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[title] => Wise Women
[time] => 2019-04-18 03:32:49
[hometext] => Cheering the ladies
[bodytext] => 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 want 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 that curled 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 get paid much more attention.
So stand aloof, girls heres the proof, of wise womens inventions!
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Wise Women
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softerware
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Thursday, 18th April 2019 @ 03:32:49 AM in AEST
Topic:
CongratulatoryPoems
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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 want 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 that curled 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 get paid much more attention.
So stand aloof, girls heres the proof, of wise womens inventions!
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softerware
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Re: Wise Women
(User Rating: 1 ) by ingeniusidiot on
Thursday, 18th April 2019 @ 12:21:50 PM AEST (User
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Thank you so much for the history lesson. Of course
I know of all these things because they are things that
we see everyday. But I was unaware of the back
story of them.
Talk about a research project...WOW!
This must have taken some serious time and to
compile it all the way you did makes all the more
impressive.
Rich |
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Re: Wise Women
(User Rating: 1 ) by JamesStockdale on
Saturday, 20th April 2019 @ 12:32:10 AM AEST (User
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This is your specialty and for good reason.
Wonderful as your usual....! |
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Re: Wise Women
(User Rating: 1 ) by Former_Member on
Sunday, 21st April 2019 @ 08:48:59 AM AEST (User
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funny, my sister is Mary Anderson, but not the Mary Anderson you speak of in your poem.
But strangely my sister is an incredible home decorator.
She could make any room look incredible, wall paper,
window shade, the right kind of flooring.
Mary was like that all her life. She is a smart
girl, and nobody taught her how to do it. She picked it up all on her own.
And Mary by the way is kind and I love her.
She is they say from Irish decent, and I guess so am I.
Inventions, inventions, people invent, things.
It is interesting how many inventions go without
mention.
I agree with the character and voice of your poem
here. You should teach!
Peace! |
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