Underrated inventions?

[phillybri]

I'm not looking for the internet, cars, or light bulbs here. I'm talking about the little thing that help us get by and make life a little sweeter.

Here's a few of my favorites:

1. 3-blade razor
2. self-bagging lawnmower
3. marshmallow Fluf
4. toilet paper
5. the push-up bra

Any other good ones?

[Magrittes Pipe]

1. The Flex Capacitor.

It's gonna change the world.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

10. Can we load it into my DeLorean?

[Magrittes Pipe]

12. No.

The Nash Rambler has a much higher "cool" quotient.

[pagerbear]

13. Love Ramblers!

My uncle had several in the 60s and 70s (he took care of his cars and kept them a long time). They were cool.

[Magrittes Pipe]

18. The seat folds into a bed.

:evilgrin:

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Not The Self-Bagging Lawnmower!

The mulching mower! No bag. No muss. No fuss! Also, since a lawn mower motor uses 10 times more gas per second during start-up and shut-down, the stopping to empty the bag is a bad scene. With a mulcher, less pollution.
The Professor

[GOPisEvil]

4. Yes! Love the mulching mower!!

I'm very environmentally-friendly when I mow. I have an electric mulching mower. :D

[trotsky]

3. Remote-control ANYTHING.

Garage door openers, TVs, lights, you name it.

[thatgemguy]

5. Zip Loc Bags n/t

[tuvor]

6. The Coffee Maker

I just woke up, can you tell?

[huellewig]

7. Carbonation

Flat beer sucks.

[johnnie]

8. Snooze alarm...

That person was a friggin' genius.

[trotsky]

11. Yeah, an EVIL genius.

"Just 7 more minutes" can somehow easily throw my morning schedule off by half an hour.

[mrboba1]

15. Did you vote in my poll?

8 times I hit snooze this morning!
EIGHT!

[johnnie]

17. Lordy

I think my record is four. Sure they are evil, but if you didn't have one you might end up sleeping until noon.
I saw your poll right after I posted here.

[blondeatlast]

9. Toaster ovens, rice cookers.

Boxcutters (for intended purposes only).

[pagerbear]

14. Automobile cup holders

[lpbk2713]

16. Pop-top cans.

Cordless phones, marking pens, sticky notes, the frisbee.

[phillybri]

19. A few more...

Daisy Duke shorts
Cinnamon Life cereal
Ice Cream

[Red State Rebel]

20. The Hoover Floormate

It is a hardsurface floor cleaner. It disperses cleaner and brushes your floor and then as you pull it back it sucks up and squeegees the water back up leaving you a CLEAN DRY FLOOR!!! You don't even have to vacuum up every little thing before you use it, it does it all.

I have ceramic tile and hardwood throughout my house and I could kiss the feet of whoever invented this thing.

[The empressof all]

21. Frozen Yougurt (nt)

[Magrittes Pipe]

22. The Frogurt is also cursed.

[BigMcLargehuge]

31. but you get your choice of toppings

[mrboba1]

23. Cheese grater.

also the little tool you use to peel an orange.

[phillybri]

30. You mean the orange peeler?

:evilgrin:

[mrboba1]

32. YEAH! that's it!

I can never remember that!

:crazy:

[Richardo]

24. Corkscrew. Rollerball pens. Pop-top aluminum cans.

[DemWitch]

25. Duct tape...

the truly one thing fixes all, if only temporarily item.

[tjwash]

26. Zots.

The little round bumps that separate the lanes on the highways. Many a tired person has got home safely because those kept them from nodding off, and in their lanes.

[skygazer]

27. The self stick stamp

the paper clip
the post-it note
the keychain
the ATM
velcro

[phillybri]

28. How did they not come up w/ that sooner???

:shrug:

[Tredge]

29. The burrito

also...

2. the thong
3. Altoids
4. Adobe Acrobat
5. Crossing lights that have timers
6. Ergonomic keyboards
7. Stain-resistant carpeting

[Tom_Foolery]

33. The FlowBee...

I bought a FlowBee about six years ago for $50.00. I haven't been to a barber since. It's saved me quite a few bucks.

[mrboba1]

34. Is this you?

:evilgrin:

[Tom_Foolery]

35. Well, close...

I don't have that much hair on the top, and I didn't have it pre-FlowBee either. I tell you, the thing works!! Do not fear the FlowBee!

[phillybri]

36. You're a braver man than I...

That thing scares me...:scared: