Array ( [sid] => 185072 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => The Good Old USA! [time] => 2018-04-26 18:59:29 [hometext] => A bit of history on where companies originated and where they ended up! [bodytext] => Ferruccio’s Ferrari had to have a better clutch.
He called the manufacturer but they didn’t do much.
So he built his own race car and took it to the track;
Ferruccio Lamborghini showed Ferrari what it lacked!

The WWI peace treaty put a ban on building planes.
So this German manufacturer had to make some changes!
They switched to making motorcycles; happily they found;
That Bavarian Motor Works made more profit on the ground!

French Wine Cola was invented to relieve the symptoms;
John Pemberton experienced from field morphine addiction.
But prohibition said his drink could not use alcohol.
He renamed it Coca-Cola (with cocaine if you recall).

James Casey was just 19 when he borrowed a friends bike;
Plus a hundred dollars to start his service overnight.
He was a one man company, Chair and president;
And UPS took anything , anywhere it went.

Edward Cox sold cooking pots in 1917;
He threw in soap and steel wool to keep them shiny clean.
The cleaners soon outsold the pots; his wife gave them a name:
Save our Saucepans, SOS, brought the Cox’s fame.

In 1812 a butcher named Sam Wilson made a deal;
To sell meat by the barrel for our troops out in the field.
The barrels stamped U.S. outside made him one famous man;
The soldiers fondly nicknamed him good old Uncle Sam.

Harry Truman’s parents couldnt pick a middle name;
Yet all presidents have had three letters just the same.
They took a guess, gave him an “S” because they liked the ring.
So Harry had no middle name; just an “S”, poor thing.

Ten members sit the board that rules Walt Disneys dignitaries;
One is Sheryl Sanberg, Chairwoman of Blackberry.
Jack Dorsey, Chairman, Twitter, is on the board also;
As well as Orin Smith, Starbucks former CEO.
You think theyd be competitors, but Disney knows enough;
The ones that lead they have decreed, had better know their stuff!

A waste product from drilling oil heals burns and babys bums;
Robert Chesebrough (Chesebrough-Ponds) took this sticky gum;
He redeemed it; first he cleaned it; then he made it green;
Who knew a rash would earn such cash? He named it Vaseline.

Vaseline, like lots of brands isn’t US owned.
Many products had their brands bought out or overthrown.
Unilever owns it now; Hellmans, Lipton too;
Good Humor and Popsicle are Netherlands owned too.

Lucky Strike the British own; and Belgium bought Budweiser;
The Swiss bought Nestles and Purina; but don’t advertise there.
Speaking of commercials, consumers sure have clout:
Costco doesn’t advertise; they count on word of mouth!

One last institution, thats left the old US;
Japan owns 7-11; now that I wouldnt have guessed.

Off to do some more research; in hopes it entertains.
One thing we can be sure of folks; nothing stays the same! [comments] => 4 [counter] => 164 [topic] => 44 [informant] => softerware [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Nostalgic ) Your Poetry Dot Com - The Good Old USA!


The Good Old USA!
Date: Thursday, 26th April 2018 @ 06:59:29 PM AEST
Topic: Sad Poetry

Contributed By: softerware
Ferruccio’s Ferrari had to have a better clutch.
He called the manufacturer but they didn’t do much.
So he built his own race car and took it to the track;
Ferruccio Lamborghini showed Ferrari what it lacked!

The WWI peace treaty put a ban on building planes.
So this German manufacturer had to make some changes!
They switched to making motorcycles; happily they found;
That Bavarian Motor Works made more profit on the ground!

French Wine Cola was invented to relieve the symptoms;
John Pemberton experienced from field morphine addiction.
But prohibition said his drink could not use alcohol.
He renamed it Coca-Cola (with cocaine if you recall).

James Casey was just 19 when he borrowed a friends bike;
Plus a hundred dollars to start his service overnight.
He was a one man company, Chair and president;
And UPS took anything , anywhere it went.

Edward Cox sold cooking pots in 1917;
He threw in soap and steel wool to keep them shiny clean.
The cleaners soon outsold the pots; his wife gave them a name:
Save our Saucepans, SOS, brought the Cox’s fame.

In 1812 a butcher named Sam Wilson made a deal;
To sell meat by the barrel for our troops out in the field.
The barrels stamped U.S. outside made him one famous man;
The soldiers fondly nicknamed him good old Uncle Sam.

Harry Truman’s parents couldnt pick a middle name;
Yet all presidents have had three letters just the same.
They took a guess, gave him an “S” because they liked the ring.
So Harry had no middle name; just an “S”, poor thing.

Ten members sit the board that rules Walt Disneys dignitaries;
One is Sheryl Sanberg, Chairwoman of Blackberry.
Jack Dorsey, Chairman, Twitter, is on the board also;
As well as Orin Smith, Starbucks former CEO.
You think theyd be competitors, but Disney knows enough;
The ones that lead they have decreed, had better know their stuff!

A waste product from drilling oil heals burns and babys bums;
Robert Chesebrough (Chesebrough-Ponds) took this sticky gum;
He redeemed it; first he cleaned it; then he made it green;
Who knew a rash would earn such cash? He named it Vaseline.

Vaseline, like lots of brands isn’t US owned.
Many products had their brands bought out or overthrown.
Unilever owns it now; Hellmans, Lipton too;
Good Humor and Popsicle are Netherlands owned too.

Lucky Strike the British own; and Belgium bought Budweiser;
The Swiss bought Nestles and Purina; but don’t advertise there.
Speaking of commercials, consumers sure have clout:
Costco doesn’t advertise; they count on word of mouth!

One last institution, thats left the old US;
Japan owns 7-11; now that I wouldnt have guessed.

Off to do some more research; in hopes it entertains.
One thing we can be sure of folks; nothing stays the same!

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