The Invention Of...

[Lux Aeterna]

Another idea I have is where a person posts a picture of a common household object and the next poster has to come up with a story about how it was invented (not a true story of course because that would be no fun.

Chinstrap has came up with this excellent idea! Here's an object to get everyone started!

http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/tt168/DJLimages/RoadTrip09-222copy.jpg

[deagle98]

Yes you made it Lux!

Once a man tried to eat a steak with a spoon, he said, "Why does this spoon never cut my steak!?" So he walked to his basement, found a peice of metal, then he began to cut small pieces out of the metal. A while later, he got a peice of metal, with sharp points on the end. He tried eating his steak, then screamed in happiness, "I invented something to help people eat!" So he ran outside, to show the mayor of his town. Shouting "Mayor! Mayor, come look!" when he reached him, he showed him his invention to him. The mayor said, "Wow, this is quite an invention, so he called all his friends, then asked the man what he should call it, the man said, "I would like to name it a fork........for no reason at all." This was how the legend of a fork was born.....

The end.

What you need to write about is a spoon now. (Pic coming soon.)

[Bloopinator™]

Once upon a time where cavemen existed, there was an intelligent young fourteen year old named Bunghum. Bunghum could only eat soup because that's all his family could make out of boiling water and vegetables found in the wilderness. Using a stick, he could barely get any of the soup! So he got metal from the tree up above his house and used fire to bend the rounded part of the metal. Then he created it so it could hold soup and other food. Bunghum stuck his spoon in his soup and slowly but surely lifted it out. There was a large amount of soup in the spoon, and he ate it happily, and for the rest of his life lived to make spoons. They have evolved a lot since then.

Knife
http://foodservice.oneida.com/resources/oneidaFoodservice/images/products/processed/V015KSBG.zoom.1.jpg

[Anvar]

A young farmer walked down the path to a small, cosy tavern in the centre of his village. Once he got in, he heard people complain about shady travellers of the Great Lands and their hatred towards the food of the country of England. They didn't like the fact that they needed to bite big things and not have it in small pieces. One merchant even promised three golden rings for the person who will invent a way of making the food smaller. Quickly, the farmer hurried back to his house to invent a way so he could become richer.

At home, he came with many ingenious plans, but none of them seemed to have worked. Then, his older brother, a brave knight, came to visit him. Then, he saw the sword and knew what he needed to do. He needed to make a mini-sword. He went to a blacksmith and asked to make a sword as small as a fork. Blacksmith saw that request ridiculous, but done it anyway for some golden coins. He went to merchant and showed him the sword. "Ingenious!" the merchant shouted and gave him three gold rings. That way, the knife was invented.

Mug

http://eagereyes.org/media/attachments/Guggenheim_Mug.jpg

[Chinstrap]

:O Thanks, Lux Aeterna. I'm honored!

There once was a young man who liked to drink coffee in the morning while eating a muffin and reading the newspaper. Problem was, he had to wait until the coffee was cold, pour it into his hands and drink it from there. Sometimes, he grew so impatient that he drank the coffee straight from the machine like a hamster drinking from one of those little water bottles for pets. One day, the man came up with a wonderful solution to his problems. He would use a bowl to drink the coffee! Unfortunately, he tripped and dropped the bowl before reaching the coffee machine. Muttering every swear word he knew, the man picked up the broken pieces and glued them together into a small cylinder-shaped pitcher which he named "Meg" after his girlfriend. To the man's surprise, the "Meg" worked very well for drinking coffee so he continued to use it every morning. The invention soon caught on, although people kept thinking it was called "mug." The name stuck, which irritated the man.


Here's a fun one...
http://www.customs.gov.ye/igm/phone.jpg

The telephone!

[Chandru]

Once upon a time a man was trying to send a telegram. He had a really cool accent that the receiver of the telegram wanted to hear. He tried shouting into the telegram in hopes that it would carry over. It didn't, but the man was unfazed. He tried to add microphones and wires on both ends, and when he talked, his voice came!

http://www.thefourstooges.com/Images/Art/light_saber.jpg

[Poisenman101]

"picture of a common household object".... I don't think a light saber fits the definition.

[zoot396]

one time there was a bad guy and a guy wanted to hit him but the stick was not powerful enough so he invented the life saver

ok next object is a stove

[Bizor]

The Stove was invented when Man decided that he needed something bigger than an anvil to drop on people.

Here's mine:
http://comps.fotosearch.com/bigcomps/csk/CSK120/KS2766.jpg

[Berzie]

The Origin Of The Toaster

Once upon a time, a young boy named Holland was sent out to do some errands for his mother. "Get some bread too", the mother called out, before Holland left. Holland made his way to the bakery and ordered some bread, "thank you", he said, after the woman handed him the bread. Holland was walking home, when he saw a bonfire. He walked over to it, but tripped on a rock and accidentally threw the bread into the fire, "Darn it, mother is going to kill me", he said panicking. Holland got the bag out of the fire with a stick, he smelled the bag and was curious to see what it tasted like, "delicious!" he said after eating the toast. When Holland grew older, he dedicated his life to making the invention we use to this very day .. the toaster.

The End.

Television

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/50/116136642_1a928c013a.jpg

[Chandru]

^ One day some guy was looking at pictures. He wanted to make them move. He looked at one, then immediately went to the next one so fast, it looked like they were moving. He invented a machine that could do that.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_53oMB4-fxXM/SVZZdJntnPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/vXEtrdBFtqI/s1600-R/cookie.gif

(This should count, right?)

[Sonicspine31]

Once upon a time, there was little girl who likes chocolate chips, when she grew up. She put chocolate chips on a cooking dough and baked in the oven for a few hours and she gave some to her friend, the friend named it after his middle name, cookie.

http://www.otxwest.org/images/computer.jpg

[Chandru]

^ There was a person who thought that people needed some way for people to access a bunch of information in one place. He took it all, and made it really small. That was displayed on a computer.

http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/money.jpg

[Chinstrap]

Some caveman named, uh… I dunno, Pete, bartered with people but always got ripped off so he decided that he should come up with a fair, simple way to get the supplies he needed. Pete took some paper, drew his face on it and wrote a number on it to show how many items it was worth. Tada! Money is invented!

Yeah, that one kind of sucked compared to my last one. Oh well.



http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Scissors.svg/540px-Scissors.svg.png

[Bizor]

Scissors were invented so little kids could bring weapons to school.
http://evergreen-rentals.com/images/shovel.jpg

[Big Moose]

Scissors were invented so little kids could bring weapons to school.
http://evergreen-rentals.com/images/shovel.jpg
Shovels were invented so the little kids with scissors could be buried.
http://i35.tinypic.com/2i1e9f7.jpg

[Chandru]

A Japanese guy was bored and decided that he needed a plumber to rescue a princess on everyone's home screen.

http://www.bestofdownunder.com/backhouse/images/bushman-jacket.jpg

[Sonicspine31]

Once upon a time, there was caveman who lived in the ice age era, he feels so cold. He saw some fur left in his cave and used the it to make something cozy for his body, so he sell them, the jacket was invented

http://www.sporthorseproducts.com/images/half-moon-sponge.jpg

[Chandru]

Once someone was watching SpongeBob. They thought that people would want absorbent, yellow, porous things in their house.

http://www.1-service.co.uk/images/services%20pics/bulb.jpg

[Agent Pointy]

One day a man had an idea. Upon having this idea, he noticed a strange glow above his head. He immediately forgot his idea, but took the lightbulb anyway.

http://gadizmo.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/spy_camera_video_watch_angle.jpg

[Chandru]

One day some guy wanted to know what time it was.

http://furniturequotesdirect.com/artman/uploads/1/lane_regency_platform_bed.jpg

[Arancia1995]

One day some guy wanted to know what time it was.

http://furniturequotesdirect.com/artman/uploads/1/lane_regency_platform_bed.jpg

In a far away time, long ago in the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve were tired. After being tricked into eating from the Tree of Knowledge, they were sent to their beds. Adam wondered what a "bed" looked like. He got some leaves and put them in a heap. He then lied down and went to sleep. Beds have since evolved- nolonger to most people sleep on leaves.

(Can't get picture right now. Next item- Teddy.)

[Chandru]

One day some guy decided all young children should sleep with cuddly animals.

http://img4.sunset.com/i/2006/12/candycane-cake-m-m.jpg

[NikLink]

I feel this needs a pictorial response:

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n289/LinkNik/yeaaah.png

Also,

http://opticsclub.engineering.ucdavis.edu/home_files/laser.jpg

[Chandru]

^ Do you have that in your house?

One day, someone was watching Star Wars. They wanted to have light sabers that would be all bendy. So they did.

http://squid.us/wp-content/uploads/squid-skate-shoe.jpg

[Chinstrap]

Some caveman's feet hurt pretty bad from walking around in the woods all day looking for animals to hunt. He decided to strap a big pile of animal fur to each of his feet to absorb the impact. It worked surprisingly well... and that, kids, is how the shoe was invented.
http://www.engineersedge.com/catalog/images/14235.jpg

[Chandru]

One day, someone sharpened their pencils manually. They thought it was boring, and that it should be done electronically.

http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/4847452/Pillow-main_Full.jpg

[Sonicspine31]

Once upon a time, a man cannot sleep due to lack of fluffy things, so he found some thick feathers and put them in a sack, during the night, he goes to the bed and touches the pillow, he feels comfortable and continued to sleep

Camera *cough* I can't get the picture because my internet connection is slow *cough*

[Chinstrap]

Once upon a time, a man cannot sleep due to lack of fluffy things, so he found some thick feathers and put them in a sack, during the night, he goes to the bed and touches the pillow, he feels comfortable and continued to sleep

Camera *cough* I can't get the picture because my internet connection is slow *cough*

That's okay.:)

There once was a girl who hated going to her grandmother's house, where she would have her cheeks pinched while her grandmother said, "Oooh you're so cute! You're so cute!" and other terrible things. Her father worked at a factory making TVs and phones so she asked him to bring home some spare parts. Using the parts, she created a machine that would take a picture of her so her grandmother could pinch that instead.


http://i.dell.com/images/global/products/printers/printers_highlights/printer_v105_overview1.jpg

[sirtenly]

Someone found some cool pictures on the internet.Unfortunately there was no way to get them onto a piece of paper.So the man found some ink lying around in his room and designed a cartridge.He got a metal box and some wires and started making something.When he put the paper in the top of the thing(printer I mean)he pressed a button saying "on".Then to his surprise the ink came out of the other side.Unfortunately it was black and white so he got some colored ink.Put it in the printer and then he got a fine printer.

can't find a picture right now but the invention is a: Oven.

[cakewithicecream]

My mother tried to make some microwave popcorn. The microwave turned into the oven.

My mother is horrible at cooking, she could explode anything.



http://www.realclearsports.com/blog/whoopee_cushion.jpg

[SaFiEtCP]

The whoopee cushion was invented by michael faraday in 1824, he used it to experiment with hydrogen but later on became a practical joke.

Scooter
http://www.microscooter.org.uk/micro-scooter/micro_scooter_bullet_1.jpg

[zoot396]

there was this guy that did not like walking. and he did not know how to ride a bike. so he said "how about a nice thing that you could stand on?" so he invented it

http://i33.tinypic.com/112d99i.jpg