"When this automobile thing takes off I will we be able to travel further to buy better horses!"

"If these aeroplane things work, we can use it to oversee the train track construction from above."

"BitTorrent will make it easier to move my Amazon movies from one computer to another."

"This lightbulb thing will make it easier to hunt for whales at night so we can get their blubber to burn in our lamps."