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[title] => LADIES ONE AND ALL
[time] => 2018-12-31 21:17:30
[hometext] => We came, we saw, we made mistakes!
[bodytext] => Most of our inventions, werent planned they just befell!
But none the less, they passed the test, as far as we can tell.
For just 500 dollars, not a single royalty;
Lizzy Magie sold her board game called Monopoly.
Mary Anderson designed while her kids were still in diapers
A way to make kids carpools safe. She called them window wipers.
To make a leakproof diaper Mary Donovan was certain;
It wouldnt drip if covered with a cut up shower curtain!
Poor Betty was a typist who made lots of mistakes;
She covered them with white paint so her memos all looked great.
Gillette paid 50 million to buy Miss Grahams invention,
Her Liquid Paper hid mistakes we didn’t have to mention!
Nurse Virginia tested newborns health to earn her fame.
To honor her they used an acronym that spells her name.
Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity and Respiration.
The APGAR test is still the best and made her reputation.
A lady weaver stuck a sawblade on her spinning wheel.
The circular saw, will be recalled as Tabby Bobbitt’s deal.
Mary made a dog leash retract into a lid.
Miss Delaney’s idea led to harnesses for kids.
Chemist Patsy Sherman spilled rubber on her shoe.
3M named it Scotchguard in 1952.
While Stephie Wolek failed to make a lighter auto tire,
Five times as strong as steel we use her Kevlar under fire.
You’ll notice these advances were singularly rendered;
By the best I found possessed of the female gender.
Men you see it seems to me receive the most attention.
So stand aloof, girls heres the proof, of wise womens inventions!
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LADIES ONE AND ALL
Contributed by
softerware
on
Monday, 31st December 2018 @ 09:17:30 PM in AEST
Topic:
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Most of our inventions, werent planned they just befell!
But none the less, they passed the test, as far as we can tell.
For just 500 dollars, not a single royalty;
Lizzy Magie sold her board game called Monopoly.
Mary Anderson designed while her kids were still in diapers
A way to make kids carpools safe. She called them window wipers.
To make a leakproof diaper Mary Donovan was certain;
It wouldnt drip if covered with a cut up shower curtain!
Poor Betty was a typist who made lots of mistakes;
She covered them with white paint so her memos all looked great.
Gillette paid 50 million to buy Miss Grahams invention,
Her Liquid Paper hid mistakes we didn’t have to mention!
Nurse Virginia tested newborns health to earn her fame.
To honor her they used an acronym that spells her name.
Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity and Respiration.
The APGAR test is still the best and made her reputation.
A lady weaver stuck a sawblade on her spinning wheel.
The circular saw, will be recalled as Tabby Bobbitt’s deal.
Mary made a dog leash retract into a lid.
Miss Delaney’s idea led to harnesses for kids.
Chemist Patsy Sherman spilled rubber on her shoe.
3M named it Scotchguard in 1952.
While Stephie Wolek failed to make a lighter auto tire,
Five times as strong as steel we use her Kevlar under fire.
You’ll notice these advances were singularly rendered;
By the best I found possessed of the female gender.
Men you see it seems to me receive the most attention.
So stand aloof, girls heres the proof, of wise womens inventions!
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softerware
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Re: LADIES ONE AND ALL
(User Rating: 1 ) by JamesStockdale on
Monday, 31st December 2018 @ 09:44:02 PM AEST (User
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This is awesome Jaye.
So well studied and written. Wonderful.
This brings back fond memories of living in the sticks where I still write this from. Once a year our elderly neighbors would come over and play Monopoly that was in the 70/'/s. That was the only excitement we had in those days. Funny I was thinking about that when I read your poem. You are the queen of unique educational writing!
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Re: LADIES ONE AND ALL
(User Rating: 1 ) by ErinGrace on
Friday, 4th January 2019 @ 04:51:49 AM AEST (User
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I love this! Women/'/s inventions always seem to be forgotten. It/'/s like when quotes who were said by women, are often either labeled as unattributed or unknown. |
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