Best Invention of All Time? - Page 4

jambutty · 24-06-2006, 19:00

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Originally Posted by cashman

gonna be serious for once,so i apologise in advance, i think the best invention of all time is music, don't matter what type/kind, i think it gives more pleasure and relaxation to more people than anything else i can think of.

Music is also instrumental in calling men to war.

AccyMad · 24-06-2006, 19:22

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Originally Posted by accymel

Were men invented

I once had a t-shirt with 'When God invented man she was only joking' emblazoned across it - so maybe they were

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shillelagh · 24-06-2006, 21:18

Best invention - paper! Well what would you do without your morning paper? What would you do without books? What would you do without paper to write on and most important - loo paper! The only paper i could do without are the bills you get!

Madhatter · 25-06-2006, 00:01

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Originally Posted by shakermaker

Sorry can't remember much; I seem to remember the guitar, the printing press, the wheel & spaghetti sauce getting a mention!
It's normally on just before Big Brother or one of the other C4 programmes in the evening.

vibrator, jeans,

Madhatter · 25-06-2006, 00:03

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Originally Posted by shillelagh

Best invention - paper! Well what would you do without your morning paper? What would you do without books? What would you do without paper to write on and most important - loo paper! The only paper i could do without are the bills you get!

Thats a well thought out answer, we wouldn't be a booktown if it wasn't for paper.

cashman · 25-06-2006, 12:16

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Originally Posted by jambutty

Music is also instrumental in calling men to war.

whilst that is perfectly true, i don,t think even then it was used negatively, whilst not being in agreement with war i think it was used to- encourage,the poor devils, i still maintain it is what gives more pleasure and relaxation than owt i know.

Madhatter · 25-06-2006, 12:23

Am I on my own in rarely listening to music or tv for that matter?

katex · 25-06-2006, 13:05

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Originally Posted by Madhatter

Am I on my own in rarely listening to music or tv for that matter?

Well, Madhatter, seem to know a lot about Big Brother ! Or are you just selective

grannyclaret · 25-06-2006, 13:31

The off button,,, sometimes it comes in very handy...lol

jambutty · 25-06-2006, 13:44

Agreed cashman, using music to call men to war wasn’t a negative act. Far from it, it was a deliberate positive act. The rhythmic beating of the drums stirred the blood, increased the heartbeat and got the adrenaline to flow faster. Or put another way got the men ready to fight and helped to overcome their fear. In fact you could describe the drumbeat as hypnotic. Fortunately there is no place for that scenario in modern warfare.

The African Zulu warriors used the same tactic but the beating of the spears on their shields was also designed to put fear into the hearts of the opponents. The American Indians had the ‘war dance’. Today you get a similar effect with the modern boom, boom music. I don’t know about today but some 15 years ago when my son was still a teenager he and his mates would rate the quality of the music by its bpm (beats per minute). The higher the bpm the better and they would marvel at 150 bpm as they jumped up and down on the spot trying to keep up. And that’s where pills came in but that’s another topic.

Music itself isn’t bad just some of the ways it can be put to use and listening to music that you like is indeed a pleasurable experience. By the same token having to listen to something that you don’t like is the opposite.

No you are not on your own Madhatter if by listening to music you mean sitting down and deliberately putting on a record or CD and listening to it or walking around with a walkman glued to your ear. Walkman? My I am behind the times! It’s an ipod now isn’t it? I rarely put a CD on and sit and actually listen to it although I will admit to having music in the background from the wireless or a CD or on occasion an LP as I go about my daily life. Having got a car with a decent CD player in it I can now match the boom, boom racers and play my own kind of music at a volume that turns heads. 20’s and 30’ dance band, trad jazz, some 50’s and 60’s pop with a few military matches thrown in for good measure and even Jimmy Shand.

When I am in my final minutes I would like to pass away listening to the Prelude To Act 1 from La Traviata – a truly beautiful piece of music.

Sorry but all that is really off topic. I will castigate myself and stand in a corner for an hour.

Busman747 · 25-06-2006, 13:53

- - - Gotta be the "Wheel" Can you imagine what my posteria would feel like if I had to drive something like this!!

SPUGGIE J · 25-06-2006, 15:54

Fire for cooking warmth and well you know.

SPUGGIE J · 25-06-2006, 15:58

No it aint criminal afore you lot start!

Madhatter · 25-06-2006, 17:07

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Originally Posted by katex

Well, Madhatter, seem to know a lot about Big Brother ! Or are you just selective

very, I watch big brother hour and evictions, and lost on a tuesday. other than the odd film, watched res evil and phone booth, both excellent films. Watched some film last night, it was ok but nothing special. film is quality to me, it's a whole story, complete, thats got to be a good invention.

music I rarely listen to these days, sometimes I put the radio on for the play, when I'm driving, then turn over and leave it on for some music.

Shady McGough · 25-06-2006, 23:20

Erm..........can't believe no one has put this but beer is an obvious choice. What else makes us feel good about ourselves when we are at our worst? Whoever invented it is a genius.