Matt L
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bullet-proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
answers will be posted later 2nite 
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Cosmo
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they are all mentioned in this thread.
Job done. Thread closed.
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Matt L
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lol. apart from that haha.
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Cosmo
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I cheated and now know the answer! Some debate if its actually true though.
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FruitBooTeR
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Nothing 
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Matt L
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
I cheated and now know the answer! Some debate if its actually true though.
i just copied it from the email lol.
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Fanny
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Cosmo
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Originally posted by Colin
Fanny
technically, yes.
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Dom
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it's something shit like they were all invented by women 
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nova_gteuk
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quote:
Originally posted by Dom
it's something shit like they were all invented by women
Yes and no. Kevlar and windscreen wipers were, but "Joseph Winters" and "Gary Starkweather" (inventors of the fire escape ladder and laser printer respectively) sound like blokes' names?
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ppl do far too much google searching (like me)
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by nova_gteuk
quote:
Originally posted by Dom
it's something shit like they were all invented by women
Yes and no. Kevlar and windscreen wipers were, but "Joseph Winters" and "Gary Starkweather" (inventors of the fire escape ladder and laser printer respectively) sound like blokes' names?
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None of them make a particularly tasty sandwhich filler.
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by vx.racing
None of them make a particularly tasty sandwhich filler.
I like laser printer sandwiches tbh.
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vx.racing
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Prefer inkjet myself.
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
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Originally posted by vx.racing
None of them make a particularly tasty sandwhich filler.
I like laser printer sandwiches tbh.
WIth a bit of salad cream 
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nova_gteuk
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What was the answer?
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Tommy
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Invented by women
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What a wank thread!
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Cosmo
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Originally posted by Tommy
Invented by women
but they actually werent. 
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Tommy
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Yeah true but thats whats meant to be in common
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Tommy
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Spose the thing they have in common is that people think they were all invented by women but actually werent
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Cosmo
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the vacuum cleaner, now that was invented by a woman I think. More than likely the bog brush, washing up liquid, washing machine, dish washer, etc.
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nova_gteuk
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Not wrong there cosmo
a list of inventions by women i googled.
Battery container Nancy Perkins 1986
Beehive Thiphena Hornbrook 1861
Canister vacuum Nancy Perkins 1987
Car heater Margaret Wilcox 1893
Circular saw Tabitha Babbit 1812
Computer program Augusta Ada Byron 1842
Cooking stove Elizabeth Hawk 1867
Dam and reservoir construction Harriet Strong 1887
Direct and return mailing envelope Beulah Henry 1962
Dishwasher Josephine Cochran 1872
Drinking fountain device Laurene O'Donnell 1985
Electric hot water heater Ida Forbes 1917
Elevated railway Mary Walton 1881
Engine muffler El Dorado Jones 1917
Feedback control for data processing Erna Hoover 1971
Globes Ellen Fitz 1875
Grain storage bin Lizzie Dickelman 1920
Improved locomotive wheels Mary Jane Montgomery 1864
Improvement in dredging machines Emily Tassey 1876
Improvement in stone pavements Emily Gross 1877
Kevlar, a steel-like fiber used in radial tires, crash helmets, and bulletproof vests Stephanie Kwolek 1966
Life raft Maria Beaseley 1882
Liquid Paper correction fluid Bette Nesmith Graham 1956
Locomotive chimney Mary Walton 1879
Medical syringe Letitia Geer 1899
Mop-wringer pail Eliza Wood 1889
Oil burner Amanda Jones 1880
Permanent wave for the hair Marjorie Joyner 1928
Portable screen summer house Nettie Rood 1882
Refrigerator Florence Parpart 1914
Rolling pin Catherine Deiner 1891
Rotary engine Margaret Knight 1904
Safety device for elevators Harriet Tracy 1892
Street cleaning machine Florence Parpart 1900
Submarine lamp and telescope Sara Mather 1870
Suspenders Laura Cooney 1896
Washing machine Margaret Colvin 1871
Windshield wiper Mary Anderson 1903
Zigzag sewing machine Helen Blanchard 1873
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
the vacuum cleaner, now that was invented by a woman I think. More than likely the bog brush, washing up liquid, washing machine, dish washer, etc.
quoting so you can't delete this
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