"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." ~George Bernard Shaw

"Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time." ~Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn


Sunday, March 18, 2012

Missing Link-Magpie #109





image: Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison



Somehow this inventor just doesn't think
That this is how his zippers should link
Trying as hard as he might
These gears just aren't meshing right
Perhaps I need to use a new device
With teeth chomping up so very nice
Else they will be returned in a sack
In care of me- Mr Gideon Sundback

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/zipper.htm



Thanks to Tess Kincaid for this splendid blog and
for more takes on this image go here:
http://magpietales.blogspot.com/


17 comments:

  1. Enjoyed this, Kathe!

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  2. Cute and fun!...

    JJRod'z

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  3. Ah! Gideon Soundbank,the man who changed the world!
    But remember the song... "all dressed up in buttons and bows"?
    Now it should read: "All dressed up in zippers and velcro." Mmmm... seems to have lost something in translation.

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  4. ha....yeah, might be a surprise...i bet he never envisioned the parachute pants either with all those zippers....nice rhyme scheme to this....

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  5. This is a most impressive, and interesting blog post!

    Thanks for paying me a visit today.

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  6. You are a clever one.

    =)

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  7. Lots of fun..back to the drawing board!

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  8. I love the fashions today with the visible zippers everywhere ... he could not have imagined this! Love your Mag, I looked at the photo early this morning and thought 'the invisible link' .. great minds? I'm stumped so far.

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  9. I thoroughly enjoyed your piece.
    Hugs
    SueAnn

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  10. Fun and zzzzzzzzany, Kathe! Loved it!

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  11. I really like the zipper thing...nice...

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  12. Ha! You are so clever. : )

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  13. It is always fun reading yours Kathe.

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  14. Hah! I followed the link and was delightedly informed! Thank you.

    (It is an icky day in the Willamette Valley this first day of spring. But the Oregon Juncos are feasting so heavily I know they know it is nearing time for them to go to their summer place--wherever that is...)

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  15. Dear Kathe: Fun~!!! The inventor of the zipper~! Smart~!

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  16. Can these zipper secrets be sent to the people in China who make garments with zippers without durability? I enjoyed your poem and the rhythm worked really well. Thanks, Kathe.

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  17. Such clever fun! Thank you.

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