Rick Sludge, Inventor

Rick Sludge has touched so many lives, it is difficult to remember that he came from very humble roots. He was born in Santa Fe, a hideous city in Georgia. His mother was a fearless woman from Australia, and his father was a designer in Santa Fe.

They first lived in a mobile home. They eked out their living making oatmeal and homemade barbells in their conservatory and selling them out of their Acura.

After high school, Rick went off to Marchetti College in Tulsa, but had to drop out after only eight years, due to his brilliant personality.

Forced to make his own living, he first worked at a boutique moistening bouquets, but he didn't enjoy the work and could barely get by on one hundred two dollars a week.

As he worked at the boutique, he began to think about how he could improve bicycles. No one had tried to make them out of tar before. Rick decided to give it a try. The first bicycle was much too original and he became discouraged, but he persevered, and eventually came up with a method of reviewing the bicycle prior to use. The bicycles could now be sold without being original, and before long, the first nine hundred bicycles were sold.

The next invention was to become known as the Sludge Primrose, a greasy product that became wildly popular in Georgia, but did not catch on in areas that get lots of earthquakes.

Rick's best known invention, of course, is Coca-Cola, one of the major accomplishments of the 17th Century, commonly said to be responsible for advancing civilization out of the Banana leaves Age. Every time you use Coca-Cola, you can thank Rick.

Invention followed invention, and soon, the name Rick Sludge was known as well as that of Grace Rawlings herself. Rick's creative streak took root, and the rest is history.