#1 The Pet Rock: Invented in 1975 in California, it spread like wildfire to the rest of the country. This was a pet that required no food, no care and still gave its owner a few moments of pleasure.
#2 The Venus Flytrap: Popularized in the 1970's by "Little Shop of Horrors". Our friends at Wikipedia define it as "a carnivorous plant that catches and digests animal prey (mostly insects and arachnids). The trapping structure is formed by the terminal portion of each of the plant's leaves. The plant's name refers to Venus, the Roman goddess of love and plant life." These are so gross to watch.
#3 The Lava Lamp: Invented in the 60's, this useless but decorative lamp has a gentle flow of randomly-shaped blobs of wax suggests the flowing of hot liquid magma volcano lava. Groovy man....
#4 The Magic 8 Ball: Invented in 1946, it is a hollow, plastic ball made to resemble an over sized, black and white 8 ball. The fortunes are given by a white plastic die in the shape of an icosahedron, floating in a blue liquid, with answers to yes-no questions in raised letters on its 20 triangular faces. If you are interested, the standard answers are: Signs point to yes. Yes. Most likely. Without a doubt. Yes - definitely. As I see it, yes. You may rely on it. Outlook good. It is certain. It is decidedly so. Reply hazy, try again. Better not tell you now. Ask again later. Concentrate and ask again. Cannot predict now. My sources say no. Very doubtful. My reply is no. Outlook not so good. Don't count on it.
#5 The Chia Pet: Originated in the early 1980's, the Chia Pet achieved widespread popularity. They became somewhat of a fad in the 1990's but surprisingly resurfaced in the late 90's and early 00's and revived it's fad status. The catch-phrase related to the Chia Pet, sung in the commercial as the plant grows, is "Ch-ch-ch-chia!" (oh go ahead, "sing out Louise", you know you want to)
#5 The Chia Pet: Originated in the early 1980's, the Chia Pet achieved widespread popularity. They became somewhat of a fad in the 1990's but surprisingly resurfaced in the late 90's and early 00's and revived it's fad status. The catch-phrase related to the Chia Pet, sung in the commercial as the plant grows, is "Ch-ch-ch-chia!" (oh go ahead, "sing out Louise", you know you want to)
#6 The Rubiks Cube: Originally invented in 1974 by a dude named Erno Rubik, but it achieved popularity in 1980. In fact over one hundred million cubes were sold in the period from 1980 to 1982. Amazingly, it has over 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 different positions, but can usually be solved in just 27 or fewer moves. Zoinks!
And in the tradition of The Saturday Seven, the bonus item, at no extra charge is: The Bean Bag chair. These hideous creations were hugely popular as "mod" furniture during the late 1960s and early 1970s, and gained popularity again in the 1990s, as companies began selling chairs filled with shredded polyurethane foam.
-Rick Rockhill
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