Silly Inventions That Made Millions

@LadyDuck (471508)

• Switzerland

15 Jan 16

I cannot believe that people can buy those things. I have seen a list of crazy objects.

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AbbyGreenhill

@AbbyGreenhill (45494)

• United States

15 Jan 16

@LadyDuck I think my mother in law used to give the worst of the silly gifts.

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DEV D

@abhinalstrikr (4111)

• India

16 Jan 16

sometimes its just for fashion people own it without purpose.and it being good to others doesn't look worthy to others

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Oshy

@TiarasOceanView (70022)

• United States

15 Jan 16

I always wanted one of those fish Anna. But never got one. They are indeed just fads.

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Oshy

@TiarasOceanView (70022)

• United States

15 Jan 16

@LadyDuck I like the plain fish Anna haha with many different hats.

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@LadyDuck (471508)

• Switzerland

15 Jan 16

Oh poor you, I am so sorry nobody bought one for you. Do you prefer the plain fish or the one with the Santa Klaus hat?

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@LadyDuck (471508)

• Switzerland

15 Jan 16

@TiarasOceanView I am pretty sure it's still for sale, I have not checked.

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Marlina

@marlina (154131)

• Canada

15 Jan 16

I do remember the hula hoop. Was never very good at using it.

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@LadyDuck (471508)

• Switzerland

16 Jan 16

At least hula hoop was funny, I was pretty good at using it, but my cousin was much better.

Ann LeFlore

@poehere (15123)

• French Polynesia

15 Jan 16

I loved the Troll doll and I had tons of them. I had every color hair, size, and even a bank. I wished my mom ever threw mine away when she moved. I had so many of them it was amazing.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (139717)

• Roseburg, Oregon

16 Jan 16

@sgbrown I had some troll dolls and the outfits for them. My oldest daughter has mine and loves them/

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@LadyDuck (471508)

• Switzerland

16 Jan 16

I remember the troll dolls, I never had one, I already went to school when they reached the shelves.

Sheila Brown

@sgbrown (1638)

• United States

16 Jan 16

I had several troll dolls too. I have no idea why we liked them, maybe they were so ugly, they were cute!

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DianneN

@DianneN (247186)

• United States

15 Jan 16

I agree with you on hula hoops, but the other things are ridiculous! People spend so much money on pure junk! A fool and his money are soon parted, and those inventors must realize that.

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@LadyDuck (471508)

• Switzerland

15 Jan 16

I fear that we are too intelligent to come out with something like this. We would never imagine that it can sell.

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DianneN

@DianneN (247186)

• United States

15 Jan 16

@LadyDuck We would be quite wealthy if we were stupid idiots! Lol!

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paigea

@paigea (36317)

• Canada

15 Jan 16

I agree that the hula hoop at least has a purpose. I can't believe the other things made their owners money! Has the hula hoop become popular again over there? It is here.

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@LadyDuck (471508)

• Switzerland

15 Jan 16

Yes, it became popular again, but I remember that those made in the 50s were better.

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@LadyDuck (471508)

• Switzerland

15 Jan 16

@paigea I have not seen those one locally. Here we have the cheap ones, not very good.

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paigea

@paigea (36317)

• Canada

15 Jan 16

@LadyDuck The everyday ones were likely better in the 50s. But they have some high end ones that are expensive to buy now. They are thick and heavy. I guess they are for the serious hula hooper!

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

15 Jan 16

There have been countless weird inventions over the years, with the successful ones often being totally unpredictable.

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

15 Jan 16

@LadyDuck The same applied to the furry dice that were sold by the millions to hang above the dashboard.

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@LadyDuck (471508)

• Switzerland

15 Jan 16

You are right, I remember the little dog that moved the head that plenty of people had in their cars. It was pretty silly too.

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@LadyDuck (471508)

• Switzerland

15 Jan 16

@Asylum I remember those one too and the little hand waving, very bad taste.

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Kevin

@kevin1877uk (36988)

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16 Jan 16

I'm sure there are many ideas out that made millions, I just need to come up with one myself lol.

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Kevin

@kevin1877uk (36988)

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16 Jan 16

@LadyDuck Yeah I know, look at the loomy bands one of the least crazies around the world.

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@LadyDuck (471508)

• Switzerland

16 Jan 16

I feel so dumb when I see that such silly things can make money and I cannot come out with something similar.

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@LadyDuck (471508)

• Switzerland

16 Jan 16

@kevin1877uk The worst is that, when I look at those items I usually think they cannot sell.

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Michelle

@infatuatedbby (94914)

• United States

15 Jan 16

Oh yeah, I don't understand this fish either. I think its the hype or a knick knack item that people want at the moment but when they get home it's trash

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Michelle

@infatuatedbby (94914)

• United States

15 Jan 16

@LadyDuck I have tons of these impulse purchases and then when I get home, it's like what am I thinking? Or when I am cleaning - I don't even remember the purpose! The target of these companies is to sell something "different/unique" but not too expensive so it won't break the bank either. Then, imagine how many people will buy = making millions!

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@LadyDuck (471508)

• Switzerland

15 Jan 16

@infatuatedbby This is the great behind those ideas, they are inexpensive and unique. I also bought plenty of things while traveling that I re-gifted when back home.

@LadyDuck (471508)

• Switzerland

15 Jan 16

You are probably right, they see the object in the shop and it seems funny, but as soon you are back home it ends in the trash.

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Peter B. Giblett

@pgiblett (6524)

• Canada

18 Jan 16

Oh that was such a disgusting invention and in all honesty the Tamagotchi was little better. I remember my son wasting hours trying to keep his one alive. I remember hula-hoops when I was a kid in the 70s and think they are needed today because they keep kids active.

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Peter B. Giblett

@pgiblett (6524)

• Canada

18 Jan 16

@LadyDuck They used to sell the fish in the £1 store in the UK when my son was growing up. As far as I was aware no-one bought it.

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@LadyDuck (471508)

• Switzerland

19 Jan 16

@pgiblett I only saw the fish during my trips to the United States. At those times I lived in Monte-Carlo, I have never seen the fish there, nor in France and Italy.

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@LadyDuck (471508)

• Switzerland

18 Jan 16

I liked the hula hoop, I had one when I was a teenager. I also had a Tamagotchi, but it was hard to keep that thing alive. I never found this fish attractive or interesting, I hated it.

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wiLLmaH

@wiLLmaH (8802)

• Singapore, Singapore

15 Jan 16

Because tamagotchi and this singing fish gives joy/happiness to people. :)

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wiLLmaH

@wiLLmaH (8802)

• Singapore, Singapore

15 Jan 16

@LadyDuck crazy -- in good or bad side? Hehe.

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@LadyDuck (471508)

• Switzerland

15 Jan 16

@wiLLmaH Bad side, the little thing always asked for food or something else. I remember that I was annoyed to let it die, but I did not want to take care of it anymore.

I gave it to a friend.

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@LadyDuck (471508)

• Switzerland

15 Jan 16

I had a tamagotchi (received as a gift) and it made me crazy.

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

15 Jan 16

I've never heard of the fish one, and though I have heard of the others they passed me by too. We had hoops at school well before the hula hoop.

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@LadyDuck (471508)

• Switzerland

16 Jan 16

The fish one was sold in the United States in the nineties. I remember I hated to hear it singing, no matter where you go there was this silly sing singing. You can see the hoops in the ancient Greece paintings. As a matter of fact the hula hoops was invented by them.

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Boingboing

@boiboing (13153)

• Northampton, England

16 Jan 16

I think the tamogotchi was quite fun and helped teach kids about responsibility.

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@LadyDuck (471508)

• Switzerland

16 Jan 16

In a certain sense it is true, but that little thing was never happy, he wanted to eat, then to have fund, every minute it asked for something. I know because I had one

@LadyDuck (471508)

• Switzerland

16 Jan 16

@boiboing

I am pretty sure you are right. I had no kids.

Boingboing

@boiboing (13153)

• Northampton, England

16 Jan 16

@LadyDuck Training for having kids, perhaps.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (340019)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Feb 16

I remember the pet rocks. I think you can still buy them but maybe they are old stock.

We saw a girl in Freiburg busking with about 20 hula hoops. She had her act down to a fine art.

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@LadyDuck (471508)

• Switzerland

5 Feb 16

I remember that I saw the pet rocks in the United States, I never understood how someone could buy such a stupid thing.

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@LadyDuck (471508)

• Switzerland

6 Feb 16

@JudyEv I agree and I told to my husband that we will never come out with a successful idea, because we discard everything that sounds "stupid".

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (340019)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Feb 16

@LadyDuck I thought they were stupid too. But if you can convince people something is fashionable or a 'must have' they'll buy anything.

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rebel_woman06

@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

18 Jan 16

Yes, i remember that tamagochi . I find it silly , how some people can be into that .

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rebel_woman06

@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

18 Jan 16

@LadyDuck I am sure you will not but it for yourself .

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@LadyDuck (471508)

• Switzerland

18 Jan 16

I remember that I had the tamagochi, but I am sure I did not buy it, I wonder if I received it as a gift at a supermarket. It was silly.

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Sharon

@simone10 (54187)

• Louisville, Kentucky

24 Jan 16

I never did understand the interest in Billy Bass. There is no way I would have wanted that in my house, although my husband at the time thought it was a cool idea.

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@LadyDuck (471508)

• Switzerland

24 Jan 16

It was ugly and annoying, I do not know how they sold so many pieces of this thing.

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Sharon

@simone10 (54187)

• Louisville, Kentucky

25 Jan 16

@LadyDuck Neither do I. I know a lot of people bought them as jokes for their friends or family members but there were a lot of people who liked them. Pretty strange to me.

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Robert

@lokisdad (4226)

• United States

18 Jan 16

I remember the bass it was just cool to see a singing fish i guess it would be like going to a cabin and all of the sudden the bear skin rug starts to sing some silly song along with the other taxidermy items. However it's silly but entertaining.

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@LadyDuck (471508)

• Switzerland

18 Jan 16

But it looked a lot like a "fake" fish and after a moment of amusement it became really boring.

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Robert

@lokisdad (4226)

• United States

18 Jan 16

@LadyDuck Lol maybe for the adults us kids couldn't get enough of it I was a kid then I viewed the world differently although now as an adult I think why was that so funny to me then.

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Anna M. Wilkes

@gr8nana6 (6614)

• Conyers, Georgia

16 Jan 16

Oh my I do remember that stupid Bass hanging on our basement wall singing, I hated that thing lol.

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@LadyDuck (471508)

• Switzerland

16 Jan 16

Maria, I also hated that thing, it was everywhere in the 90s. I think to remember that the song was "Don't worry, be happy".

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Anna M. Wilkes

@gr8nana6 (6614)

• Conyers, Georgia

16 Jan 16

@LadyDuck Yup I think that's the song, I hated it.

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17713)

• South Africa

18 Jan 16

people buy strange things - we saw this one day and because my hubby is a keen Bass fisherman we nearly bought it - however I resisted and glad I did. Imagine having that noisy Bass in my home?

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