Who Thought Of That

Building upong Matt’s thought of “Who was the first one who thought of strapping boards on their feet and hurtling down a mountain?”, what are some things you wonder who came up with first?

For example, what poor Indian soul was soooo hungry he decided to boil a crab and pick it apart?

And where did the phrase “State Of The Art?” come from?

My $.02
Weed

Building upong Matt’s thought of “Who was the first one who thought of strapping boards on their feet and hurtling down a mountain?”, what are some things you wonder who came up with first?

For example, what poor Indian soul was soooo hungry he decided to boil a crab and pick it apart?

And where did the phrase “State Of The Art?” come from?

My $.02 Weed

11 thoughts on “Who Thought Of That”

  1. I’m back!!

    OK everyone, I’ve read all these blogs about the last 10 years of spooky spy stuff I’ve been doing all over the world… it’s been fun, but I’m back to a normal life now. I’m on my way out of the Marine Corps and into the civilian world once again. Matt, we have to catch up, it’s been too long. Weed and Ben, it was great to see you at Sam’s engagement party, we have to stay in touch now so it’s not another 10 years before we all hang out again. So here’s to clear up the rumors: Yes, I was in Afghanistan, yes I’ve been working at the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill, no I never met Osama bin Laden, yes I got married (my wife is so hot), and yes Weed, that’s me in the picture from Sam’s parents’ refrigerator. I think that covers the last 10 years. So when’s the WS reunion?

    Also, as a side note… Congrats on GU Ben, I knew you’d get in. Do you want a part time job teaching LSATs? Pay is good, let me know if you want the gig and I’ll give you more details.

    1. Kevin!!

      Good to hear from you, dude.

      Hey.. let’s hear it for hot wives!! Whats the civvie job, now?

  2. Why isn’t this working?

    I’m an idiot, I guess… how do I post a new thread without having to leave a comment on someone else’s blog? Am I even using the right terminology?? Help!!!

    1. Fixing up permissions…

      Kevin,

      I had to make sure it was really you before promoting you to a “Barnsonian” permission status. You can post your own blogs now 🙂

      —
      Matthew P. Barnson

    2. Hey dude!

      To post a new thread, you click on “submit” at the top of the page. Welcome aboard!

      — Ben Schuman Mad, Mad Tenor

      1. Wasn’t allowed…

        Actually, he wasn’t allowed to, so at the time he posted, he wouldn’t have seen that link. You can also use the “create blog entry” link under your name on the right-hand side.

        Unfortunately, blog-spammers and comment-spammers abound (I delete, on average, 5-6 posts per day from my blog that are from link-farmers). The only way I’ve found to curtail them is to require registration with a valid email address before posting comments. Even then, some dedicated wrongdoers try very hard to spam my blog. I can’t allow people I don’t trust to post to the front page, so I make it so that “authenticated users” can post comments, but not their own blogs. This saves me some grief 🙂 But it means that it takes a little while after someone first posts for me to promote them…

        The next release of the weblogging software I use, Drupal, allows more granular permissions. So one day, when I upgrade, I may change the structure here a little bit to make things more democratic. In the meantime, a tyrannical dictatorship helped by trusted advisors works for me 🙂

        —
        Matthew P. Barnson

      1. MWAHAHAHAH!

        And the hijacking of Weed’s thread is complete. MUHAHAHAHAHAH!

        OK, back on topic, who ever first thought of:

        • …eating snails in France, talking them up to their friends, and convincing people that this is a delicacy?
        • …dragging a horsehair bow across a string to make music?
        • …mowing lawns? (I’d like to shoot the fool, but he’s already dead.
        • …putting holes in parts of their body, like their ears, and sticking shiny things into the holes?

        —
        Matthew P. Barnson

        1. I’ve been Hi-jacked!

          If it takes me getting hi-jacked to get Kevin onbroad, they so be it!!! Good to see ya, Kev!

          And who came up with the ingredients of A1 Steak Sauce?

          My $.02 Weed

        2. how about this one?

          Who ever first thought of taking wheat, pounding it to a pulp, mixing it with yeast, and baking it until it became bread? That dude was a genius.

          — Ben Schuman Mad, Mad Tenor

          1. Vodka

            Wait a second…what if we all sat around one winter and distilled some juice from potatoes?

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