very interesting
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According to the history section on the official Q-tips site, the "Q" stands for quality. But the familiar cotton-tipped swab wasn't always known by this quirky moniker.
In 1923, Leo Gerstenzang noticed that his wife had stuck a bit of cotton on a toothpick and was using it to clean their baby's ears. Thinking that this jerry-rigged swab might cause some damage to the kid, Leo designed a safer cotton swab.
He started the Leo Gerstenzang Infant Novelty Company to sell his new creation, which he dubbed Baby Gays. In 1926, he changed the swab's name to Q-tip Baby Gays, and eventually the product name was shortened to just Q-tips. Over time, the brand name has come to stand for any cotton swab, another example of a propriety eponym like Kleenex or Xerox.
- PonyBoy0
*pokes self in the eye w/a Q-tip
- TheBlueOne0
Daddy's got a Quality Tip, Momma doesn't sleep at night...
- flavorful0
* Pokes QBN-Stick in thread.
- OeufOeuf0
Daddy's got a Quality Tip, Momma doesn't sleep at night...
TheBlueOne
(Aug 21 06, 14:09)
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Hahaha.
- Teeuwen0
this is so much more entertaining then the white paper thread..
*sigh
- flavorful0
this is so much more entertaining then the white paper thread..
*sigh
Teeuwen
(Aug 21 06, 14:13)Mission Accomplished!!!
- Rand0
rasko, things have picked up considerably
- mg330
I clean my ears out at work with the same unfolded paperclip I clean my fingernails with.