Sunday, February 24, 2013
Another triple play
Polistra notes another triple-play obituary. Founders or leaders of three iconic bottle-shaped things died this week.
(1) Paul McIlhenny, the last named McIlhenny in the Tabasco clan. The company remains privately held by the family, which means it should remain successful.
(2) Wojciech Inglot, founder of Inglot Cosmetics. The company recently released an accidental success in the form of O2M nail polish. It was intended to be all greeny and Gaian, allowing the nail to breathe. Instead, it turned out to be massively popular in the stricter parts of the Muslim world. Muslim women enjoy decoration as much as any other woman, but halal law requires all parts of the body to be 'aired'. Before O2M, nail polish was an impervious varnish, thus prohibited.
(3) Ray Cusick, designer of the Daleks, EXTERMINATED at 84.
Okay, okay, mixing those three into one theme is a long stretch. Mainly I needed to pull Polistra and Happystar out of the predicament I put them in yesterday.
¶ 5:30 AM 
Polistra notes another triple-play obituary. Founders or leaders of three iconic bottle-shaped things died this week.
(1) Paul McIlhenny, the last named McIlhenny in the Tabasco clan. The company remains privately held by the family, which means it should remain successful.
(2) Wojciech Inglot, founder of Inglot Cosmetics. The company recently released an accidental success in the form of O2M nail polish. It was intended to be all greeny and Gaian, allowing the nail to breathe. Instead, it turned out to be massively popular in the stricter parts of the Muslim world. Muslim women enjoy decoration as much as any other woman, but halal law requires all parts of the body to be 'aired'. Before O2M, nail polish was an impervious varnish, thus prohibited.
(3) Ray Cusick, designer of the Daleks, EXTERMINATED at 84.
Okay, okay, mixing those three into one theme is a long stretch. Mainly I needed to pull Polistra and Happystar out of the predicament I put them in yesterday.
¶ 5:30 AM
