“He stood on the dias beeming with pride!
It was difficult but boy! what a ride!
The greatest achievement of his life!
He the lucky groom, she his clever bride!”
As the saying goes, behind every Successful man there is a woman! Historically apparently even that phrase is not accurate! Now of course the phrase has its roots in the idea that women often provide support, encouragement, and inspiration to the men in their lives. Historically, women were often responsible for managing households and providing emotional support to their husbands, allowing them to focus on their careers or other pursuits.
The actual phrase used many years ago was that, “Behind every successful man, There is s STRONG woman!”
I guess putting the prefix Strong for woman is not needed since they are naturally strong and here the strength is emotions and mental!
Now there is an invention by man but made famous by a woman! So much so that it was featured in a famous movie on a wonder of the world! Whew!
Read on!
During World War II, an engineer named Richard James wanted to help the troops by inventing springs that could stabilize important instruments on naval ships during times of rough seas. While working on the springs, one was knocked off a table and “walked” its way down to the floor, then re-coiled itself and stood upright!
Does that ring a bell!?
Those fairs you used to go when you were young (er!) and that spring toy made either of plastic or metal?
Of course it would work so well in the fair but the moment you get it in your home and play with it for a couple of days, am sure it would have got entangled and gone for good!
I cannot even count the number of such toys which were Fair purchases and turned out to be silly and costly afFAIRS!
So to continue the story!
Richard went home and did not think too much about it! But he did the more intelligent thing which every husband must do! Show the device to his wife! Or at least ask for her opinion! Even the first critic or reader of my sketches and blogs is my wife! Only when she identifies the person in the sketch do I go ahead and post! The blog does not need any approval (for now!)
So he told that how a loose coil of wire that had been accidentally dropped appeared to walk! And he thought and told her that it that looks pretty fun!
The ever supporting wife, Betty also like it! Now since it was slimy and may be a little kinked! We do not know the actual reason why she named it thus and that is not important! So anyway she called it Slinky!
It was first demonstrated to customers at Gimbels Department Store in 1945, and within the first 90 minutes over 400 Slinkys had been sold!
Yes! That famous spring toy we all loved to play with albeit for some time and the one which was featured in Jim Carrey’s movie Ace Ventura as coming down the steps of the Great Wall of China!
Of course Betty later on became the president and has always kept the toy’s price low so children could buy it! It originally sold for $1. Slinky has received many toy industry awards and honors over the years. Its television jingle is the longest running jingle in advertising history! Another industrial Giant with many awards under his name is birthday celebrity Anand Gopal Mahindra!
Now control your urge to play with Slinky and sleep!
Shubh Ratri!
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