
	Friday Fax A Weekly Summary of Polywater^® News of Incredible Importance

Issue #839

The Polywater Laboratory has completed a comprehensive, long-term shelf life study for our water-based cable pulling lubricants. The Lab is happy to announce that the Production Department's manufacturing and quality upgrades have increased the shelf life of most of our lubricants from 1 year to 2 years. The soap-based lubricants such as Polywater J and F oxidize more quickly, so the shelf life for these lubricants has only been extended to 18 months. The improvement is effective immediately for all lubricants, as detailed on our updated Shelf Life Statement.

Since shelf life is based on the date of manufacture, the statement also includes instructions for determining the date a product was produced. Each carton, pail, or drum of product produced by Polywater is stamped with a 5-digit (and rarely 6-digit) date code on the product label. Typically this is located in the lower left-hand corner of the label. The code is based on the Julian dating system. The first digit is the year, the next three are the day of that year (ranging from 001 to 365), and the last one or two is the batch number produced that day. As example, the code "43152" represents product produced in batch #2 on the 315th day of 2014--today! That's fresh. Anything with a leading number of 8, 9, 0, or 1 may be too old and should be discussed with the factory for disposition. Pay particular attention to the age of samples in your care--especially sealants. Demonstrating old product that no longer works is a hard way to make a sale.

The Friday Fax Editor's Joke of the Week

The Joke

The Husband Store. A store that sells new husbands is open in New York City. Women can go there to choose a husband. Instructions at the entrance describe how the store operates: "You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are 6 floors and the value of the products increase as you ascend the flights. A shopper may choose any item from a particular floor, or may choose to go up to the next floor, but cannot go back down except to exit the building!" So a woman goes in to find a husband. On the first floor the sign on the door reads: Floor 1 - These Men Have Jobs. She's intrigued, but continues to the second floor, where the sign reads: Floor 2 - These Men Have Jobs and Love Kids. That sounds better, but she wants more and continues on. The next sign reads: Floor 3 - These Men Have Jobs, Love Kids, and are Extremely Good Looking. She's excited, but feels compelled to keep going. That sign reads: Floor 4 - These Men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-Dead Good Looking and Help With Housework. Still, she goes up again, where the sign reads: Floor 5 - These Men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Hot Hunks of Man-Flesh, Help with Housework, and Have a Strong Romantic Streak. She almost stays, but is tempted by the sixth floor. The sign there reads: Floor 6 - You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. It exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store. Please Note: To avoid charges of bias, the owner opened a New Wives store nearby. The first floor has wives that love sex. The second floor has wives that love sex and have money and like beer. The third, fourth, fifth and sixth floors have never been visited.

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