coincided with the widespread complaint that settlers couldn't get their hair to lie flat.

But with a few splashes of the brown stuff? Viola ..... the greatest creation mankind could ever hope to aspire too

Au contraire, spicy green tomato chutney and blue cheese welsh rarebit is the greatest snack creation mankind could ever hope to aspire too 😡

Contraception.

Don't be fooled kids.

Does anyone else remember "Chip Mate". I'm going to vote for that. Salt & Vinegar flavoured powder... the stuff of genius.

binners - Member
What about Worcester Sauce then? Given that cheese on toast is ALMOST the best thing in the world, but not quite. There was just that smallest of details missing

But with a few splashes of the brown stuff? Viola ..... the greatest creation mankind could ever hope to aspire too

You utter utter bastard, have been sticking (fairly well) to the iDave diet and now all I can see when I close my eyes is plates of toasted Tiger bread with melted strong Cheddar dripping over the edges topped with a generous splash of Worcester Sauce
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Cake - the person who decided to put flour, eggs and sugar into a bowl, mix it all up and bake it, needs applauding. Adding chocolate was the cherry on the top.

I do apologise fella. But lets be honest, there are certain things you'd just be a fool to try and fight! 😀

Fire or the wheel? Fire or the wheel? ... now, let's see... I've got it - cheese and biscuits...!!!

When you buy your next bike, I bet the process will pan out like this:

MTB or DH? MTB or DH? ... now, let's see... I've got it - caramel club biccies and a packet of quavers!

garlic bread

the majority of kids in the UK would buy a Walnut Whip then throw the nut away

I used to do this...probably still would 🙂

Adding chocolate was the cherry on the top

This [i]was [/i]deliberate, wasn't it? Please tell me it was deliberate 🙂

Sodastream

Get busy with the fizzy

Nuttella

Obviously 🙂

Your Colleague is adam ant? he added me as a friend on farcebook the other day, all very odd.

The Moonwalk. Pick either.

This was deliberate, wasn't it? Please tell me it was deliberate

This place (STW towers) has been heavy going over the past few weeks, it needs to lighten up.

ARPANET - the person who sold the concept of a [s]worldwide collection of pictures of naked ladies with no clothes on[/s] [i]network capable of withstanding nuclear attack[/i] to the US military and get funding for it was a complete genius.

garlic bread

...and therefore toothpaste.

every lady seemed to be wandering about semi-clothed

[I have "randy" days too. I put it down to hormones]

Effective contraception

[b]This[/b]

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only with a bottle opener.

binners - Member

I do apologise fella. But lets be honest, there are certain things you'd just be a fool to try and fight!

Oh your so on the money honey 😉

kelloggs cornflakes,ice cold milk with a spoonful of sugar.

Its not the greatest but its good.

The random corner shop discovery when you're on the verge of bonking!

How much carbs can you buy for the furry £1 found at the bottom of your camel bak?!

philconsequence - Member
soapy boobs surely.

soapy boobs surely.

the long egg thing

the internet

I reckon if you're Japanese you can get all three of these at the same time

Delete Browsing History...... 😆

On a personal level, I'm with HarryTheSpider, otherwise, I wouldn't be writing this!

I reckon you've got to lob Electricity (the generation & use of) into the mix.

Well, that and Ginsters

Remindss me of the old Chubby Brown gag

"whoever invented *ing wants decorating"

"wasn't that last night was it, last night it was whoever invented decorating wants *ing"

The Tunnock's Caramel Wafer.

FCTA!

Think tech trees. Is the wheel more important than fire? Maybe. Would we have developed the wheel without having fire first? Probably not. So fire wins.

I think ladies with nothing on is still the winner...