# Best machine ever? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 11, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-machine-ever/690517 "2014-06-11T01:50:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-machine-ever/690517/41 "2014-06-12T04:38:50Z")
Vibrator. Keeps the women-folk happy. Therefor, everybody happy. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-machine-ever/690517/42 "2014-06-12T07:01:38Z")
the hoverboard. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-machine-ever/690517/43 "2014-06-12T07:27:28Z")
OK, for the win (possibly), the [Antikythera computer](http://www.antikythera-mechanism.gr/node/202). 2000 year old computer that accurately predicted astronomical movements. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-machine-ever/690517/44 "2014-06-12T23:22:26Z")
Bridgeport milling machine, no question. [http://www.mdavisgrp.com/media/items/Bridgeport\_Milling\_Machine\_SN\_J2847080.JPG](http://www.mdavisgrp.com/media/items/Bridgeport_Milling_Machine_SN_J2847080.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-machine-ever/690517/45 "2014-06-13T00:59:22Z")
The camera. (pictures of naked ladies!) ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-machine-ever/690517/46 "2014-06-13T01:11:43Z")
Like the other riders who posted here, I’m going with the machine that has given me the most pleasure between my legs: a Vespa GTS 250 Super. When the weather’s too shitty to ride, I just stand out in the garage and rub against it. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-machine-ever/690517/47 "2014-06-13T02:43:06Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > I think it’s the Fender Telecaster guitar. Is that how they spell Gibson Les Paul Custom where you come from? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-machine-ever/690517/48 "2014-06-13T06:19:10Z")
My Vespa GT200. I love everything about my scooter, and I plan on enjoying every riding moment left in me. I would marry it, if I could. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-machine-ever/690517/49 "2014-06-13T14:49:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > My wife read a mystery once, set in a small New England parish church which had a quirky old pipe organ. The organ maker included a DIV INSP stop which wasn’t connected to anything and did nothing - but the organist could pull it out when he or she really needed Divine Inspiration. I’ve always thought I’d like an organ with an _Ira Dei_ stop, myself. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-machine-ever/690517/50 "2014-06-13T16:14:25Z")
I would say that the bicycle just has a certain elegance to it that other machines lack. Computer chips are elegant too, if you look at their schematics they’re like works of art. In fact, I have a framed picture of a computer chip schematic I got at a garage sale. ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-machine-ever/690517/51 "2014-06-13T19:18:13Z")
Besides from my scooter, I would have to say that the Schwinn Stingray - banana seat and ape hanger handle bars bicycle that I had when I lived in Lima at age 9, has to be my other favorite machine. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-machine-ever/690517/52 "2014-06-13T19:19:10Z")
I’m going to go with Robby The Robot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-machine-ever/690517.md?page=2)