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Unintended Inventions II
Contributed by
softerware
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Sunday, 9th August 2015 @ 05:14:07 AM in AEST
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The tale below is penned in hopes that you may come to wonder;
How much you value genius; and under rate the blunder!
Now I’m not saying wrong is right; but, were it defended;
Many gifts you now enjoy were wholly unintended!
Goofs have led to glory, so say the truths below;
Invention’s well disguised at times; and here is how we know!
Percy worked at Raytheon;
On vacuum tubes called magnetrons;
One day he stood too near and felt;
The chocolates in his pocket melt!
To cook with sound seemed very strange;
Until he built his “ Radar-range”.
In 1950 Percy gave, to all of us, the microwave!
One of Canon’s engineers was soldering and then;
He accidently set his hot gun on his ball point pen!
When the pen got good and hot;
The ink ejected like a shot!
The principal made him inventor;
Of the worlds first ink-jet printer!
Trying to make synthetic rubber, James spilled silicone;
On a mound of boric acid, which began to foam.
It stuck to dirt and pet hair; it bounced and changed its shape!
(It even kept the tools from floating on Apollo 8!)
We all thought James was nutty, when he sold it as a toy;
He named it Silly Putty, and retired a wealthy boy!
Spencer worked on making glue;
For 3-M, but it wouldn’t do.
It wouldn’t stick, yet his friend took;
scraps home to mark his church choir’s books!
Now Spencer and his friend can gloat—
their non-stick glue made Post-it Notes!
Richard James was working on a spring for use on ships;
To stabilize equipment so it wouldn’t shift or slip.
The spring fell down; walked round and round—
His wife gave it a name;
200 million Slinkys gave Mr. James his fame!
They all needed permission to make mistakes and fall;
If we could live a thousand years, we'll never know it all!
Some who erred too badly and too late to make amends;
Found time would shed a gentler light upon their story’s end.
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Alfred changed the world when he invented dynamite!
It’s peacetime use soon went to war; killed thousands overnight.
He held himself responsible for all the young mens graves;
And yet most don't remember the deadly gift he gave.
Instead we know his legacy, bequeathed in his last will:
Promoting peace, the Nobel Prize, reminds us of him still.
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softerware
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Re: Unintended Inventions II
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by JamesStockdale on
Sunday, 9th August 2015 @ 05:42:20 AM AEST
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What a superb write.
It in itself was " Dynamite"
This poem flowed beautifully and took much study. 10*
The last stanza I know so well- RWS and Dynamit Nobel.
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Re: Unintended Inventions II
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by Invierno on
Sunday, 9th August 2015 @ 07:33:57 AM AEST
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Superb! I love your way with phraseology..
You have the ability to make a poem flow as fast as a roller coaster or smooth and slow as a meandering Mississippi river in the dawn.
The selected poems, so nicely bundled, were VERY well received at the old folks home. Claps from Ahlziemers patients is praise indeed.
You made alot of people happy in the backwaters of southern Illinois yesterday.
Many thanks,
Invierno
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Re: Unintended Inventions II
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by Former_Member on
Sunday, 9th August 2015 @ 11:50:05 AM AEST
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I once read that the engineer at Canon was reading Brigadoon and wasn't paying attention. Funny how Brigadoon just might be the cause for that blunder.
I love your way with words!!! Thank you, thank you!
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Re: Unintended Inventions II
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by hauntedscorp on
Monday, 24th August 2015 @ 10:55:08 AM AEST
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I thought I had already commented on this, but I must've read it offline or else my comment would already be here...This poem and so many of your other poems are incredible works of poetic art to me. You are a little underrated as a writer in my opinion, but it could be because you leave many of us in awe! The fact that you turned all these little factoids into an ingenious piece of writing is enviable. I can't write about anything unless I have a personal stake in it. You are a well-rounded writer, Jaye. I have seen you write of many things, and it seems as though nothing can hold you back or stifle the creative.
Be proud of your gift! You are exceptionally talented.
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Re: Unintended Inventions II
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by ladyfawn on
Sunday, 30th August 2015 @ 12:19:36 PM AEST
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beautifully penned, informative and fun!
hugs n' love nessa |
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