Thanks to the SDMB!

[Andy_L]

The other day, I was listening to a history podcast, which was discussing the Boer War, which reminded me of an ancient commercial I had vague memories of. When Googling for that commercial, what should pop up but this thread

"The Boer War" - need commercial id help

A very hazy (quite possibly inaccurate)snippet of an old tv commercial just burst into my tiny brain and it’s driving me batty. This would have been in the mid to late 70s (I was in SoCal if that makes any difference. I think the commercial would have been national). The scene (in my mind) seems to be a posh party of some kind. There’s a lot of chatter among the guests but the only dialogue I can recall is a woman saying “the Boer War”. The guests may have then muttered “the Boer War” among the…

which answered my question without further effort. All hail the Teeming Millions!

[LSLGuy]

We’re so quick w an answer that we can deliver it 5-1/2 years before the question is asked!

Wham-o products were a childhood staple. That’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time … a long time.

[DrDeth]

@LSLGuy

We’re so quick w an answer that we can deliver it 5-1/2 years before the question is asked!

We are quite good at answering crap that AI or even Google (unless a very deep dive) cant, arent we?

[Atamasama]

Wham-O is still around, making Frisbees, Hacky Sacks, Slip N’ Slides, Hula Hoops, Magic Sand, etc.

[Fear_Itself]

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