Is that not the cheapest and lamest gift ever?
2007-04-23 11:34:26 · 28 answers · asked by Q.London 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
The pet rock actually started in the early to mid seventies.It was a rock(some were decorated with eyes,hair,etc) that came in a box with holes in it(it had to breathe didn't it?).It quickly became a fad and later died out by the time the early eighties hit.
2007-04-23 11:40:11 · answer #1 · answered by Syd F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pet Rocks were a 1970s fad conceived by Los Gatos, California advertising executive Gary Dahl. The first Pet Rocks were ordinary gray pebbles bought at a builder's supply store and marketed as if they were live pets. The fad lasted only about six months, ending with the Christmas season in December 1975; but in its short run, the Pet Rock made Dahl a millionaire.
2007-04-23 11:37:33 · answer #2 · answered by Dylan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Years ago, they came out with a Rock that people bought, brought home and named it, sat and talked to it and treated it like a pet. Talk about being lonely! Felt sorry for these people. The saddest thing about it is that this company was actually able to sell these things and probably made a fortune for the short time the fad lasted. I know if I would have thought this up, I would have been made the laughing stock of the world and kicked out of any patent place I would have applied for. Some people have it made for sure. I'm just jealous because I didn't think of it first. :o)
2007-04-23 11:40:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Pet rock made some people very wealthy about 25 - 30 years ago. It was a great gag item, and the talk of the country for quite a while.
2007-04-23 11:38:09 · answer #4 · answered by johN p. aka-Hey you. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not if it is hand painted and given a personality with a unique history. Like "This rock was given to George Washington the day after he won the battle of Mount Forth".
2007-04-23 11:37:05 · answer #5 · answered by treseuropean 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it may b lame but the guy who package it made millions.
a pet rock was just a silly thing to buy the person who had everything or someone that u didn't know what to get.
2007-04-23 11:42:01 · answer #6 · answered by Nora G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most people paint them or dress them up. Ok, so it's still a cheap and lame gift, but its usually not just a rock u found on the ground
2007-04-23 11:37:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep. When my brother ruined an expensive gift I received on my birthday, I got him a pet rock for his. HA. [:
2007-04-23 11:37:51 · answer #8 · answered by ___² 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First came to be in the early 1970's as a joke gift.
2007-04-23 11:37:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
lmao u got a pet rock ur so f*cken lucky a pet rock is like this big thing in the 80s u acualy treat it like a pet
2007-04-23 11:37:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋