[Ichneumon]

Chimps using vacuums and microwaves is not the point. How many of these appliances did they invent? (Al Gore excluded).

How many have you invented?

By your criterion, most humans don't "count" either.

[plusone]

'How many vacuums have you invented?' Well, none actually. But I am under contract to AlGore to invent a Time Machine. He intends to use it to go back in time to the 2000 Presidential Race and give himself better advice. (I predict that he still loses!)