For all of you
with any money left be aware of the next expected changes so that you can
get in on the ground floor and make some Big Bucks! Watch for these
consolidations in 2013.
(And did any of these develop?)
Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay
Cosmetics, Fuller Brush and W. R. Grace Co. will merge and become...Hale,
Mary, Fuller, Grace!
Polygram Records, Warner Bros.
and Zesta Crackers join forces and become...Poly, Warner, Cracker!
3M will merge with Goodyear and
become...MMM, Good!
Zippo Manufacturing, Audi Motors,
Dofasco and Dakota Mining will merge and become...
Zip Audi Do Da!
Fed Ex is expected to join its
competitor UPS and become...Fed Up!
Fairchild Electronics and Honeywell Computer will
become...Fair Well Honey child!
Grey Poupon and Docker Pants are
expected to become...Poupon Pants!
Knotts Berry Farm and the
National Organization for Women will become...Knott NOW!
And finally...
Victoria's Secret and Smith &
Wesson will merge under the new name...Titty, Titty, Bang, Bang!
(My appreciation
to Tom for the foregoing)
It is Certain
that any of the Following Leaders or Officials may have
strongly considered the foregoing investments. Who is the most
likely to be persuaded with such a venture in 2014???
Sometimes, it just won't do to be
sober and serious when referring to someone in authority. These terms help convey an irreverent tone
about a lordly leader or an officious
official.
Big Cheese: Interestingly,
this slang phrase for an important person has nothing to do with dairy
products; derived from a Persian word, “chiz” , that means “thing”, it was
adopted by British civil servants and others who lived in India during the early 19th century, whence it
spread to Britain
and other English-speaking countries.
Big Wheel: This slang term for an influential
person probably derives from the idea
that such a personage, like the wheels on a vehicle, facilitates progress (and
the bigger, the better).
Big Wig: This word for an important (and
self-important) person likely stems from the custom in European countries
several hundred years ago of men wearing wigs.
Some wealthy and/or powerful men tried to outdo each other by wearing
outsize specimens and so were mocked as bigwigs.
Kingpin: Several theories exist about the
origin of this word for a leader, especially one in a criminal enterprise, but
it is most likely derives from the idea of a key component in a machine. (An alternate possible origin if the name for
the pin at the apex of an array of pins in bowling games; if you strike the
kingpin, presumably all the other pins
will fall.
Mandarin: This word, ultimately derived from
the Sanskrit term “mantra” ~ originally, came from a Portuguese word referring
to Chinese Officials. (Portugal was
among the first Western nations to have any influence in China.) By extension, it applies to bureaucrats,
especially officious ones, though it also connotes an influential member of the
intelligentsia or the literary elite.
(The foregoing
from “Daily Writing Tips”)
(and there were other examples given)
(and there were other examples given)
Wisdom Truths
“With motivation…anything is possible
as long as you keep working at it and don’t
back down!”
(Eminem)
Nelson Mandela stated:
“It always seems impossible…until it is
done.”
“So many of our dreams at first seem impossible;
then they seem improbable
and when we summon the will, they soon
become inevitable.
(Christopher Reeve)
Who’d have believed that Orville and Wilbur Wright, would by experiment,
fly the first powered heavier-than-air controlled flight in history?
Who’d have believed that Elvis Presley, who as a boy attended church
and all-night-gospel sings, would become the biggest “rock and roll” star in
the 20th century…causing girls to swoon and scream and boys to pick
up guitars?
Who’d have believed that several Americans and Canadians have been
accepted on a Mars-bound-spaceflight to become the first residents on the
planet Mars???
Merle Baird-Kerr …
crafted July 30, 2013
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