Fred Morrison invented the frisbee. He originally called it the "Pluto Platter". The BBC says he got the idea from tossing a pie pan back and forth on the beach with his future wife, Lu. California kids called it "frisbie" after a popular local pie. Whamo! bought the rights to Morrison's Pluto Platter in 1957, and marketed it as "Frisbee" to appeal to the kids without getting sued by an angry baker.
A Frisbie pie tin. It does look like it could fly.And ever since ...
It's been fun for young humans ...
... and fun for happy dogs for decades around the world (somewhere in the world right now, even in Iran and North Korea, someone is playing frisbee).
Fun for everyone! (No, I will not vouch for the authenticity of this photo)God bless you Fred Morrison for bringing so much happiness into the world! What prophet or politician could ever say the same?
The pie tin in the second picture must be quite salacious, as Websense, the library's e-censor, apparently deems it not safe for work. I'll have to wait till I'm elsewhere to see it.
ReplyDeleteWebsense has lost its mind. It's just a pie tin.
ReplyDeleteWebsense had a mind?
ReplyDelete;=)
ReplyDeleteHad never before considered the possibilities of being a croc.
ReplyDeleteFun for JCF & Bailey!
ReplyDeleteJCF,
ReplyDeleteIs that you with the splendid dog in the picture? If so, you should show yourself more often! I should think people would throw themselves at you.
Oh Doug, you charmer. ;-)
ReplyDeleteThe "Frisbee" game w/ "splendid" Bailey got cut short . . . because (as you can see from the pic) it wasn't actually a Frisbee. It was a cheap promotional knock-off (which brother had probably had 10 years anyway) that fell apart after about a half-dozen trips in Bailey's mouth! [We then resorted to sticks and pine cones for fetching purposes. :-)]
It was a wonderful way to spend Christmas Day (but, for being about the closest snow to "El Lay" this year, it seemed about half the megalopolis joined us up there on Mt Pinos! :-0)