Gary Dahl, Inventor of the Pet Rock, Dies at 78
I only mention this because of one of the most legendary threads in the history of the SDMB. I can only assume that today our long-since banned poster Thaidog, wherever he may be, is finally at peace. As are all the dogs anywhere near him.
I am somewhat embarrassed to admit that I was one of those who plunked down the $3.95 to buy my own Pet Rock. Like the esteemed Mr. Dahl it has gone to that big riverbed in the sky. RIP Gary. 
Maybe mourners will leave those California Beach Rocks stacked on his gravestone. No googly eyes, please.
Just FYI:
So The Pet Rock Lives!
As a geologist I fully support PETR.
And yet… his rocks live on.
I never bought one, but I had a rescue.
I was given one as a gift by my great uncle. Even as a five year old, I found the joke cute but tiresome rather quickly.
At least he didn’t die alone.
I burning this thread.
he specified that his gravestone have care and feeding instructions engraved on it.
I understand his last wishes were to be thrown down in a quarry.
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No one’s laughing out loud.
I have all free range rocks. They don’t bother me and I don’t bother them. Now and then I’ll leave a piece of chicken for them to eat, but they don’t need much sustenance
There’s this one rock that’s been stalking me for years. When I leave my apartment, there it is. When I come back home, it’s still there. I think it sits there all day waiting.
I think the word ‘inventor’ is stretching it a bit in this case.
Well, he came up with the idea. Would “author” be better?
“Hey! He made a* million dollars*!”
He glued eyes to rocks, he didn’t really invent anything. Of course, lots of people have slapped a fresh coat of paint on something old, called it something different, and made $cash when people didn’t recognize what they were buying.
i thought god invented the pet rock.
With apologies to Liberace, there’s a guy who truly laughed all the way to the bank.
smh :smack: