{"id":1165,"date":"2011-02-28T00:01:45","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T08:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2012-11-28T00:42:26","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T08:42:26","slug":"the-s-o-s-in-s-o-s-brand-scrub-pads-stands-for-save-our-saucepans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2011\/02\/the-s-o-s-in-s-o-s-brand-scrub-pads-stands-for-save-our-saucepans\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u201cS.O.S\u201d in S.O.S Brand Scrub Pads Stands for \u201cSave Our Saucepans\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/24opedlarge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1166\" title=\"Kitchen Debate SOS Pads\" src=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/24opedlarge-e1268980423795.jpg\" alt=\"Kitchen Debate SOS Pads\" width=\"350\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/24opedlarge-e1268980423795.jpg 350w, http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/24opedlarge-e1268980423795-340x316.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><a href='http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com' title='Interesting Facts'>Today I found out<\/a> that the &#8220;S.O.S&#8221; in S.O.S brand scrub pads stands for &#8220;Save Our Saucepans&#8221;.\u00a0 The name was originally thought up by the wife of the creator of the S.O.S pad, Ed Cox.<\/p>\n<p>In 1917, Cox was an aluminum pot salesman.\u00a0 When Cox would introduce himself to potential new customers, he would give them a little steel wool pad that he had encrusted with soap as a sort of calling card.\u00a0 Eventually, these pads became more popular than the pans he was trying to sell so he began selling the pads and the rest is history.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"bonusfacts\">Bonus<\/span> Facts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Contrary to popular belief, the last period in &#8220;S.O.S&#8221; was not left off due to an error in the trademark submission.\u00a0 In fact, they meant to leave it off because &#8220;S.O.S.&#8221; could not be trademarked thanks to the SOS distress signal often being written as &#8220;S.O.S.&#8221;, even though it&#8217;s not an acronym.\u00a0 By leaving the last period off, it made the name unique and, thus, the U.S. Patent and Trademark office accepted it.<\/li>\n<li>S.O.S pads received a big boost in world-wide popularity after inadvertently being prominently shown in a photo taken by William Safire of the &#8220;Kitchen Debate&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>The Kitchen Debate was a series of impromptu exchanges through interpreters between Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev at the American National Exhibition in Moscow on July 24, 1959.\u00a0 This debate primarily took place in a half model of a &#8220;typical&#8221; American suburban house.\u00a0 During the debate, Nixon and Khrushchev discussed the relative merits of capitalism vs. communism.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id69f0394493a30\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Expand for References:\"    >Expand for References:<\/span><div id=\"target-id69f0394493a30\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"S.O.S Soap Pad\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/S.O.S_Soap_Pad\" target=\"_blank\">S.O.S Soap Pad<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"S.O.S Soap Pad\" href=\"http:\/\/www.saveoursaucepans.com\/faq\/\" target=\"_blank\">S.O.S FAQ<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Kitchen Debate\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kitchen_Debate\" target=\"_blank\">Kitchen Debate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The History of Soap and Detergent\" href=\"http:\/\/inventors.about.com\/library\/inventors\/blsoap.htm\" target=\"_blank\">The History of Soap and Detergent<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Kitchen Debate Image\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/07\/24\/opinion\/24safire.html?_r=2\" target=\"_blank\">Kitchen Debate Image Courtesy of the New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href='http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com' title='Interesting Facts'>Today I found out<\/a> that the &#8220;S.O.S&#8221; in S.O.S brand scrub pads stands for &#8220;Save Our Saucepans&#8221;.\u00a0 The name was originally thought up by the wife of the creator of the S.O.S pad, Ed Cox. 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