Things you wish you'd invented but .......

Jay dubbleU

..someone else got there first

Wallace1492

This thread!!

cjw

Money

Wallace1492

cjw wrote:

Money

that would be quite a hard one to get accepted.

"Right, I give you this bit of paper/crafted metal and you give me all your land, livestock and worldly goods, but dont worry, some guy up the road will give you his horse, cart and wife for some of that paper, then you can use more of that paper to exchange for food, lodgings and a lovely town house - honest!"

"Then, many moons from now, there will be huge companies that just exchange bits of paper for other bits of paper and bring the world to its knees!

I don't think it will take off...

shouldbeinbed

buying up dirt cheap bombed out land after the war and calling it a National Car Park.

or Tetra Pak - billionaires from waterproofed cardboard, magnificent achievement.

Jay dubbleU

Wallace1492 wrote:

cjw wrote:

Money

that would be quite a hard one to get accepted.

"Right, I give you this bit of paper/crafted metal and you give me all your land, livestock and worldly goods, but dont worry, some guy up the road will give you his horse, cart and wife for some of that paper, then you can use more of that paper to exchange for food, lodgings and a lovely town house - honest!"

"Then, many moons from now, there will be huge companies that just exchange bits of paper for other bits of paper and bring the world to its knees!

I don't think it will take off...

Fits in your wallet easier than goats? The guy who invented it must've been a helluva salesman

Wallace1492

Jay dubbleU wrote:

Wallace1492 wrote:

cjw wrote:

Money

that would be quite a hard one to get accepted.

"Right, I give you this bit of paper/crafted metal and you give me all your land, livestock and worldly goods, but dont worry, some guy up the road will give you his horse, cart and wife for some of that paper, then you can use more of that paper to exchange for food, lodgings and a lovely town house - honest!"

"Then, many moons from now, there will be huge companies that just exchange bits of paper for other bits of paper and bring the world to its knees!

I don't think it will take off...

Fits in your wallet easier than goats? The guy who invented it must've been a helluva salesman

Maybe fits in wallet easier than a goat, but you can't marry it!! Then again, quite a few are married to money.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/4748292.stm

Lazarus

Ring pulls on top of cans

yes i am having a can of beer at the moment

Christophe3967

Jay dubbleU wrote:

Wallace1492 wrote:

cjw wrote:

Money

that would be quite a hard one to get accepted.

"Right, I give you this bit of paper/crafted metal and you give me all your land, livestock and worldly goods, but dont worry, some guy up the road will give you his horse, cart and wife for some of that paper, then you can use more of that paper to exchange for food, lodgings and a lovely town house - honest!"

"Then, many moons from now, there will be huge companies that just exchange bits of paper for other bits of paper and bring the world to its knees!

I don't think it will take off...

Fits in your wallet easier than goats? The guy who invented it must've been a helluva salesman

Ah, you mean the Goat Standard. Ended after WW1 as they ran out of goats.

iain_j

The bicycle.

What an invention.

rolf_f

iain_j wrote:

The bicycle.

What an invention.

You'd be dead now if you'd invented that

iain_j

No, I'd be many many miles away and still pedalling :P