(Today, 04:28 AM)Ninurta Wrote:

(Yesterday, 12:23 PM)Michigan Swamp Buck Wrote: ...

The Pet Rock craze of the 70s comes to mind. Because anyone can pick up a rock off the ground, give it a name and make it a pet, it has little value as such. What people were actually buying was a certificate from the guy who came up with the idea. Then you have bragging rights when someone else has a rock from their backyard. This is kind of the idea it seems.

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My Pet Rock was definitely one of a kind, a rarity. I caught it and tamed it myself, out of the wild. I couldn't see giving someone actual money for something I could get for free, on my own, using a suitable trap to catch it, of course.

Although one-of-a-kind, I don't know if it ever had any actual value or not. Before I could investigate that matter, I accidentally left it's cage door open, and it escaped back into the wild.

Some times, especially on cold nights, I can still hear it tapping against the side of the house, wanting back in... but I'm done with it, I tell ya! I gave it the easy life, and it still ran off, so it can damned well stay out there in the wild!

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