Your Poetry Dot Com - Things You Dont have Time to Look up

The next time youre gone, take a few facts along;
You can casually bandy about;
Should you win a bet; kindly send me a check;
(Be prepared if you lose to duck out).

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David and Ezra started their business in 1892.
In 1977 it was modernized for you!
It was bound to succeed, and it did indeed, with a newer upscale niche;
And that is why, we still can buy from ABERCROMBIE AND FITCH

Insta-Burger fast food was almost the last food it sold in ’53.
They changed their name and sold the same to conglomerate, Pillsbury.
Bought out by Brazil; who owns it all still; instead of the old USA.
And here is the thing; its called BURGER KING; and Brazil says you’ll have it their way!

Three guys who worked for Paypal way back in 2005;
Started a business in a garage that quickly began to thrive!
They sold it to Google, kit and kaboodle;
For 300 million a piece!
And 2 million shows a day we all know;
Make YOUTUBE the business to beat!

That wonderful HAPPY BIRTHDAY song paid royalties whenever;
It was sung in movies or TV shows; but that couldn’t go on forever!
Time-Warner cleared 2 million a year; for 30 years royalties;
But time has run out; theyve lost all their clout;
And now we can sing it for free!

Audi, Bugatti and Bently; Lamborghini and Porsche;
All wholly owned right down to their bones, by VOLKSWAGON, of course!

With its 900 planes, this company can claim;
They own more than the British Air Force!
So should war interrupt; put your food tray back up;
You’ll be flying AA the whole course!

A&E, HULU, Star Wars, and who knew;
Pixar, and ABC all;
For years have belonged to the business whose song;
Tells us ITS A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL!

EXON paid, to clean up the bay, from the Exon Valdez spill.
The 17 million a day that they spent, seems like a lot until;
We found that their income could pay it and then some;
Earning 93 million a day.
With that kind of luck, twas a drop in the bucket.
If they opened their warehouse today:
The whole population, from every world nation;
Could carry 3 barrels away!

Nobody tells us how AMAZON sells us;
More products than anyone reckoned;
But others look pale when we tell them their sales:
Exceed 400 items per second!

SAMSUNG alone has grown on its own;
To 300,000 employed!
Microsoft, Apple, and Google combined;
To beat it would be on steroids!

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Just silly facts; for which no one asked;
That someone gets paid to keep track of!
Unfortunately, that persons not me;
You can tell by my income, (or lack of!)

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