A wife went to the police station with her next-door neighbor to report that her husband was missing. The policeman asked for a description.
She said, "He's 35 years old, 6 foot 4, has dark eyes, dark wavy hair, an athletic build, weighs 185 pounds, is soft-spoken, and is good to the children."
The next-door neighbor protested, "Your husband is 5 foot 4, chubby, bald, has a big mouth, and is mean to your children."
The wife replied, "Yes, but who wants HIM back?"
NylonIn 1938, Du Pont announced a name for its new synthetic fiber yarn: “nylon.” In an address in New York City, Dr. Charles M.A. Stine, vice president of du Pont de Nemours & Co., gave this with other details of what the company chemists had called simply “Yarn 66” during its development. The name they coined, “nylon” would be a generic name for all materials defined scientifically as “synthetic fiber-forming polymeric amides having a protein-like chemical structure; derivable from coal, air and water, or other substances, and characterized by extreme toughness and strength and the peculiar ability to be formed into fibers and into various shapes, such as bristles and sheets.” Hundreds of potential uses were envisioned, including hosiery, fabrics, fishing lines, wrapping film, toothbrush bristles and more.« |
