Bliss by Harry Bliss for June 21, 2022

Why are you still using a notepad?

Look at the gentleman a little more closely, young man.

And Mr. Robertson was a real square!

The idea just pop into my head.

One day he looked in the mirror and there it was .

Well, one day I was just screwing around…

this one, ironically, has a screw loose

“I used my head!”

John Phillips was commissioned by Henry Ford to design a fastener that could not be over torqued. The original Model T used Robertson – square drive – screws. The metallurgy was not up to the arm strength of Ford employees, the heads of the screws were being snapped off. The Philips screwdriver will put out only so much torque into the fasteners before the bit will slip out.

It was a groovy idea.

There actually is a patent from 1937 to a Mr Phillips for the phillips head screw system.

Phillips Screwdriver: Milk of Magnesia + Vodka + Orange Juice.

Someone told me that they are called plus screwdrivers in Japan. Slotted ones are called minus.