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[aid] => mick
[title] => Delayed Inventions
[time] => 2015-03-26 21:59:40
[hometext] => Three cheers for Mistakes!
[bodytext] => When life escapes your firm command; It’s best to have a second plan! Before you pull the plug and quit; May I suggest you sleep on it? Given time to percolate; Your plan may find a better fate! Every story here is true; Fame from utter failures grew! Some of our premier inventions; Rode the wake of failed intentions! Soggy french fries overlooked; Were salted, sliced, and overcooked; By a chef with hands on hips; The chef's revenge? Potato chips! A pharmacist made medication; Which became a fav libation; You may think it just a joke; But that’s how we invented Coke! Mixing soda pop at home; John left it on the porch alone; Come morning it was frozen thick; A Popsicle complete with stick! When charging a florescent light; A German scientist got a fright! From rays that went right through his bones! He called them “X” for rays unknown! To make a rust-resistant gun He thought to mix some chromium; Harry couldn’t make it seal; So named his error “stainless steel!” Leo kept on coming back; Trying to make man-made shellac; When he couldn’t get it right; He called his pink glop Bakelite! A Russian chemist found this treat; When his dinner tasted sweet; The secret was his dirty hands; Coated still with coal-tar sand! Had he washed his hands you know; We wouldn’t have our Sweet & Low! I’m well equipped with what it takes; To make such awe-inspiring mistakes! I daily make a mess or two; Of something I attempt to do! And though I look for indications; Of a purposeful mutation; When I spill, or burn, or bubble; It is hardly worth the trouble; Re-inventing blackened rubble! [comments] => 5 [counter] => 267 [topic] => 7 [informant] => softerware [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => HumorPoetry )
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