Author: Bob Riley
Date: 19:44:57 10/05/03
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On October 05, 2003 at 21:03:35, David Dahlem wrote: >>Trivia question - what does 99 44/100% originally refer to? Are you old enough >>to remember? >> >>Bob Riley > >I am old enought to remember, but too old to remember accurately. I think it >comes from an old advertisment for Ivory soap, which claimed it was 99 44/100% >pure. :-) Yes - I think it actually referred to Ivory Flakes, a laundry product based upon Ivory Soap. I worked as an engineer for Procter and Gamble for about two years (1966-70, with two years off for military service) and was initially assigned to soap packaging. I am surprised that anyone on this list (besides me!) was old enough to remember. Bob Riley
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