I heard the story slightly differently.

I was along the line of nylon.

Task was to find a chemical for a purpose - I don't think it was glue.

When the mixture came out - experiment xx - it was nominal in value.

He, the scientist, made a pad of paper for his admin and she started
to use it - and it was like wildfire in that 3M site.

Martin

On 2/12/2011 6:43 PM, RicodJour wrote:
On Feb 12, 6:32 pm, wrote:
On 2011-02-12 14:48:51 -0500, said:

It looks just like a
booger and it's as sticky as one, without the grossness involved.

You're right -- in the printing industry, it IS commonly referred to as
"booger glue."

Is it really? Makes sense I guess. I think that's another offshoot
from the 3M Post-It Note invention. The story goes that the 3M guy
who invented the stuff couldn't figure out a use for such a weak
adhesive, and his secretary used some to stick notes on his papers.
When other secretary's saw the notes they asked where they could get
some and an industry was born.

R