Forums > Social Discussion > Hula hoop and frisbee pioneer, Richard Knerr, dies at 82
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I hope I live until I'm 82! RIP Richard and thanks for the hoops!
I hope I live until I'm 82! RIP Richard and thanks for the hoops!
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interesting article. i didn't realise the hula hoop (before it was called the hula hoop) originated in australia!
Written by: Spanner
Man who gave Hula Hoop to the world dies (Guardian article)
interesting article. i didn't realise the hula hoop (before it was called the hula hoop) originated in australia!
when i grow up, i want to be a circus freak.
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Posted:
Looks like this man was a kid at heart.
Looks like this man was a kid at heart.
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He invented silly string too :o I owe this man alot!
what a legend
He invented silly string too :o I owe this man alot!
what a legend
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Wow to think just a slight deviation and we'd be swinging Hills Hoists round our waists!
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i didn't realise the hula hoop (before it was called the hula hoop) originated in australia!
Wow to think just a slight deviation and we'd be swinging Hills Hoists round our waists!
.....Can't juggle balls but I sure as hell can juggle details....
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Posted:
just as well he wasn't married to my mum. she would have hated him. lol!
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Looks like this man was a kid at heart.
just as well he wasn't married to my mum. she would have hated him. lol!
when i grow up, i want to be a circus freak.
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seems like a jolly fellow ^_^
shame to only find out about him after he has passed on but looking at those pictures its hard to feel down.
seems like a jolly fellow ^_^
shame to only find out about him after he has passed on but looking at those pictures its hard to feel down.
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I didn't realize he'd come up with so many lovely things. Incidentally, anyone seen The Hudsucker Proxy? Great movie. Worth seeing. It's from the Coen Brothers, it has Tim Robbins, and hula hoops.
"You know, for kids!"
I didn't realize he'd come up with so many lovely things. Incidentally, anyone seen The Hudsucker Proxy? Great movie. Worth seeing. It's from the Coen Brothers, it has Tim Robbins, and hula hoops.
"You know, for kids!"
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