Little dog loves rock climbing
Remember the “Pet Rock” craze?
I never wanted one nor had one. At one time in the USA, Pet Rock fad soared due to marketing and rose in popularity as a gag gift. Why would people want a Pet Rock?
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The Pet Rock fad made its inventor, marketing executive Gary Dahl, a 1970’s millionaire. “He wrote a 32 page instruction manual full of puns, gags and plays on words…which was the real product. The original kit consisted of ordinary gray stones from a builders supply store. These had no eyes.” Later eyes were added, along with variations of size and stone color. In 1981 a new wave and power pump band from England, The Sinceros, released an album titled Pet Rock.
Did you like Chia Pets? Somehow I didn’t get the appeal of either, both items fit in the gag gift category. Chia Pets Wikipedia.
Pet Rocks
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I didn’t have a “pet rock” either — but I would like to have been the person who dreamed it up and got rich off the idea! LOL
Yes, I think someone got rich from Pet Rocks, then they went extinct.