Your favorite American invention? (home, medical, phone)

[aliasfinn]

ROCK N ROLL (By the " King of Rock n Roll " Chuck Berry)
A St.Louis native by the way.

[Sconesforme]

Today I have used two great American inventions (disregarding stuff in my computer) – I used my iPhone and had a diet Coke.

[CowsAndBeer]

Originally Posted by aliasfinn

ROCK N ROLL (By the " King of Rock n Roll " Chuck Berry)
A St.Louis native by the way.

Chuck Berry may have pattented the easiest way to do a "rock n roll guitar solo" for kids coming up, but he's never, ever, to my knowledge been called the "King of Rock n Roll." That moniker belongs to Elvis, who preceded Chuck and was himself preceded by others. Jerry Lee might beg to differ, or scream about being the "real" king after drunkenly driving through Elvis' front gate (true story), but Chuck isn't even in the conversation.

[OuttaTheLouBurbs]

My favorite American invention has always been Democracy!

Originally Posted by mhans123

Technically this was not an invention, but discovering electricity was a pretty big deal. Well maybe not that big...

If you're talking about Benjamin Franklin, he didn't discover electricity, he found out that lightning is electricity. Everyone more or less knew electricity existed, they just weren't sure what lightning was.

[Guajara]

Originally Posted by OuttaTheLouBurbs

My favorite American invention has always been Democracy!



If you're talking about Benjamin Franklin, he didn't discover electricity, he found out that lightning is electricity. Everyone more or less knew electricity existed, they just weren't sure what lightning was.

That's a greek invention.

[Ghengis]

my favorite American invention is the Parthenon...

(from wiki)

[mshultz]

Originally Posted by :-D

Living in Arizona, I can say that air conditioning has to be one of the best inventions of all time.

Oh, and this Internet thing.

Northeast Ohio has relatively cool but humid summers. However, as an allergy sufferer, I agree completely about air conditioning.

I like to say that Willis Carrier is a candidate for sainthood!

[OuttaTheLouBurbs]

Originally Posted by Guajara

That's a greek invention.

I know. Hence the smilies.

Originally Posted by Ghengis

my favorite American invention is the Parthenon...

(from wiki)

This is also a Greek invention.

[jtur88]

Smoke Signals. Everything else was invented by foreigners.

[ccm123]

The internet.