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Creator of the Pet Rock, Gary Dahl, Dies at Age 78
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| 04/01/2015
Posted on 04/01/2015 7:15:30 AM PDT by Wolfie
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posted on
04/01/2015 7:15:30 AM PDT
by
Wolfie
To: Wolfie
Bob Seger Like A Rock
Stood there boldly
Sweatin’, in the sun
Felt like a million
Felt like number one
The height of summer
I’,d never felt that strong
Like a rock
I was eighteen
Didn’t have a care
Working for peanuts
Not a dime to spare
But I was lean and
Solid everywhere
Like a rock
My hands were steady
My eyes were clear and bright
My walk had purpose
My steps were quick and light
And I held firmly
To what I felt was right
Like a rock
Like a rock, I was strong as I could be
Like a rock, nothin’, ever got to me
Like a rock, I was something to see
Like a rock
And I stood arrow straight
Unencumbered by the weight
Of all these hustlers and their schemes
I stood proud, I stood tall
High above it all
I still believed in my dreams
Twenty years now
Where’,d they go?
Twenty years
I don’,t know
I sit and I wonder sometimes
Where they’,ve gone
And sometimes late at night
When I’,m bathed in the firelight
The moon comes callin’, a ghostly white
And I recall
I recall
Like a rock, standin’, arrow straight
Like a rock, chargin’, from the gate
Like a rock, carryin’, the weight
Like a rock
Like a rock, the sun upon my skin
Like a rock, hard against the wind
Like a rock, I see myself again
Like a rock...............
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posted on
04/01/2015 7:18:50 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: Wolfie
one of the most ridiculously successful marketing schemes ever, It probably was the most ridiculously successful marketing scheme ever . . . . until the Kardashians came along . . . . .
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posted on
04/01/2015 7:19:06 AM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: Wolfie; Slings and Arrows; GeronL; Squawk 8888
ROCK MUSIC PING!
“I Am A Rock” - Simon and Garfunkel
I am a rock,
I am an island.
And a rock feels no pain;
And an island never cries.
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posted on
04/01/2015 7:22:19 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
To: Opinionated Blowhard
As much as I'm puzzled by the Kardashian thing, Mr. Dahl had poeple bying a rock. In a box. With airholes. I mean, that's genius.
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posted on
04/01/2015 7:22:36 AM PDT
by
Wolfie
To: Wolfie
Gary Dahl was a visionary, but I don’t think even he could imagine at the time that we’d elect one president in 2008 and again in 2012.
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posted on
04/01/2015 7:23:32 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: Red Badger
“Everybody must get stoned” - Bob Dylan
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posted on
04/01/2015 7:23:59 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
To: Wolfie
And a year later, they elected Mr. Peanut.
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posted on
04/01/2015 7:24:52 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
To: Wolfie
...one of the most ridiculously successful marketing schemes ever... It's ridiculous success does not hold a candle to that of the ridiculous marketing scheme that hoodwinked millions of people in to electing Barack Obama president of the United States...
...twice.
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posted on
04/01/2015 7:25:20 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Barack Obama makes Neville Chamberlin look like George Patton.)
To: Wolfie
The ‘air holes’ were a nice touch....rocks gotta breathe.
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posted on
04/01/2015 7:25:39 AM PDT
by
JPG
(The GOPe will always find a way to surrender)
To: Wolfie
The man was a genius. RIP.
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posted on
04/01/2015 7:26:56 AM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Islam should be outlawed and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
To: Wolfie
I wonder if he’ll have a pet tombstone with air holes...
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posted on
04/01/2015 7:27:52 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: Wolfie
When I asked for one my parents told me to capture and tame a wild rock.
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posted on
04/01/2015 7:28:17 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Darth Obama on 529 plans: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.)
To: a fool in paradise
Rock Me Baby
Song by B.B. King, Eric Clapton
Rock me baby, rock me all night long
Rock me baby, honey, rock me all night long
I want you to rock me baby,
Like my back ain’t got no bone
Roll me baby, like you roll a wagon wheel
I want you to roll me baby,
Like you roll a wagon wheel
Want you to roll me baby,
You don’t know how it makes me feel
Rock me baby, honey, rock me slow
Yeah, rock me pretty baby, baby rock me slow
Want you to rock me baby, till I want no more
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posted on
04/01/2015 7:28:31 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: Wolfie; All
WE had TWO!...the little books were a riot!
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posted on
04/01/2015 7:29:03 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
("Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid." Hedy Lamarr)
To: Wolfie
To: Wolfie
What’s your take on Al Gore’s claim as to his having Invented The Pet Rock??
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posted on
04/01/2015 7:29:11 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: Wolfie
I could only get my pet rock to obey one command: “Stay!”
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posted on
04/01/2015 7:30:02 AM PDT
by
NCLaw441
To: MeshugeMikey
“Whats your take on Al Gores claim as to his having Invented The Pet Rock??
Definitely true. I was there when Gary invented the Pet Rock with Al gore.
—Brian Williams
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posted on
04/01/2015 7:31:10 AM PDT
by
max americana
(fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
To: Wolfie
He used to hang out at the OAK in Los Gatos.
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posted on
04/01/2015 7:33:03 AM PDT
by
PhiloBedo
(You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
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