# WHO INVENTED THEM????
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-invented-them/1010
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports
**Created:** [March 24, 2000, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-invented-them/1010 "2000-03-24T05:21:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Banana\_tree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banana_tree)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2000, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-invented-them/1010/1 "2000-03-24T05:21:00Z")
you know what I find weird? who invented the simplest things, the best things that ever happened, like TV? who invented TV?
sure, everybody know whos invented _The Continental Drift Theory_ and all that junk, but Who Invented Jelly Beans??? and Alphagetti??? and how Bout animal crackers? I mean, WHO INVENTED THEM???
😕
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Banana\_tree
I saw a tree,
it was a banana tree.
I wanted a banana,
from the banana tree.
So I kicked the tree,
and a banana fell.
Sciddly doo dop dee
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### Author:  [@Beruang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beruang)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2000, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-invented-them/1010/2 "2000-03-24T14:11:00Z")
Philo T. Farnsworth. Really.
Oh, and if somebody beats me to this post, I just want to say that I tried to submit it 60 seconds ago, but the flood-control device blocked me.
## Just giving credit where credit is due… 😉
“The dawn of a new era is felt and not measured.” Walter Lord
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### Author:  [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2000, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-invented-them/1010/3 "2000-03-24T14:21:00Z")
Yawn. [Who invented TV?](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mtv.html)
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### Author:  [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2000, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-invented-them/1010/4 "2000-03-25T06:19:00Z")
Bananaman, welcome to the Straight Dope Message Board. Please be aware that this forum is for commenting on specific columns written by Cecil. If you are commenting on a column, then please identify it and provide a link to it. If you are just musing about the mysteries of life (or stealing jokes from old comedy routines), please post your queries to the “General Questions” or the “MPSIMS” forum.
Jill
(You owe me one, CKDext.)
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### Author:  [@Banana\_tree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banana_tree)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2000, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-invented-them/1010/5 "2000-03-26T21:02:00Z")
my name is not bananaman, its banana tree
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Banana\_tree
I saw a tree,
it was a banana tree.
I wanted a banana,
from the banana tree.
So I kicked the tree,
and a banana fell.
Sciddly doo dop dee