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And I thought this cybering was bad enough. YOU MADE THE 21ST CENTURY A MORE TERRIBLE ERA BRITS!

http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=2111 <---might not wanna go in there if your sensitive to inappropriate text.

Enlighten yourself Brits. What have you CREATED?

The computer, the steam engine, television, the jet engine, radar, modern medicine, basically, the modern world.

Coke (the fuel, not the drink/drug), Theory of Gravity, catamarans, the pressure cooker, the revolver*, underwater mines (digging and not the explosive), typewriter, steam-powered ship, mariners watch, hydrogen, Carbon dioxide, fire extinguishers, sparkling water, nitrogen, oxygen, bleach, barium, potassium, sodium, strontium, calcium, iodine, modern atomic theory of matter, heliometer, geographical map, kaleidiscope, sandwich, wedgewood crockery, spinning jenny (and a plethora of off shoots), fire escape, toilet, Hawaii, iron bridge, nail makers,gas lamp, photography, railways, tarmac.

Plus lots more (take my word for it :wink: )




1680, by J. Dafte in London (where you can still see it)

hydrogen, Carbon dioxide, fire extinguishers, sparkling water, nitrogen, oxygen, barium, potassium, sodium, strontium, calcium, iodine,





Surely we discovered these?

Add to these the Theory of Evolution please.

Coke (the fuel, not the drink/drug), Theory of Gravity, catamarans, the pressure cooker, the revolver*, underwater mines (digging and not the explosive), typewriter, steam-powered ship, mariners watch, hydrogen, Carbon dioxide, fire extinguishers, sparkling water, nitrogen, oxygen, bleach, barium, potassium, sodium, strontium, calcium, iodine, modern atomic theory of matter, heliometer, geographical map, kaleidiscope, sandwich, wedgewood crockery, spinning jenny (and a plethora of off shoots), fire escape, toilet, Hawaii, iron bridge, nail makers,gas lamp, photography, railways, tarmac.

Plus lots more (take my word for it :wink: )

1680, by J. Dafte in London (where you can still see it)

How can the british claim to have "invented" Hawaii???

They cannot really even claim to have "discovered" it, as it was populated when they arrived.

Also, you cannot "invent" chemical elements "nitrogen, oxygen, barium, potassium, sodium, strontium, calcium", although these may be discovered. Similarly for naturally-occuring chemical compounds, like carbon dioxide.

DP

TP !
My kingdom for a server upgrade !

Gimmie a break. Like this is any more reprehensable than using cell phones period. Besides, I got an excellent satire article out of it so now I get to be paid. Therefore, I say,

VIVA LA BRITISH TOOTHING!!!