"Britain Invented Most Things Worth Inventing"

[Pevenseagull]

And the Artic Roll was invented in Eastbourne....but nobody has mentioned the great British invention....'Catseyes'...

and the novelty pencil sharpener (old joke)

 

[Pevenseagull]

IPA

 

[Pevenseagull]

Would be difinitive if you included discovered as well as invented. Penacillin, Australia and Evolution.

Didn't aboriginies have evolution?

 

[El Presidente]

Slightly disappointing sex.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Would be difinitive if you included discovered as well as invented. Penacillin, Australia and Evolution.

It can still be a definitive list of inventions.

 

[TSB]

Harry 'ing Potter
Football
Cricket
Rugby
Foundations of Baseball
Foundations of American Football
'French' Cricket
The Office
Dragon's Den
Cockneys
George Best
George Michael
Newspapers (probably)
X Factor
The concept of keeping faeces away from food.
Football violence

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Harry 'ing Potter
Football
Cricket
Rugby
Foundations of Baseball
Foundations of American Football
'French' Cricket
The Office
Dragon's Den
Cockneys
George Best
George Michael
Newspapers (probably)
X Factor
The concept of keeping faeces away from food.
Football violence

Dragons Den isn't British.

 

[TSB]

Dragons Den isn't British.

Isn't it?

 

[Nibble]

China has invented most things I think.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Isn't it?

Japan, 2001. The Dragon's Den format is owned by Sony Pictures Television International. First UK programme was broadcast in 2005.

 

[stripeyshark]

Sarcasm

Yeah, suuuure we did.

 

[symyjym]

Wellington Boots

 

[super-seagulls]

Fish an chips.
10 fold accumulators?
Penny farthing?
Wheelbarrow?

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Now you're just splitting hairs.

Alright! Keep your hair on.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

The Sandwich
The Cardigan
The Wellington Boot

All named after the people for whom they were developed, or whatever.

 

[beorhthelm]

Mackintosh too.

 

[maltaseagull]

Spotted Dick.

Penicillin.

Ahhh but which came first?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Ahhh but which came first?

And penicillin was a discovery, not an invention

 

[The Buttery Biscuit Base]

Would be difinitive if you included discovered as well as invented. Penacillin, Australia and Evolution.

The Dutch discovered Australia in 1606. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_exploration_of_Australia

 

[symyjym]

Britain pioneered the using of ear prints to solve crimes, because ears are unique and no one shares the same ear pattern.

The only trouble with this is that no one left ear prints at a crime scene.