Sept 5, 2010: Frozen Margarita Machine

xoxoxoBruce · 09-05-2010, 01:26 AM

August was National Inventors Month. Smithsonian.Com, in honor of the event, chose the top 10 inventions from their extensive National Museum of American History’s Collections.

Of course they've got the light bulb, telephone, blah blah blah, but coming in at #10... tah tah tah taaaaaah!

What was that?
French horns.

Quote:

In 2005, the museum acquired the first-ever frozen margarita machine, invented by Dallas restaurateur Mariano Martinez in 1971. Museum director Brent Glass called the invention a “classic example of the American entrepreneurial spirit.” With the advent of the machine, margaritas became as standard as chips and salsa at Tex-Mex restaurants.

SPUCK · 09-05-2010, 04:45 AM

Electric motor
Light bulb
Radio
Telephone
Refrigerator
Automobile
Penicillin
Elevator
Centrifugal pump
Vaccine
Dynamite
Margarita Machine - FAIL

How insulting. They couldn't come up with something a little more important? I'm glad they aren't wasting my money buying dumb artifacts.

Oh wait.. They are aren't they!!

morethanpretty · 09-05-2010, 07:02 AM

Wow, you're complaining about funding a museum? Just because you don't find it important to history does not mean it isn't or will be. Thousands of years down the road something as unimportant as a margarita machine can give a lot of insight into our current world to the future inhabitants. Also, you have no idea if they bought or were donated the machine, you're just jumping the gun to complain.

Disclaimer: I think they are very important, thank you Senior Martinez

monster · 09-05-2010, 08:12 AM

Srsly. Especially as without that machine there'd probably be no such thing as slushies so Spuck would be unemployed because there'd be no 7/11s

Adak · 09-05-2010, 08:31 AM

I had the idea that the transistor or integrated circuit board should be on the list.

But, if I'm drinking margaritas right then, . . .

GunMaster357 · 09-05-2010, 08:35 AM

Spuck, what would you say about a museum buy an artist work of art ?

Said work consisting in shitting in a tin can, sealing it, sterilizing it and then selling it to the museum for a nice pile of money....

xoxoxoBruce · 09-05-2010, 12:12 PM

Most of the stuff in the Smithsonian is donated by the owner, or bought from the owner by a private party and donated. Money provide to the Smithsonian by the feds is more than matched by private donations.
After all, Spuck, they've got ~~your~~ Archie Bunker's chair.

Cloud · 09-05-2010, 12:18 PM

According to WikiP, machines to produce frozen beverages were invented in the late 1950s, and Slurpees were branded in 1967, so this isn't even an industry first. Lame.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slurpee

Roosta · 09-05-2010, 12:23 PM

Is it just me or does that machine look like a drunk, black, bonk-eyed UPS delivery man?

Gravdigr · 09-05-2010, 04:41 PM

On that list, the Frozen Margarita machine is teh lame.

Oh, and very few things on that list exist without transistors and/or ICs. Just saying.

Gravdigr · 09-05-2010, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Roosta

Is it just me or does that machine look like a drunk, black, bonk-eyed UPS delivery man?

I'm waiting for the shit to fly over this. If I'd said it, I'd be covered in shit right now.

Wombat · 09-05-2010, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Oh, and very few things on that list exist without transistors and/or ICs. Just saying.

Only the radio, as far as I can tell.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-05-2010, 08:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud

According to WikiP, machines to produce frozen beverages were invented in the late 1950s, and Slurpees were branded in 1967, so this isn't even an industry first. Lame.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slurpee

From the link at Smithsonian.com...

Quote:

In 1971, Martinez adapted a soft serve ice cream machine to create the world's first frozen margarita machine for his new Dallas restaurant, Mariano's Mexican Cuisine. With their blenders hard-pressed to produce a consistent mix for the newly popular drink they made from Mariano's father's recipe, his bartenders were in rebellion. Then came inspiration in the form of a Slurpee machine at a 7-Eleven, a machine invented in Dallas in 1960 to make carbonated beverages slushy enough to drink through a straw.

Cloud · 09-05-2010, 09:11 PM

so not only is it an imposter, it's a rip-off.

Adak · 09-05-2010, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud

so not only is it an imposter, it's a rip-off.

Well put!! ^^^ Exactly right.

09-05-2010, 07:02 AM	#3
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	Wow, you're complaining about funding a museum? Just because you don't find it important to history does not mean it isn't or will be. Thousands of years down the road something as unimportant as a margarita machine can give a lot of insight into our current world to the future inhabitants. Also, you have no idea if they bought or were donated the machine, you're just jumping the gun to complain. Disclaimer: I think they are very important, thank you Senior Martinez __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

09-05-2010, 08:12 AM	#4
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Srsly. Especially as without that machine there'd probably be no such thing as slushies so Spuck would be unemployed because there'd be no 7/11s __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-05-2010, 08:35 AM	#6
GunMaster357 Professor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Brest (FRANCE) Posts: 1,837	Spuck, what would you say about a museum buy an artist work of art ? Said work consisting in shitting in a tin can, sealing it, sterilizing it and then selling it to the museum for a nice pile of money.... __________________ "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce

09-05-2010, 12:12 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Most of the stuff in the Smithsonian is donated by the owner, or bought from the owner by a private party and donated. Money provide to the Smithsonian by the feds is more than matched by private donations. After all, Spuck, they've got ~~your~~ Archie Bunker's chair. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-05-2010, 12:18 PM	#8
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	According to WikiP, machines to produce frozen beverages were invented in the late 1950s, and Slurpees were branded in 1967, so this isn't even an industry first. Lame. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slurpee __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

09-05-2010, 04:45 AM	#2
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	Electric motor Light bulb Radio Telephone Refrigerator Automobile Penicillin Elevator Centrifugal pump Vaccine Dynamite Margarita Machine - FAIL How insulting. They couldn't come up with something a little more important? I'm glad they aren't wasting my money buying dumb artifacts. Oh wait.. They are aren't they!!

09-05-2010, 08:31 AM	#5
Adak Lecturer Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 796	I had the idea that the transistor or integrated circuit board should be on the list. But, if I'm drinking margaritas right then, . . .

09-05-2010, 12:23 PM	#9
Roosta Nutter. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: England Posts: 221	Is it just me or does that machine look like a drunk, black, bonk-eyed UPS delivery man? __________________ Back from the brink...

09-05-2010, 04:41 PM	#10
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	On that list, the Frozen Margarita machine is teh lame. Oh, and very few things on that list exist without transistors and/or ICs. Just saying. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

09-05-2010, 09:11 PM	#14
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	so not only is it an imposter, it's a rip-off. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

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