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Top Ten Worst Inventions include any invention which has an inventor. Eg Something as vague as "Sports" wouldn't be acceptable as there is not one or two inventors for it. However "Football" would be acceptable.

Alastair Taylor's List

  1. The Barbecue Table - Glasgow, Scotland - ? (1988)
  2. The Atomic Bomb - Various - Various (1931-1978)
  3. The Gun - ? - ? (?)
  4. The Sinclair C5 - England - Sir Clive Sinclair (1985)
  5. Capri-Sun Cartons - England - ? (?)
  6. Chewing Gum - USA - Thomas Adams (1871)
  7. The One Pound Note - England - ? (1797)
  8. The Mobile Telephone - USA - Bell Laboratories (1947)
  9. The 40 Watt Lightbulb - ? - ? (?)
  10. The One Pence Piece - ? - ? (?)

Mark Mullen's List

  1. Religion - ? - ? (?)
  2. SpacePen (The pen that works in zero gravity) - USA - Paul Fisher (1965)
  3. The Titanic - USA - Thomas Andrews (1900-1910)
  4. The beer can holder hat - USA - ? (?)
  5. The Zeppelin - Germany - Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1900)
  6. Teletext - England - Various (1972)
  7. Anything Lada - ? - ? (?)
  8. Wind turbine produced electricity - Belgium - Zenobe Gramme (1870)
  9. Lipton Ice Tea - ? - ? (1970)
  10. Danish blue cheese - Denmark - ? (1927)

Mike Letts' List

  1. Squarial - - BsB ()
  2. Religion - - ? ()
  3. Christmas Cracker - - ? ()
  4. Caravan - - ? ()
  5. Woodchip Wallpaper - - ? ()
  6. Money - - ? ()
  7. Chopsticks - - ? ()
  8. Y-Fronts - - ? ()
  9. - - ? ()
  10. - - ? ()

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