Who doesn’t remember this???
Now the $64 question is, who originated it? And when???
No, it wasn’t Forrest Gump… 🙂
The Smithsonian has a great article on the history and current ‘status’ of Smiley HERE.
OBTW, the TL:DR is Harvey Ball in 1963.
And a bonus…
What two letters are used to make up the peace symbol?
If you know Semaphore, it’s easy…
The two at top are D and N, when combined (below) they roughly form the symbol. It was actually supposed to stand for Nuclear Disarmament…
Harvey Ball. No relation that I know of to the Ball brothers of Ohio whom founded this university. Fun post. I did not know that about the peace sign.
The grandmaster of trivial information, I salute you, sir. I did not know that about the peace sign. So! I’ve “learned my one new thing each day” commitment and can now go back to bed.
You mean it wasn’t Forrest Gump during his two year run. Oh Drat another piece of knowledge that wasn’t.
Now that you’re published the answer, I recall having heard that before … but I didn’t remember it when you asked the question. Thanks!
Who WANTS to remember it?
Much like an ‘earworm’ – a song you can’t get out of your hear – this is an ‘eyeworm’!
I was so tired of seeing it back-in-the-day, and I’d finally forgot it.
Until today.
Sigh.
🙂
gfa
Fargo- LOL, nor the Ball that found the Ball Jar company…
CP- LOL
Marig- That was a good one though! 😀
Rev- Yeah, I didn’t actually remember either…
gfa- LOL, and what did you END your comment with? A smiley face… 😛
Dang, and I thought that Forrest Gump movie was the real deal 🙂
Always something to learn. Always thought the peace symbol depicted a Polaris missile and the British opposition to the submarines being home ported in the UK.
I learned two new things 🙂
Randy- LOL
WSF- That was part of it…
Rick- You’re welcome!
Here’s two trivias:
First: The original Inline Network Encryption device, the Motorola NES4001, had a nice user manual with the letters NES on the cover. The letters were formed using Morse Code to shape the letters.
Second: The Coors Brewing Co. uses high-strength ceramic components in the brewing process. These ceramics were developed by another Coors division, and used in the original nuclear rocket and nuclear jet engines. That was the Coors Porcelain Co., which also made missile nose cones. Now CoorsTek.