He made the thing yellow to give it a sunshiny look, and State Mutual, whom nobody would accuse of rashness, printed up 100. The buttons were a big hit, the company began handing them out by the thousands, and the rest you know. State Mutual, not very quick on the uptake, didn't make any money either. It' s not as thought nobody had ever drawn a smiley face before. Manners Can Be Fun.
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Cecil's minions were crowing on a local radio show the other day about having finally found the people responsible for the smiley face, only to get two alarming calls from listeners. Naturally we were concerned. Sadly, we resigned ourselves to giving the heave to our previous views about chronological cause and effect. First, however, we wanted proof. When we got it we immediately tore up the letter we were about to send to the physics society.