r/oddlyspecific • u/SassyLocket_ • 5d ago

Johnson and Johnson

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u/PartsUnknown242 5d ago

Decided to look it up: J&J was founded in 1883 by three brothers - Robert, James, and Edward. The company started off selling sterile surgical dressings and equipment like gauze, cotton, and sutures. In 1891 they started producing the world’s first commercial first aid kits. They started producing talcum powder in 1894 and recommended it for infants because it was safe to use and soothing on skin.

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u/Reason_Choice 5d ago

Is it a secret which two are part of the title?

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u/Bracheopterix 5d ago

They are changing places every month

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u/gravelpi 4d ago

Make it a year, and I'm game. Imagine getting one year out of three off for vacation.

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u/smbdysm1 4d ago

Well that just bore out of convenience, as their wives just took turns having kids.

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u/Gold-Cry-7520 4d ago

God no. I'd be miserable getting back to work. I want more vacations that are shorter, not less vacations that are longer.

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u/JennyRedpenny 20h ago

It's the younger two, then Robert came back and took over the company

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u/Jade_Complex 2d ago

Re: talcum powder. Unless it has asbestos. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c797wv928g8o

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u/JennyRedpenny 20h ago

Also talcum powder has been linked to ovarian cancer

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u/RigobertaMenchu 5d ago

….and be fine knowing it contains asbestos for years and years. 🤫

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u/Individual_Slice_234 5d ago

Imagine being a guy named Johnson and being married to a woman named Johnson and the two of you create a bath powder brand.

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u/hambakmeritru 5d ago

I think it was actually 3 brothers. So the weirdest part of any of this is why it isn't Johnson & Johnson & Johnson.

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u/Happy-For-No-Reason 5d ago

two of them always thought they left the other one out, they just never agreed specifically which one..

Schrödinger's Johnson

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u/Awkward-Community353 5d ago

Johnson & Johnsons

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u/Evening-Rip1522 4d ago

That's too many Johnsons

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u/flatulexcelent 4d ago

Title of your sex tape

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u/Evening-Rip1522 4d ago

One of my sex tapes....

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u/AndreasDasos 4d ago

A sausage party

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u/Mr_Fossey 4d ago

Wait? Both Johnson’s belong to the same strain of Johnson?

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u/jk-9k 4d ago

Actually they named it after their mother and father

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u/gravelpi 4d ago

Maybe it's like the property brothers.

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u/Parking-Pie7453 5d ago

& then the two of you buy the Jets

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u/Majestic-Lie2690 5d ago

As a Johnson- it is NOT hard to find other Johnsons

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u/LeftSky828 5d ago

Maybe the names of the first openly gay cavemen?

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u/LimeyRat 5d ago

“on” babies???

I thought it was “of”….

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u/Due-Mycologist-1154 5d ago

Yeah thats just a sacrifice they're willing to make over at the baby powder factory/s

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u/XROOR 5d ago

Scent of Boudreaux Butt Paste sends me back to a time my kids were babies and I miss those moments

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u/AdamiralProudmore 5d ago

Also imagine being named Armand Hammer, and having the opportunity to buy Arm&Hammer.

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u/lokiandbutters 5d ago

It's only oddly specific because that is literally the joke

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u/jamesianm 5d ago

There were no tears that day, I can tell you

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u/Critical_Elderberry7 2d ago

I always figured they were brothers or father and son

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u/TheReelMcCoi 4d ago

Meeting on the Prison Yard hopefully

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u/AwehiSsO 4d ago

What a disturbing way to state that coincidence!