What was invented in your country?
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Nothing! I can't recall any inventions that come from Iceland...
But if I would recall my homeland (England) then I would probably say, THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION! YEAH BITCHES!
But if I would recall my homeland (England) then I would probably say, THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION! YEAH BITCHES!
Ireland:
-Guided Missiles
-Portable Defibrillator
-Radiotherapy
-Irish Whiskey
And to top it off I'll toss in a drink which captures the stereotype of Ireland: Poitín [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poit%C3%ADn]. It's an alcoholic drink made from potatoes and contains 60%=95% v/v of alcohol.
-Guided Missiles
-Portable Defibrillator
-Radiotherapy
-Irish Whiskey
And to top it off I'll toss in a drink which captures the stereotype of Ireland: Poitín [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poit%C3%ADn]. It's an alcoholic drink made from potatoes and contains 60%=95% v/v of alcohol.
You would be surprised about how many Australians don't know that it was Dirk Hartog that was the first European to get to Australia, not Captain Cook.John the Gamer said:
I had some of that once. It was 80% alcohol, every swig felt like a major achievement.AnAngryMoose said:
The Delorean.
And therefore, by extension, the best thing Micheal J Fox ever did with his life.
And therefore, by extension, the best thing Micheal J Fox ever did with his life.
The referee whistle.
Tying a piece of elastic round your legs and jumping off a bridge.
Getting into a big bouncy plastic ball and rolling down a hill.
A car that drives on water and land, looking equally retarded doing both.
Everything that screams "Look at meeee!!", pretty much.
On a serious note, modern atomic science. Not invented -in- this country, per se, but the bloke who first split the atom was a Kiwi.
Quite funny really, invented/discovered by a Kiwi, then banned in this country. Must be some guilt-by-proxy, as there would be no Hiroshima/Nagasaki, Chernobyl, Three Mile Island or Cold War if it weren't for Lord Rutherford's contribution.
Also ninja'd on Trench Warfare.
Who knows what else some crazy Kiwi will come up with to fuck up your day, eh?
Tying a piece of elastic round your legs and jumping off a bridge.
Getting into a big bouncy plastic ball and rolling down a hill.
A car that drives on water and land, looking equally retarded doing both.
Everything that screams "Look at meeee!!", pretty much.
On a serious note, modern atomic science. Not invented -in- this country, per se, but the bloke who first split the atom was a Kiwi.
Quite funny really, invented/discovered by a Kiwi, then banned in this country. Must be some guilt-by-proxy, as there would be no Hiroshima/Nagasaki, Chernobyl, Three Mile Island or Cold War if it weren't for Lord Rutherford's contribution.
Also ninja'd on Trench Warfare.
Who knows what else some crazy Kiwi will come up with to fuck up your day, eh?
You left out the entire proper science of Chemistry (no kids, alchemy does not count as a science)! That right obscure internet joke friends, 17th century chemist Robert Boyle was Irish all along!AnAngryMoose said:
Also, it's common knowledge that everything England ever invented was stolen from the Irish during the Great Famine, including everything that was invented before the Famine took place!
I live in America. We invented freedom. You're welcome.
(jk I'm not an ignorant idiot don't flame me please...)
(jk I'm not an ignorant idiot don't flame me please...)
If I remember correctly, the paper clip, the aerosol (or however you spell it, cba to look it up at the moment) can and the outboard boat engine was invented by a Norwegian that didn't get support in Norway, and therefore moved to the US to patent it, and then the outboard engine was invented.