In amongst all my moaning I forgot to give you a Lipton fact.
Did you know he challenged for the America's Cup five times. In fact he is probably remembered more for his sailing challenges than anything else he did - apart from his domination of the tea industry obviously. He may have lost five times but it didn't make him a loser. The American's loved his tenacity. They also loved him and literally clubbed together (those who wanted to donate gave no more than a dollar) and presented him with a Loving Cup to show their appreciation of his attempts. It was engraved "To possibly the world's worst yacht builder, but absolutely the world's most cheerful loser."
Some people might have been a wee bit miffed at having their yacht building skills rubbished at the same time as being called a loser but he was delighted at being honoured. When he died the cup was returned to the New York Yacht Club.
Sorry about that.
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