File spoon-archives/anarchy-list.archive/anarchy-list_1999/anarchy-list.9912, message 44


Date: 01 Dec 1999 12:23:00 +0200
From: ASWAD-AT-anarch.free.de (catkawin)
Subject: Re: American Inventions?




carp enlightened us about inventors:


> But that's not why I posted the reply.  Really it's to set the car debate to
> order.  Any true gasoholic knows the first mobile land car was built by,
> gulp, a damn Frog:  Cuqnot built a steam powered car in 1769.  This sufficed
> until the late 19th centruy when two Grrrrmans, a Daimler and Benz started
> playing with the gasoline internal combustion engine invented by another
> Grrrrman, Nikaus Otto (hmmmmm, "auto"...."otto?"   coincidence?).

No coincidence here due to different pronouciation: "auto" will be  
pronounced like "ow-to". I suppose if there's any Cockney on the list,  
they can come up with something nice about this ;)
And thanks for giving Daimler's and Benz' pre-marital efforts the due  
credit, I was a bit p.o.ed already about these yanks assuming that any  
invention made was of course done by one of them ;)

Reminds me of a joke:

In a Soviet Museum, a Russian tourist is shown around by a guide. They  
eventually come into the room for the glory of all great Soviet inventors.  
So the guide explains: "Now this here is Comrade Semionov, he invented the  
telephone. And over there, that's Comrade Ivanov, he invented the X-ray  
machine. And to your left, that's Comrade Nikolaiev, he invented the  
combustion engine."

The tourist, of course, is duly impressed. He then turns to a real huge  
picture showing another bloke and asks who he was.

So the guide explains: "Well, that's Comrade Smirnov."

The tourist, bewildered that no further explanation about Comrade  
Smirnov's merits is given, inquires further: "Well, and what did *he*  
invent?"

To which the guide replies: "He invented the Comrades Semionov, Ivanov,  
and Nikolaiev."

catkawin





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