That's it! Thanks -- I knew that wasn't quite right, but 99 and 99 hundredths also sounded wrong, and I couldn't think of it. I did remember Ivory, but was in a hurry. Sorry. You're absolutely right.
Thanks.
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, gene wrote:
> tink wrote: >> whenever I hear the word purity I think about >> the old soap commercial. 99.9% pure. > -- > > Not "99.9%" tink... > The commercial was for Ivory Soap. I remember it well. > Heard it almost daily on Grandma's radio "soap operas" > back in the 1940s and '50s. The announcer proclaimed: > > "Ivory soap. 99 and 44-hundredths percent pure. It Floats." > > > Gene >
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Correction! 99 and 44 hundredths pure.
Date: 2009-02-10 02:39 am (UTC)Thanks.
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, gene wrote:
> tink wrote:
>> whenever I hear the word purity I think about
>> the old soap commercial. 99.9% pure.
> --
>
> Not "99.9%" tink...
> The commercial was for Ivory Soap. I remember it well.
> Heard it almost daily on Grandma's radio "soap operas"
> back in the 1940s and '50s. The announcer proclaimed:
>
> "Ivory soap. 99 and 44-hundredths percent pure. It Floats."
>
>
> Gene
>