Everyday Wonders

12:12am - 18 January 2008 - 414 views - 8 Comments
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Some say men’s best invention is the wheel. Some say it the’s Internet. Some say say (insert whatchamacallit). I’m not too sure myself, but I don’t really mind whatever the answer may be. I’m not contesting for the best invention, but the second best invention has to be power steering.

If you’ve driven a car without power steering before, you know what I mean.
If you’ve driven a manual transmission car without power steering, you know better what I mean.
If you’ve driven a manual transmission, non-compact sedan, without power steering, in the middle of bustling KL with heavy traffic and extremely tight spots and tiny parking bays, you know exactly what I mean.

I’m not complaining about the car. In fact I’m grateful to my roommate (he insist that I mention about him) for lending me his car. I’m just saying power steering is. Wonderful.

Next on the list, we have the washing machine. The washing machine has to be men’s third best invention. In my opinion, it’s not aptly named. It should be called Magic Machine™ or maybe Wonder Box™. Unless you have lived for 5 years without one, you cannot imagine the joy to see the clothes you put in just a while ago washed, spun dried and ready to be hung. Where else can you get this sort of life-enriching experience?

Before you go looking for the fanciest gadget or the most powerful computer or the fastest car or whatnot, you can safely bet that men’s best inventions are those which are found everywhere, performing the most mundane tasks, and integrating themselves into our lives to the point that we cease to realise they even exist.

I love my washing machine.

(Or at least a third of it)