Who Am I? Week #785

[kingchuck69]

Welcome to the 785th edition of Who Am I?, the weekly game where I dish out a daily clue to a subject and you have to guess who or what it is.

Every day, the clues get easier. The winner of this week's game gets a piece of my gratitude.

This week's subject is a THING.

CLUE #1: I was founded over 150 years ago.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Baseball

 

[HecticArt]

Eli Lilly

 

[Madison]

The Kentucky Derby

 

[scotchandcigar]

Standard Oil

 

[Listener]

Johnnie Walker

 

[scotchandcigar]

Johnnie Walker

Red or Black?

 

[Wolf]

US Department of Justice

 

[Channel98]

The New York Times – which, by the way, is not "failing" and does not print "fake news."

 

[kingchuck69]

CLUE #2: I started as a paper mill.

 

[Aaron]

Kimberly-Clark

 

[Madison]

Tape measure

 

[HecticArt]

Zippo Lighter Comany?

 

[scotchandcigar]

Nokia

 

[Wolf]

Billerud AB

 

[Channel98]

Crane Currency, founded as Crane & Company. They manufacture the 75%-cotton-25%-linen paper used for United States paper money.

 

[kingchuck69]

Kimberly-Clark

Congratulations, Aaron!

This week's subject was Kimberly-Clark, the company behind Kleenex, Huggies, Cottonelle and various other brands of household goods.

The company was founded in 1872 in Neenah, Wisconsin by John Kimberly, Havilah Babcock and Charles Clark. They started as a paper mill and over the years, they acquired their famous brands.

Howard Stern fans may remember that "Kimberlee Clark" was one of the lifeguards on his 2000s TV series, Son of the Beach. She was played by Kimberly Oja, who retired from acting and is now in the medical profession.

Last week, Kimberly-Clark made headlines when their million-foot warehouse in Ontario, California burned to the ground because of a disgruntled employee. While lighting skids of Scott paper towels and Kleenex ablaze, he uttered that this is what happens when a company doesn't pay their workers a living wage.



New game next week!