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Zed

Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 03:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Best: Airplanes

Worst: Guns

Ketchuplover

Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 06:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
2nd best:Ketchup

Best:ketchup containers

Bigd

Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 08:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
hands down, indoor plumbing.

Sia

Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 09:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Absolutely, Bigd: best invention is running water. I could do without electricity if I had to, but would NOT do without running water indoors.

another at the top of the good-list: childhood immunizations against dread diseases; antibiotics, etc.

worst: cigarettes/cigars, well, all forms of tobacco

equally evil: illicit drugs

Squaredsc

Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 09:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
best: the automobile

worst: the bra

bigd, i was going to say the same thing.

Webkitty

Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 11:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree that without electricity most other things mentioned here wouldn't exist, but I couldn't live without indoor plumbing (especially the modern flushing toilet) so that would have to be #1.
And btw, does anyone ever wonder why it took humans so long to figure out electricity?

Transportation and communication have brought us to a whole new global level.
But those wouldn't be possible without electricity first, so I would say electricity was a turning point for mankind/womankind. (still like the toilet)

The worst: The bra? Ladies! Please, think about it. Haven't you ever seen those National Geographic specials of lost tribes with the women and their braless selves? They got that way because they never wore one. LOL! Bras are good things, especially if they are pretty and have panties to match. They help in the on going battle with gravity and make me feel uniquely feminine, yep, like the bra. (I agree about the high heels, though)

Squaredsc

Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 11:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
ms. kitty, the bra is a cruel invention by men. yes it holds me up, but when you got this much it needs to be held up or i would trip, but it has to come off as soon as i get in my front door. lol.

Webkitty

Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 11:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I hear ya Square. I feel the same way about tight jeans, off with them!! As soon as I get in the door.

Howard Hughes is credited as the first to improve the modern day bra. He WAS a squirrely sort, so maybe you have something there. (still think they are a good idea in general)

Sia

Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 12:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Y'all might not want to know this, but I have to get EVERYTHING off ASAP when I get home; then I slip immediately into a comfy nightie and run around that way. I got into the nightgown habit since I've been a stay-at-home Mom. It began with breastfeeding; it was just simpler. (Had to wear the nursing bra then.) Last summer I had a hysterectomy and couldn't wear anything tight around my abdomen, so nightgowns were just a natural choice. Now it's a habit, and one I like. I buy new, pretty nightgowns more often than I buy any other type of garment!!

Grooch

Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 12:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Pantyhose is far, far more evil than the bra.

Webkitty

Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 01:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Groochie, that's because you live in South Florida. I agree that panyhose are evil, evil things for Floridans.

Please don't tell me you still have to wear them

Grooch

Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 01:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Once in a while. But I still think they are evil up north, too. You would think someone would have invented something better by now.

Whowhere

Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 01:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
They are just as evil up north as they are down south.

I refuse to wear pantyhose or high heels. It's against my religion. Grooch, someone did invent something better - razors/waxing and tanning beds/tanning creams. MUCH better than pantyhose.