Invented video games Invented the internet INVENTED BURGERS INVENTED FREEDOM INVENTED BY GEORGE WASHINGTON INVENTED BALD EAGLES Yeah, America's pretty good.
Oh man. I feel bad for you. (I know this an old post) It sometimes gets to about close to around 40 degress celcius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) or better during the summer around here. Especailly more so in the desert areas, where it gets worse, in the west part of the USA in the southern Rockies. (Yes I'm an american using a different format from the fahrenheit format for the USA, sue me...)
Here in America, 57% of the states have reformed Marijuana policies. Currently, 16 states have introduced bills that would regulate Marijuana like alcohol, and they are Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont, Washington, and Washington D.C. Alabama, Maine, and Wisconsin are anticipated to join them as well. And in Alaska, Colorado, and Oregon we have recreational Marijuana legalized. Progress is amazing, isn't it? =P
America has grizzly bears, a creature so dangerous that you can shoot it in the head and it will still rip you to shreds before it realizes that it's dead. Your move, Australia.
As a English native, I'm repping England this time. The never sets on the British Empire! (This is unfortunately not true anymore.)
Umm, we invented the submarine have the best poets and play writes in the world, ect. Oscar Wilde, W.B yeats! Fought against England longer then anyone, for 600 years and finally got independence in 1922 and the first Irish consititusion was signed at Dublin's Shelbourne Hotel! Adolf Hitler's Half Brother worked there as a waiter. Built the English and American rail lines with the Chinese, but most were Irish. we invented McDonald's ....well the creators dad was from here... Invented a cure for Leprosy, The invention of the tank and the guided missile! Only 9% of Irish population are red heads! Sick of the red head stereo type. Go team Drunken Small Midget Leprechauns! Oh and I suppose Guinness as well? ..
In Oregon, it is illegal to eat ice cream on Sundays. Make of that what you will. Sent from my pet rock using a Toyota
Australia invented.... The Fridge Underwater Torpedo Electric Drill Feature Film! Tanks! (Technically an Australian invention) Black Box flight recorder Ultrasound Wi-fi! Google maps And that's just some of the inventions. I don't think that I need to bring up musicians and actors. XD
Yes but we improved them! The Armoured Tank - In 1915, Walter Gordon Wilson invented the armoured tank on the commission of Winston Churchill. Churchill issued the commission on the basis that he wanted an armoured vehicle which was "capable of resisting bullets and shrapnel, crossing trenches, flattening barbed wire and negotiating the mud of no-mans land." In short, Churchill wanted something which would get him down Pearse Street in a hurry. - Well John O'Sullivan creator of the Wifi is of Irish decent.
Irish inventions 2. The Harpoon Gun Thomas Nesbitt invented the harpoon gun in 1760 to pulverise some pesky whales who were making a nuisance of themselves around the Donegal coastline at the time. It used to really piss off old Tom the way they'd swim right next to his currach and spray water all over the gaff. "I'll sort you out ya bastards," he said. And he did. 3. The Atom Bomb In 1944, the Japanese were feasting themselves on whalemeat and saying what great guys those Irish inventors were, when bish-bash-bosh, they're hit by an atom bomb - also developed (at least, indirectly) by an Irishman, Ernest Walton of Dungarvan in Co. Waterford. Apparently, it really pissed off old Roosevelt the way the Japs bombed Pearl Harbour. "I'll sort you out ya bastards," he said. And he did. 4. The Hypodermic Syringe The next time you get a needle up the arse, save a little thought for Francis Rynd who invented that long, thin, sharp instrument which is jammed up your crack. In fairness to Francis, he developed the hypodermic syringe specifically for the injection of morphine, so the next time your house is burgled by heroine addicts... 5. Shorthand Writing John Gregg of Monaghan invented shorthand writing in 1893, basing the system on the natural movements of the hand (steady on, boys). Shorthand writing was quickly adopted as a means of taking minutes and witness accounts. 110 years on and shorthand writing is about as popular as heiroglyphics 6. The Aircraft Ejector Seat Legend has it that James Martin of County Down was sitting on a plane beside a woman nagging him about how she always had to pack the bags anytime they were flying anywhere, when he came up with the idea of the ejector seat. He perfected his invention in 1944 and the first successful ejection from a moving aircraft was made in 1946. Earphones have since replaced the ejector seat as the means of escaping nagging housewives on long-haul flights. 7. Soda Water Soda Water was 'invented' by Robert Percival, Professor of Chemistry in Trinity College Dublin in 1900. 8. The Monorail The next time you hear reports about overspending on the Luas and think to yourself how we couldn't build a train if it was came in a box with Hornby written on it, consider Louis Brennan of Castlebar in County Mayo who invented the world's first monorail in 1907. The first time Brennan's design was put into use was on the Listowel to Ballybunion route in County Kerry so when you think about it, it couldn't have been that great an invention. 9. Colour Photography The engineer, geologist and physicist, John Joly of Hollywood in County Offaly invented the first practical system of colour photography in 1894. Imagine inventing colour photography in Hollywood just before films are about to take off and then discovering that it's actually Hollywood in County Offaly. Some people just have no luck.
Excuse you? I'm not about to deny that the Irish invented a lot of cool stuff, but don't even try to take credit for the atomic bomb. Walton may have figured out to split the atom, but it was 'Murrica that figured out how to use that energy to destroy entire cities. Saying that Walton developed the atomic bomb is like saying the Wright brothers invented the space shuttle. The A-bomb is as much a symbol of America as bald eagles and drunken rednecks. It's ours. You can't have it.
Your right. Ernest Walton contributed by splitting the atom. Einsteins special Theory of Relativity made the intriguing point that large amount of energy could be released from small amount of matter hence E=mc2 and the Atomic bomb clearly illustrated this principle. America did not solely created the atomic bomb but you do have the blood on your hands for using it.
That is incorrect. There wasn't enough left of 'em to bleed. If anything, we have ash on our hands. Maybe some charred bone bits. Huh. Now I'm hungry for barbeque.
It was primarily an American project, affiliated with the American military and American government, that had the aid of the UK and Canada. The leaders of the project were Leslie Groves (of the American military) and J. Robert Oppenheimer (of the University of California, Berkeley). In other words, Americans were in charge of and owned the project. Data and other aid from the British, Canadians and even the Germans was used, but that doesn't make it any less an American project. Not that it's anything to be proud of... Dunno why you'd actually want to take credit for that.
It's the most powerful weapon ever created. It destroys everything in its blast radius, and poisons the area for years afterward. It's the closest mankind has ever come to harnessing the fires of Hell itself, and America is the only country with the balls to use it. That's what America is. We're a country that will do whatever it takes to get the job done, and damn the consequences. Personally, I think that's something to be proud of.
