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Seven greatest accidental inventions
San Antonio Express-News ^ | 04/04/2010 | Source: www.spike.com/blog/top-7-greatest/91870

Posted on 04/05/2010 10:12:05 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd

Edited on 04/05/2010 10:16:18 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

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To: whd23

My great grandfather invented 1-UP, then 2-UP, then 3-UP....

Died poor. Poor old guy quit at 6.

:)


41 posted on 04/05/2010 1:03:35 PM PDT by MindBender26 (Prezdet Obama is what you get when you let the O.J. jury select a president !)
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To: Responsibility2nd

1. Fire


42 posted on 04/05/2010 1:04:26 PM PDT by Osage Orange (A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity. - Sigmund Freud)
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To: catnipman
Personally, I wouldn't label keen observation and intellectual curiosity as "accidental".

It could fit, if you look at it happening "by chance."

If his dog didn't get these burrs stuck to its fur all the time, he'd likely never have looked at them.

43 posted on 04/05/2010 1:17:58 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (The townhalls were going great until the oPods showed up.)
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