I wonder if the guy/lady who invented "Post-It" notes is rich. Probably invented them during works time, so the company claimed them as their own Intellectual Property.

Bo - he worked for Scotch (3M). He presented the idea to management but they pooh-poohed it, so he made up a batch and circulated them around the office. Everyone used them and the company finally realised they were on a winner. (I remember the story from one of my old uni text books.)

Bo - he worked for Scotch (3M). He presented the idea to management but they pooh-poohed it, so he made up a batch and circulated them around the office. Everyone used them and the company finally realised they were on a winner. (I remember the story from one of my old uni text books.)

Cheers for that Ping. I was writing on one at the time and wondered about it.

Bo - he worked for Scotch (3M). He presented the idea to management but they pooh-poohed it, so he made up a batch and circulated them around the office. Everyone used them and the company finally realised they were on a winner. (I remember the story from one of my old uni text books.)

Cheers for that Ping. I was writing on one at the time and wondered about it.

Mr BJ your Boss just asked me to pass on a message.

"Stop wondering and get on with your work", "And stop telling the world about it on Thai Visa, then the company might start making some money"..........

Uncle, did BoJ's boss write you on a Post-It?

Bo - he worked for Scotch (3M). He presented the idea to management but they pooh-poohed it, so he made up a batch and circulated them around the office. Everyone used them and the company finally realised they were on a winner. (I remember the story from one of my old uni text books.)

Cheers for that Ping. I was writing on one at the time and wondered about it.

I like Wikipedia more and more these days....

The Post-it note, invented by Arthur Fry and manufactured by 3M, is a piece of stationery with a re-adherable strip of adhesive on the back, designed for temporarily attaching notes to documents, computer displays, and so forth...

The name "Post-it" and the canary yellow color are trademarks of 3M.

In 1968, Dr. Spencer Silver, a scientist at 3M in the United States, developed a "low-tack", reusable adhesive. For five years, Silver promoted his invention within 3M, both informally and through seminars, but without much success. In 1974, a colleague of his, Arthur Fry, who sang in a church choir, was frustrated that his bookmarks kept falling out of his hymnal. He had attended one of Silver's seminars, and, while listening to a sermon in church, he came up with the idea of using the adhesive to anchor his bookmarks.[1] He then developed the idea by taking advantage of 3M's officially sanctioned bootlegging policy. 3M launched the product in 1977 but it failed as consumers had not tried the product. A year later 3M issued free samples to residents of Boise, Idaho, United States. 90% of people who tried them said that they would buy the product. By 1980 the product was sold nationwide in the US and a year later they were launched in Canada and Europe.[2] In 2003, the company came out with Post-it Super Sticky notes, with a stronger glue that adheres better to vertical and non-smooth surfaces.

Well there you go - my memory wasn't quite perfect, but close enough. I agree that Wiki is a terrific resource (having contributed to it myself).

Why is the humble post it pad worthy of so many replies?

I post a legitimate treasure map solution & nobody is interested. Why is it so?

Bo - he worked for Scotch (3M). He presented the idea to management but they pooh-poohed it, so he made up a batch and circulated them around the office. Everyone used them and the company finally realised they were on a winner. (I remember the story from one of my old uni text books.)

Cheers for that Ping. I was writing on one at the time and wondered about it.

Mr BJ your Boss just asked me to pass on a message.

"Stop wondering and get on with your work", "And stop telling the world about it on Thai Visa, then the company might start making some money"..........

I only have one boss Ken. Mrs BoJ and she's at home, so she hasn't got a clue what i'm upto

Why is the humble post it pad worthy of so many replies?

I post a legitimate treasure map solution & nobody is interested. Why is it so?

See, even you are talking about it

Just looking around my desk now, i have three different colours of Post-It pads. Yellow, Green and Pink (must have stolen that one)

The humble post-it note has also been an extremely productive editing/proofing tool. As you other of us old b@#tards will recall, in the days prior, people used to write their notes on strips of paper and sticky-tape them into the relevant parts of the work. Yep, terrific little thingies they are... Of course, Ozzies often referred to sticky tape generically as Durex (being one of the major brands). Would raise some eyebrows in other places if you asked a female employee to bring you the Durex...

Would raise some eyebrows in other places if you asked a female employee to bring you the Durex...

Especially if you asked for a roll

How many mice does it take to screw in a light bulb ???

How many mice does it take to screw in a light bulb ???

Only two, but the hard part is getting them into the light bulb.

How many social workers does it take to change a light bulb?

Some days I just can't get by without my Penguin edition of Roget's Thesaurus.

How many mice does it take to screw in a light bulb ???

Only two, but the hard part is getting them into the light bulb.

The breakfast funny - almost choked on my ciggarette.

Zaza made mention in an earlier post about Victoria's Secret.

Is this what she meant ?

http://www.victoriana.com/Royalty/queenvictoriaunderwear.htm

They were refered to as unmentionables then.

From the black comic ride that might be what she meant which won't be so bad afterall. I have a silver metalic bag from the Vickie and what's inside is just .. hmmm ...

Le Gag, you've lost your box! Did you ever find out what was inside it? (The red and green one.)

,

Now They're Looking At You Babe !

Le Gag, you've lost your box! Did you ever find out what was inside it? (The red and green one.)

It was Pom Pom's

jeez, don't you read threads

Le Gag, you've lost your box! Did you ever find out what was inside it? (The red and green one.)

It was Pom Pom's

jeez, don't you read threads

What, a couple of British blokes?

Le Gag, you've lost your box! Did you ever find out what was inside it? (The red and green one.)

It was Pom Pom's

jeez, don't you read threads

What, a couple of British blokes?

Close but no cigar. These kind

Yo

That's the girl that alleged she had been assaulted at the Manchester United Christmas Party.

When asked " When did you realise you had been raped" ?

She replied" Immediately after he told me he was going on loan to Rochdale ".

Yo

That's the girl that alleged she had been assaulted at the Manchester United Christmas Party.

When asked " When did you realise you had been raped" ?

She replied" Immediately after he told me he was going on loan to Rochdale ".

...but she didn't claim she was 'raped', she said she was 'graped' (there was a bunch of them).

Now for something random......

Money and time are inextricably linked, you figure it out.

Before and after pictures make me feel sick..

That's the problem with diets

That's the problem with diets

...........and PS ops too

Srory here.

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has electrocuted a chicken and suffocated male chicks on television, outraging animal rights groups.

The slaughter will appear on British television this week, and is apparently designed to highlight the brutality of battery farming.

The Naked Chef's stunt has angered animal rights group RSPCA, which described killing chickens in a studio as "misguided".

"The lights, the cameras, the noise could be frightening and cause animals potential distress," a spokesman said.

welocme to England. The land of the incontravertibly Politically Correct.

Hmm.. New thread Idea