Great scientific breakthroughs we are still waiting for

[Bozza]

Technology and science move at a breathtaking pace. But there are still some things we've not yet conquered. Allow me to kick this off and feel free to join in with your own...

1. Engineering cup-a-soups such that the granules all disolve is still a distant dream it seems. How often, despite much vigorous stirring, do we arrive at the bottom of the drinking vessel only to find a sludge of powder. "Ah, that's why it tasted so weak", we think to ourselves around this time.

 

[Commander]

Technology and science move at a breathtaking pace. But there are still some things we've not yet conquered. Allow me to kick this off and feel free to join in with your own...

1. Engineering cup-a-soups such that the granules all disolve is still a distant dream it seems. How often, despite much vigorous stirring, do we arrive at the bottom of the drinking vessel only to find a sludge of powder. "Ah, that's why it tasted so weak", we think to ourselves around this time.

Cup-a-soup stirring is all in the technique. It IS possible to get a perfectly smooth cup-a-soup with no bits, IF you know the secret method.


2. Why England, with some of the best players in the world, perform like a bunch of idiots who have never played football before, in important tournaments.

 

[Grendel]

Why, despite thousands of years of evolution, does the male body still have testicles in a position where they are vulnerable to being hit?

 

[Uncle Buck]

3. An online BBC Weather Forecast that is vaguely accurate.

 

[Gazwag]

a blow up football stadium

 

[tedebear]

Toilets that get blocked !! Is it really beyond us to invent a toilet that works all the time - I guess being a toilet inventor isn't really a claim to fame - unless your last name is Poo or something I spose...

 

[Wozza]

Re: Re: Great scientific breakthroughs we are still waiting for

2. Why England, with some of the best players in the world, perform like a bunch of idiots who have never played football before, in important tournaments.

I can answer that.

They're not actually the best players in the world - they're generally over-hpyed by media which has a vested interest in the success of the Premiership.

 

[tedebear]

What about a toaster that toasts evenly?

and washing powder that gets all the stains out?

 

[Albion Rob]

Cure for diabetes.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

A local TV station that doesn't give me all the hot news about something called 'The New Forest' when I live in Brighton.

 

[Stinkers Bridge]

On the Cup-a-soup debate.... I have found that even if you put the water in the cup first and then sprinkle the contents of the sachet in (stirring all the while), you still end up with some residual gloop at the bottom of the cup. Crazy huh?

 

[Tubby Mondays]

On the Cup-a-soup debate.... I have found that even if you put the water in the cup first and then sprinkle the contents of the sachet in (stirring all the while), you still end up with some residual gloop at the bottom of the cup. Crazy huh?

When have you ever had a cup-a-soup?

 

[tedebear]

Isn't the cup of soup problem that water can only hold so much in suspension so the residual falls to the bottom - cup of soups are made for GIANORMOUS cups and not the little ones most of us have?

 

[British Bulldog]

Why, despite thousands of years of evolution, does the male body still have testicles in a position where they are vulnerable to being hit?

So true

Where do you think they should be out of interest?

 

[ExmouthExile]

a supermarket trolley that you can push in a straight line??

 

[Man of Harveys]

Shaving foam that DOESN'T like going into ears

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Scissors you can run with

 

[aftershavedave]

a pause button for talkative women?

 

[bigbadbonkingbob]

The art to making a smooth Cup-a-Soup is to put the contents of the sachet in the cup, then about third fill it with water. Use your spoon to mix vigorously until you have made a paste, then slowly pour the water in a bit at a time, stirring as you go, and thus making a Cup-a-Soup to the perfect consistency. This also has the benefit when using a large mug of enabling you to stop pouring when you have reached optimum soup consistency, thus avoiding the social faux pas of making a disappointingly thin Cup-a-Soup.

Is this the most useful first post by a newbie ever?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

An invisiblity suit and mask - for use in the Girls Aloud dressing room.