# Availability of Chisanbop info in 1979

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**Created:** [April 2, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/availability-of-chisanbop-info-in-1979/1028981 "2026-04-02T20:11:49Z")\
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> [@When celebrities' reputations jump the shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-celebrities-reputations-jump-the-shark/1028887/146):
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> Walter Neff from _Double Indemnity_, aka Fred MacMurray hawking Chisanbop (a Korean finger math counting system) for $12.99 in 1979.

> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> Neither did I. I really wish others would explain what they mean.

The unwitting OP of this thread was directly responding to someone who said what they mean.

Edit, never mind this wasn’t a mod intervention, ignore.

In this case I agree the OP should have quoted for context.

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