On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:10:36 -0500, Richard Casady
wrote:

On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:16:07 -0400, HK wrote:

If my father had invented the condom, and something like loogie
resulted, he would have started over.

My great uncle was a partially successful inventor. He dabbled with
non alcoholic beverages. He called his best effort 6-Up. Then there
was the venture into cosmetics. Channel Four, a perfume, almost made
it, but a big French company backed out at the last minute, and went
with Chanel Five instead.

It's a shame how the difference between success and failure can be so
minor.
Saw a list of some of the well-known successful brands and how they
began, sometimes radically changing their product.

1. Jimmy Pluto's Engine Boatyard - became Mercury Marine.
2. Hatter Posterior Padding - converted the factory to produce
Hatterass Boats
3. Larson Swedish Bakery - became Larson Boats.
4. Parker Pen Company - became Parker Boats.

That's all I can remember of the list.

Wait...
5.
No, that ain't right. Can't remember.
Maybe misremembered the ones above.
Anybody remember that list?

--Vic