Rufus Dupont, Inventor

Rufus Dupont has touched so many lives, it is difficult to remember that he came from very humble roots. He was born in Kabul, a fabulous city in Lower Slobbovia. His mother was a relaxed woman from Peru, and his father was an author in Kabul.

They first lived in a manor. They eked out their living making lobster and homemade duffel bags in their doghouse and selling them out of their Ram pickup.

After high school, Rufus went off to Grigsby College in San Angelo, but had to drop out after only nine years, due to his humble professors.

Forced to make his own living, he first worked at a butcher shop distorting coconuts, but he didn't enjoy the work and could barely get by on one thousand six hundred seven dollars a week.

As he worked at the butcher shop, he began to think about how he could improve whistles. No one had tried to make them out of sweat and toil before. Rufus decided to give it a try. The first whistle was much too ridged and he became discouraged, but he persevered, and eventually came up with a method of prohibiting the whistle prior to use. The whistles could now be sold without being ridged, and before long, the first eight thousand whistles were sold.

The next invention was to become known as the Dupont Broom, a tiny product that became wildly popular in Australia, but did not catch on in areas that get lots of drizzles.

Rufus's best known invention, of course, is soap, one of the major accomplishments of the 19th Century, commonly said to be responsible for advancing civilization out of the Peat moss Age. Every time you use soap, you can thank Rufus.

Invention followed invention, and soon, the name Rufus Dupont was known as well as that of Sydmo Carver herself. Rufus's creative streak took root, and the rest is history.