What's your favorite simple machine?

[Buruku]

Believe it or not, Eris is not making this thread.


I think I'm fond of the lever- think something like a crowbar, or bottle cap opener. Just the motion of leverage is very satisfying. Do you have a favorite simple machine?

 

No, the Wii doesn't count.

Couldn't resist.



I've included a table of mechanics from a wiki that may make sense to someone.

[DeMoNoFtHeFaLl666]

im going to go with a lighter because i like fire and to smoke

[miniPhil]

I love the cork screw but the lock and key are the best. I just love the click sound. *Click*

[sa5m]

I was going to say a calculator, but anything from a "simple" calculator, I can do in my head. And also calculators don't count as simple machines. O_o

So... I like pulleys. They're cool. Especially when you pull... things...

[Skylar1]

Does a spoon count? It has many uses.

[Buruku]

Indeed, a spoon is fine simple machine.

[Eris]

A resonant tunneling diode. It sounds complicated, it's based on complicated theory, but the actual implementation is almost painfully simple. It's basically a sandwich of silicon and silicon doped with a small amount of germanium.

[Exquiro]

I'm gonna have to go with... a...

cafetière.

Does that count? I mean, I just LOVE coffee.

[DOOM!]

My new Bacardi ice crusher. It's round and oblong-ed shape had led many of my friends to say "Eww, I don't know where you stuck that thing before you made my cocktail".

[Shwayze]

My fishing rod is my favorite simple machine (the rod is a third-class lever). I always loved fishing in front of my house, very relaxing.

[TheAsterisk!]

I prefer the 'Fulcrum', and, based on what everyone else is choosing, it'll effectively make me God over you primitives if I have it and use it against your petty little devices.
Otherwise, I'd have to go with an inclined plane so that I might be able to look down on all that I possess. Again, just to be clear, that includes you primitives.

[Baka]

I like the PEZ dispenser.

[zariachi]

I'm going to have to say the fork.

It allows me to eat my ramen.

[Grim Scythe]

Blades. I belive that would be an example of the wedge?

[Forgotten Show]

I believe you would be correct. I also would have to pick the wedge, though the lever comes in close second.


Bad Memory

[SigmaSD]

A stick. Why? Many uses such as a: weapon, 1/2 of a chopstick, a poking device, a drum stick, a projectile, etc.

[Khanxay]

The pulley because elaborate traps aren't as fun without them.

[ZiggyBoy91]

The handle, helping opening things for thousands of years.

[MangaFanGuy]

A stick. Why? Many uses such as a: weapon, 1/2 of a chopstick, a poking device, a drum stick, a projectile, etc.

I was gonna say the same thing.

So I agree with the stick

[Acnologia]

A bed, of course!

[Megamind's Minion]

the slide will do or the swing...

[Dani0]

I was just thinking yesterday that staplers are pretty awesome for being so simple.

[chii-chan91]

I like the old hand held whisks you used to be able to get! It was just really entertaining when i was little for some reason...
Going even simpler, i also like the spoon :3 *cooking freak*

[Dr. Evil]

I like the slingshot. Its very useful for water balloon fights and launching rocks at things from a safe distance.

[OtakuInu!!!]

I also like the stick. Because for me it has many uses like you can poke someone with it, bite it (if your feeling like biting/eating something), etc.