Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for December 05, 2023

No, it was some guy from the beach blanket movies, named von Zipper…..

Supposedly, Einstein considered the zipper to be man kinds greatest invention

George Zipper

Automatic hook and eyes.

The school room must be chilly with Skylar in the heavy ‘hoodie’ and a stocking cap ! ! !

Kids don’t learn cursive any more.

Velcro is up there as well

LOL! Good one!

Cool answer!

Elisas Howe…why I remember that or where I learned it, I have absolutely no idea.

On the history/invention/evolution of the zipper from Wikipedia:

In 1851, Elias Howe received a patent for an “Improvement in Fastenings for Garments”. It was more like an elaborate drawstring than a true slide fastener.

in 1893, Whitcomb L. Judson patented a “Shoe-Fastening” and is sometimes given credit as the inventor of the zipper. He started the Universal Fastener Company.

In 1909, Gideon Sundback, a Swedish-American electrical engineer, worked on improving the fastener, and he registered a patent in Germany.

I broke the zipper on my pants today.

Now I’m on a “No Fly” list.

Dad (points at my foot): your sock has a hole in it!

Me (checking my sock): no it doesn’t!

Dad: well, how did you get your foot in?

Why do tv remotes have buttons?

It would be silly for them to have a zipper.

A university student was packing her overflowing backpack with her own purchases. She got everything in, except for a baguette and a bunch of leeks, the latter sticking out of her pack through an opening in the zipper.

I just couldn’t help myself.

“Your backpack is leaking”.

What’s the difference between a mosquito and a fly?

You can’t sew a zipper on a mosquito.

That was just his title. Not his name.

Reminds me of a Readers Digest joke: A certain private in the US Army supply apparatus was looking through inventory lists for zippers to fulfill a requisition. Failing this, after some little time, he went to the crusty NCO in charge of the depot. “Where are the zippers in the inventory?” he inquired. “They’s in there under the “F’s” heading.” “F? Why is that?” “F is fer, Fasteners, interlocking, slide.”

There’s three ways to do anything: the Right way, the Wrong way, and then there’s the Army Way.

I thought it was Count von Zipperlin.

Lord of the Flies

Shouldn’t that be the Lord of the Fly? After all only weird people have more than one fly.

G R O A N — LOLOL

Why the heck do they call them flies ?