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Charles Leiper Grigg

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Inventor

The Resume

    (May 11, 1868-April 16, 1940)
    Co-founded the Howdy Company (1920)
    Invented 7 Up in St. Louis, Missouri (October 1929)
    Renamed the Howdy Company to The Seven-Up Company (1936)

Why he might be annoying:

    His original name for 7 Up is 'Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda.'
    He named his earlier soft drinks 'Whistle' and 'Howdy.'
    Whistle and Howdy were orange-flavored soft drinks that could not compete with rival Orange Crush.
    His sale price for a bottle of 7 Up was much higher than his competition.
    According to 7Up.com, there were already more than 600 known lemon-lime soft drinks on the market at the time of 7 Up's debut.
    Although he's not directly responsible for this, The Seven-Up Company gave us Spot, the dopey red dot character that lives inside the 7 Up logo. He even had his own video game!
    7 Up also gave us the Lymon (half lemon/half lime - run for your life).
    & up also gave us 'Uncola.'
    There is an urban legend stating that he was an albino.
    There is no reliable source as to why the drink is named 7 Up.

Why he might not be annoying:

    Before becoming a beverage manufacturer, he worked in advertising.
    Even though he invented 7 Up two weeks before the stock market crashed, it survived and is now one of the best selling soft drinks in the world.
    He marketed 7 Up as a drink that cures hangovers.
    A children's game was named after 7 Up.

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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 56 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 36 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 100 Votes: 47.00% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 129 Votes: 42.64% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 214 Votes: 43.93% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 31 Votes: 12.90% Annoying