Part of me will laugh and the other part of me wants to cry. Who the heck did Edison think he was? First off, he did not invent the light bulb. That's right America! Invented in Canada (glorious singing goes here) and your national bird resides year round in Canada too...so suck on that. Yes, Misters Henry Woodward and Matthew Evans of Toronto invented the light bulb. But like many other Canadians of the day and of today, had to sell off the patent to their invention to Americans. These Torontards sold theirs to none other than Mr. Thomas Edison. Yeah. So, what did he do? Here is what he did. Check this out. Since yesterday was the 105th anniversary of his electrocution of Topsy the elephant. And for what reason you ask? To demonstrate that Tesla's alternating current was unsafe and Edison's direct current was perfectly fine. First of all, did Edison really invent it? Or simply snatch up the patent from a starving Canadian. I won't forget to mention that the poor elephant was fed cyanide flavoured carrots to make her unruly. Why didn't he stick his finger in his own light socket? So, Mr. Edison you get a complete round of thumbs down! boingboing.net has it here.
signed, the willow
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