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Trivia: What toy from the 1970s was originally designed for medical purposes?

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Vibrator?

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Silly String

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Correct!! … Drake Straw guessed correctly, too, only he posted his answer in Russian.

Silly string??

Silly string??



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Silly string??

You're a little late, but that is correct.

Silly string??

Yes I know, but I would like an explanation please.



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Silly string??

In 1972, A United States Patent was issued to Leonard A. Fish, an inventor, and Robert P. Cox, a chemist, for a "foamable resinous composition." The partners initially wanted to create a can of aerosol that one would be able to spray on a broken/sprained leg or arm and use as an instant cast. Their invention worked, but when it came down to packaging the can, the two had to test 500 different kinds of nozzles. After having gone through about 30 or 40, Fish came upon one that produced a nice string, which shot about 30 feet across the room. This incident inspired Fish to turn the product into a toy. After altering the formula to be less sticky and adding colors, the pair decided to market their product. Because neither of them knew how to sell toys, they made an appointment with Wham-O in California. Fish describes how, during that meeting, he sprayed the can all over the person he was meeting with and all over his office. This person became very upset and asked him to leave the premises. One day later, Fish received a Western Union Telegram asking him to send 24 cans of "Squibbly" for a market test immediately, signed by the same individual who had kicked him out. He called them back and explained that, after he had finished cleaning up his office, the two owners of Wham-O had come back to talk to him, and one had noticed a piece of the string on a lamp shade – he had overlooked it while cleaning up. He explained where the string came from and the owners quickly asked him to send samples over for a market test. Two weeks later, Wham-O signed a contract with Fish and Cox to license the product now known as Silly String.

Silly string??

Oh, I was gonna say the hoola hoop.

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Silly string??

Amazing! Thanks.



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The Mickey and Minnie Mouse Play Doctor set.

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Was it the operation board game?

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Also, that game was invented in the 60s, not the 70s.

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The Slinky.

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Also, the Slinky was invented in the 1940s.

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Well, in that case The Stinky!
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Pretty popular!

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Silly Putty

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Silly Putty, like the Slinky, was invented in the early 1940s (actually, due to WWII-induced rubber shortage issues)

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Rock Em Sock Em Robots

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Although, some medical people do act like Rock Em Sock Em Robots, lol.

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Lol.



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Green Slime


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For fake titties and what not

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Hula hoop?

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Hula hoops were invented long before the 1970s.

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I think you've got it, Drake Straw, but you better translate that into English for all the non-Russian speakers here…

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The Russian was in lieu of a spoiler tag. There were so many misses I felt it was time to cheat. Нет сигары для меня.

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Silly String… some background history:
In 1972, A United States Patent was issued to Leonard A. Fish, an inventor, and Robert P. Cox, a chemist, for a "foamable resinous composition." The partners initially wanted to create a can of aerosol that one would be able to spray on a broken/sprained leg or arm and use as an instant cast. Their invention worked, but when it came down to packaging the can, the two had to test 500 different kinds of nozzles. After having gone through about 30 or 40, Fish came upon one that produced a nice string, which shot about 30 feet across the room. This incident inspired Fish to turn the product into a toy. After altering the formula to be less sticky and adding colors, the pair decided to market their product. Because neither of them knew how to sell toys, they made an appointment with Wham-O in California. Fish describes how, during that meeting, he sprayed the can all over the person he was meeting with and all over his office. This person became very upset and asked him to leave the premises. One day later, Fish received a Western Union Telegram asking him to send 24 cans of "Squibbly" for a market test immediately, signed by the same individual who had kicked him out. He called them back and explained that, after he had finished cleaning up his office, the two owners of Wham-O had come back to talk to him, and one had noticed a piece of the string on a lamp shade – he had overlooked it while cleaning up. He explained where the string came from and the owners quickly asked him to send samples over for a market test. Two weeks later, Wham-O signed a contract with Fish and Cox to license the product now known as Silly String.

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What a silly trivia question to string us along like that.

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It was fun while it lasted!

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And now the cans are empty.

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I’m going to guess The human Body. To be clear, I mean the children’s anatomy toy, as seen in Toys R Us when I was a kid.


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Sorry… the correct answer has already been posted 3 or 4 times.

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Dildo

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Speculum.

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