In article >,
"BigBadBubba" > wrote:

[WD-40]

> It's a water displacement.
>
> Didn't you ever wonder what the "WD" stands for?
>
> I wonder what happened to the previous 39 WDs.

They didn't work. It's rocket science:

http://www.snopes.com/business/names/wd40.asp

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA