Pet Rock "inventor" dies

[patrick66]

In one of the best "I can sell anything to anybody!" moves in the business world ever; the inventor of the Pet Rock, Gary Dahl, died today at age 78 in California. Really!

http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/gary-dahl-dies-pet-rock-inventor/2015/04/01/id/635772/

Dahl picked them up on a Mexican beach for one cent each and, after dressing them up and putting them in a cardboard box, then turned around and sold 1.5 million of them for $4.00 each.

I call that a brilliant move! Turning 1.5 million cents ($15K) into six million dollars is a coup, no matter how you look at it!

 

[tallhair]

How does a rock die and why did they name it "inventor" ?

 

[patrick66]

For the easily confused (LOL!), I will reword the headline:

The inventor of the Pet Rock is dead.

 

[tallhair]

For the easily confused (LOL!), I will reword the headline:

The inventor of the Pet Rock is dead.

Cheers Patrick

 

[Ironwolf]

How does a rock die and why did they name it "inventor" ?

I Guess it could happen ,,

The Cobra Crusher Mobile Rock Crusher Pulverizer

 

[68plymouth383]

I tell you what I typically get a good laugh out of your captioned post's.

I Guess it could happen ,,

The Cobra Crusher Mobile Rock Crusher Pulverizer

 

[commando1]

There were many well wishers paying tribute at his funeral.

 

[bluefury361]

I wonder if he got "stoned".....

 

[detmatt]

I'm almost sure he did.

 

[Samplingman]

That's how he came up with the idea in the first place.

 

[patrick66]

There were many well wishers paying tribute at his funeral.

Your best post yet!

 

[bulldogchesty]

Just what kind of idiots would buy a painted stone? Oh, never mind.

 

[Ironwolf]

Just what kind of idiots would buy a painted stone? Oh, never mind.

I guess there are some out there and a few .... WAY OUT THERE !!!!

 

[patrick66]

Just what kind of idiots would buy a painted stone? Oh, never mind.

They were not painted, just natural rock. No mods.

 

[bulldogchesty]

The one I bought had a face on it. Oh wait, forget I said that.

 

[Samplingman]

The one I bought had a face on it. Oh wait, forget I said that.

 

[commando1]

The one I bought had a face on it. Oh wait, forget I said that.