Simple Inventions Taken for Granted

In today's world, I feel like we seem to overlook some really great things that make life that much easier.  I'm not talking about iPads, remote controls, and internet porn.  I'm talking about simple inventions that if they didn't exist, I really don't know how the modern human would cope.  These inventions don't have electronic components, can generally fit in your pocket, can be broken if you sat on them, and if they didn't exist I'm not sure how we would do the job they were invented to do for us.  I think that explains what I'm talking about, so let's see what I came up with:

• Cheese Grader - shredded cheese is great.  You can put it on salads, baked potatoes, and tacos.  It make everything taste better and without a cheese grader, I have no idea how someone could make it.  I guess you could chop up a block of cheese with a knife, but that would be a pain in the ass and wouldn't accomplish the same result.
• Sunglasses - while some people will say that you could live without sunglasses, I disagree.  Go outside on a sunny day with a hangover without sunglasses and tell me you can't live without them and then we will learn something about you.  You're an alien.
• Toothbrush - I really want to know at what point in history someone finally said, "My breath smells bad, I should do something about it" and came up with the idea of making a toothbrush.  Before that point it must have been hell when teenagers were awkwardly making out all the time.
• Mechanical Pencil - I could have gone with the pencil sharpener here, but who the hell still uses regular pencils anymore?  I know I don't and the mechanical pencil is a godsend when it comes writing myself reminders on sticky notes (another invention I probably should have added).
• Golf Tee - this one might be a little far-fetched, but you try and hit a driver without one.  You would top the hell out of the ball for the 30th time that round, break your driver, and be out 300 bucks and then tell me you wouldn't kill someone for a way to hit a ball really far.
• Fingernail Clippers - this is the invention that put this post in motion.  I was clipping my fingernails when I realized how simple this invention was and how without them, I have no idea how I would clip my fingernails without having to bite them all the time.  Whoever came up this invention, I want to buy you a beer.

"Oh yeah, take them off real slow."