Perfect Products
I guess we will never be able to quell the persistent rumors about the
invention of auto tires which will never wear out, stockings cannot tear,
and pens will not run dry. One voluble economist informed me that such
products will never be marketed. "Can you imagine," he asked, "that a
manufacturer cutting his own throat? why should he sell an item which
you will never have to replace." My confidant whispered,"It is a part of
their scheme of planning obsolescence to sell you merchandise with limited
life span in order to keep you coming back for more." I am dubious about the 
existence of those prefect products, but I am from Missouri.

 
thumbs down--My father turned thumbs down on our plan to hitchhike on
Florida during Easter.
(signal of rejection)