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Invented in Chicago

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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
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    https://www.wbez.org/stories/13-chicago-inventions-and-firsts/6dfefc70-22bf-454a-9ced-ca5b09eb1973?fbclid=IwAR3MJpTED71wj7_kPBFauA_nheRwGO0iBPqiSeZadbpQ0v20xYUqYGI7s7Q

    1. Brownies
    2. Yellow Pencils
    3. The Ferris Wheel
    4. The Zipper
    5. The Vacuum Cleaner
    6. Softball
    7. The Electric Dishwasher
    8. The Film Critic
    9. The Telephone
    10. The Frozen Pastry Industry
    11. The First Cartoon Character
    12. Skyscrapers
    13. Deep Dish Pizza

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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    • George KG Offline
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      George K
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      Oh, invented in the suburb just north of Chicago, Evanston.

      1. The Ice Cream Sundae

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      • LuFins DadL Offline
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        And drive by shootings!

        The Brad

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        • Aqua LetiferA Offline
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          Aqua Letifer
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          And like the Japanese, Chicago has taken the best in government corruption from all over the world, and made it its own.

          Please love yourself.

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          • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

            And like the Japanese, Chicago has taken the best in government corruption from all over the world, and made it its own.

            JollyJ Offline
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            @aqua-letifer said in Invented in Chicago:

            And like the Japanese, Chicago has taken the best in government corruption from all over the world, and made it its own.

            You gotta problem with that, bud? Nice bike you got there...

            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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              @aqua-letifer said in Invented in Chicago:

              And like the Japanese, Chicago has taken the best in government corruption from all over the world, and made it its own.

              You gotta problem with that, bud? Nice bike you got there...

              Aqua LetiferA Offline
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              @jolly said in Invented in Chicago:

              @aqua-letifer said in Invented in Chicago:

              And like the Japanese, Chicago has taken the best in government corruption from all over the world, and made it its own.

              You gotta problem with that, bud? Nice bike you got there...

              😄

              Crazily enough I've never had one stolen.

              My time is coming though I'm sure.

              Please love yourself.

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