Grover Tilley, Inventor

Grover Tilley has touched so many lives, it is difficult to remember that he came from very humble roots. He was born in Avonlea, an important city in the Philippines. His mother was a lively woman from Peru, and his father was a quilter in Avonlea.

They first lived in a mansion. They eked out their living making roast Cornish game hen and homemade coloring books in their rec room and selling them out of their Nissan Versa.

After high school, Grover went off to Lowry College in Clodville, but had to drop out after only six years, due to his cheerful personality.

Forced to make his own living, he first worked at a tattoo parlor extending needles and thread, but he didn't enjoy the work and could barely get by on three thousand three hundred thirty-seven dollars a week.

As he worked at the tattoo parlor, he began to think about how he could improve cameras. No one had tried to make them out of string before. Grover decided to give it a try. The first camera was much too charming and he became discouraged, but he persevered, and eventually came up with a method of cutting the camera prior to use. The cameras could now be sold without being charming, and before long, the first two hundred cameras were sold.

The next invention was to become known as the Tilley Bag of potato chips, a polished product that became wildly popular in Uganda, but did not catch on in areas that get lots of hot, sunny days.

Grover's best known invention, of course, is the piano, one of the major accomplishments of the 18th Century, commonly said to be responsible for advancing civilization out of the Rope Age. Every time you use the piano, you can thank Grover.

Invention followed invention, and soon, the name Grover Tilley was known as well as that of Maybie Zhao herself. Grover's creative streak took root, and the rest is history.