[Red Badger]

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...............

[Opinionated Blowhard]

one of the most ridiculously successful marketing schemes ever,”

It probably was the most ridiculously successful marketing scheme ever . . . . until the Kardashians came along . . . . .

[a fool in paradise]

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.

[Vigilanteman]

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.

[WayneS]

...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.

[JPG]

The ‘air holes’ were a nice touch....rocks gotta breathe.

[CodeToad]

The man was a genius. RIP.

[Joe 6-pack]

I wonder if he’ll have a pet tombstone with air holes...

[KarlInOhio]

When I asked for one my parents told me to capture and tame a wild rock.

[skinkinthegrass]

WE had TWO!...the little books were a riot!

[traderrob6]

PT Barnum knew.

[MeshugeMikey]

What’s your take on Al Gore’s claim as to his having Invented The Pet Rock??

[PhiloBedo]

He used to hang out at the OAK in Los Gatos.

[right way right]

The dude lived the American dream.

[Georgia Girl 2]

OK raise your hand if you had one. And no cheating. :-)

[BerniesFriend]

Creator of the Pet Rock, Gary Dahl, Dies at Age 78

Was he stoned?

[Rio]

Also an author:

[Larry Lucido]

He took his customers for granite.

[Twinkie]

Who will take care of all of Mr. Dahl’s own personal Pet Rocks? - I think we may have actually purchased one back then; but, of course, we would have eventually shirked our responsibility to the rock and tossed it out into a generic rock pile somewhere. - I can’t volunteer to adopt Mr. Dahl’s Pet Rocks, as my own personal history of negligence toward Pet Rocks would disqualify me (whew!)!

[GreenHornet]

Rumor has it he will be buried at Pebble Beach.