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Dec 3rd 2012, 5:07 pm

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Millhouse

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Re: Recent Great Inventions

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Originally Posted by britexpat76

Those little plastic translators the Chinese use to tell Millhouse how much its going to cost for 30 minutes...........

Already superseded by an iphone app.

Dec 3rd 2012, 5:08 pm

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Re: Recent Great Inventions

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Originally Posted by Bahtatboy

I've got to admit this: I don't know what a meme is

Dec 3rd 2012, 5:09 pm

#48

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Re: Recent Great Inventions

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Originally Posted by Bahtatboy

I've got to admit this: I don't know what a meme is

Milhouse is not a meme

Dec 3rd 2012, 5:14 pm

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Re: Recent Great Inventions

Quote:

Originally Posted by littlejimmy

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/i...yaGKKZI8UmcR7A

Quote:

Originally Posted by Millhouse

Milhouse is not a meme

So it could be misquoting Hitler but it isn't Millhouse. Well that ****ing narrows it down. Can someone draw me a picture? Or a Venn diagram? Maybe even explain?

Dec 3rd 2012, 5:15 pm

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Re: Recent Great Inventions

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bahtatboy

So it could be misquoting Hitler but it isn't Millhouse. Well that ****ing narrows it down. Can someone draw me a picture? Or a Venn diagram? Maybe even explain?

It's a photo of a person or animal with "funny" text superimposed on it.

Dec 3rd 2012, 5:30 pm

#51

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Re: Recent Great Inventions

The rechargeable bug zapper shaped like a tennis racket.

Dec 3rd 2012, 5:53 pm

#52

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Re: Recent Great Inventions

worst invention - reality tv
best invention - p2p networking (all others on my list have already been mentioned)

Dec 3rd 2012, 6:09 pm

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Re: Recent Great Inventions

Not an invention per se - but something that will affect everyone in the next 5-10+ years - The mapping of the human genome

Cloning (e.g. Dolly)

GPS

ebay, amazon (clubbed as e-commerce)