iPhone voted the eighth wonder of the world

What, in your opinion, is the most important invention in the world?

It isn’t an easy question to answer without some thought, but Tesco Mobile has attempted to pin down the most important inventions ever with a poll of 4,000 people.

And stone the crows, the iPhone managed to make the top ten all-time inventions.

The Apple smartphone placed eighth in the poll, just ahead of the flushing toilet. Yes, the flushing toilet (we’d really be in the crap without that, after all).

The Internet was ranked higher still, as the fourth most important creation that man has managed to bring to the face of the Earth.

Indeed, Google itself was voted number 25 in the poll, and Facebook number 82.

The number one invention was the wheel, which is a fair enough pick. We won’t crack a joke about it being wheelie good.

Number two was the aeroplane, which pipped the light bulb back into the number three spot.

Sliced bread was voted in at number 70, which proves once and for all that there are in fact a large amount of things better than it.

We’d like to see Tesco hold a poll to determine the world’s worst inventions next.

Our votes would go to the Sinclair C5, and costumes for pets.

Oh, and those foil strip thingies on the top of juice or milk cartons which never tear off properly and leave you stabbing them with a knife to get the darn thing open, inevitably ending in spillage all over the shop.