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A.C.M.E.
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coyote said on July 30, 2002 08:08:
Another off topic question:
In the Loonely Tunes evrything is fabricated by A.C.M.E.
But what is the meaning of A.C.M.E.?
coyote said on July 31, 2002 05:24:
Me too for a long time...
@Close2U: everything is all right!
Lets see: “American Cartoon Movie Entertainment”
It sounds good, but it is not sure!
Close2U said on July 31, 2002 06:25:
Uhh....Coyote...although its a very off topic issue, I couldn’t resist searching for the real meaning of ACME. Because, when i was a bit younger then today I always asked myself the same question.
And...this is what I found on www.acme.com...
What Does ACME Mean?
We get this question a lot, here at ACME Labs.
The dictionary definition is: “the top”, or “the highest point”, or just “perfection”. This is straight from Greek. (Greek mythology also includes a nymph named Acme.)
Apparently some early business school textbooks liked to use Acme as a business name in some of their examples.
There’s a story that the business school use is an acronym, standing for “A Company Manufacturing Everything”. This is probably false etymology.
Sears-Roebuck used Acme as one of their in-house brand names in the early 1900s, just like they use “Craftsman” today. For instance, take a look at this ad for an Acme anvil from the 1902 Sears catalog.
Warner Brothers apparently took the name from Sears and used it for the mail-order company in the Wile E. Coyote cartoons.
Hope this will help you sleep better....
GreetinX
alexandre100 said on April 15, 2005 23:44:
Just one question:
Were* there moderators in this forum at the end of July in 2002?
Because this discussion went too far...
*edited
Jud (moderator) said on April 16, 2005 08:17:
too far?
Well there weren’t as many as now, Thomas and I joined a bit later. There wasn’t an off-topic forum either :)
alexandre100 said on April 16, 2005 13:31:
Yes, I wrote “too far”...
You explained it very well.
Now I think it’s time to move it to the off-topic section...
Close2U said on July 30, 2002 09:49:
Try www.looneytunes.com.
and while you are there, ask the forum members what they think of roxette latest single....