Britain's greatest discovery

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  1. StatisTYKE

    StatisTYKE Well-Known Member

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    Not the light bulb, jet engine, world wide web or any of that.

    It’s the potato.

    Cos without it we’d have no mash, chips, wedges, fries, jacket potatoes, baked, roast, saute, rosti or even crisps. Fish, pies and a lot of other food stuffs would be useless. And Gravy Chips would only be half the man he is.

    Think on.
     
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    Pretty sure the potato is native to Peru?
     
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    Correct, Statistyke has stumbled on Britain’s actual greatest discovery- appropriating culture, history and taking credit where it’s not due.
    Don’t believe me, have a day out at the British museum.
     
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    Correct and then Sir Walter Raleigh brought it back with him and introduced potato farms to Ireland
     
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    I'm pretty sure they were being eaten in South America for centuries before we "discovered" them....
     
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    This is still the frontrunner for me.

    In 1769, an Englishman named Edward Bevan was awarded the first patent for Venetian blinds.

    Saviour of the human race. Without him, it would have been curtains for all of us.
     
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    Correct. And it was what we know now as the sweet potato. I didn't say we invented it, we discovered it and brought it back. In the same way Cook discovered Australia. It was there already although he didn't tow it back.
     
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    StatisTYKE Well-Known Member

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    Discover - as in 'find something you didn't know about.'
     
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    Shame Nudger's banned.

    Could use a culturally sensitive dissection of the meaning of the term 'discovered' in this thread.
     
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    Yes I took it for granted that everyone knew the potato was from South America and "we found it there."

    Maybe we can get into a debate about whether we should return all potatoes to Peru.
     
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    I think the duffle bag was a great invention , not sure who invented it but a marvellous piece of kit , unfortunately they seem to have gone from our everyday life but I would like to start a campaign to " Bring back the Duffle Bag " , not sure how much support this will get lol
     
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    I've got one. You can get a surprising amount of stuff in it. But it doesn't go very well with battered cod or steak pie.
     
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    So we can claim anything then? I think the greatest British discoveries are pizza and Google.
     
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    Ne'er mind the bag, I liked the coat from the same company.
     
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    I was more referring to Cook's "discovery" of Australia.
     
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    The flushing toilet with ballcock takes some beating.
     
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    Yes he would have a field day.
     
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    Shh don't let the Brexiteers know about these foreigners....
     
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    Interesting facts
    1. The difference between Australia and a yoghurt is, if you leave a yoghurt long enough, it will develop a culture.
    2. We didn’t discover yoghurt either.
    3. Al get mi coit.
     
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    Don`t stop there!
    Eggs - they take some beating.
     
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