Frisbee inventor dies

[noel]

Aged 90. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8512198.stm

Here's the strange bit:

In 1957 Mr Morrison sold the rights to the California firm Wham-O, which discovered that youngsters were calling the toy a "Frisbie" after the name of a well-known pie. The company changed the spelling to avoid trademark infringement and the Frisbee was born.

Why would children name a flying rotating disc after a pie?

[ukhursty]

I've been a bit skeptical of this news story....surely people have been throwing disc shaped objects for years??

[Alf]

Aged 90. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8512198.stm

Here's the strange bit:



Why would children name a flying rotating disc after a pie?

Maybe the case the pie came in ?

[Man from Del Monte]

Aged 90. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8512198.stm

Here's the strange bit:



Why would children name a flying rotating disc after a pie?

people in Wigan should be able to answer that?

[noel]

Maybe the case the pie came in ?

Aha. I see it now.

This pie-frisbee combo should be reintroduced: a nice tasty treat for the grown-ups and a toy for the kids. Like Kinder eggs are with mean parents.

Do you think the polo people would be interested in making a giant version for an aerobee flyer combo? What about boomerang-shaped foods? There must be a market.

[IanDarkpeak]

Aha. I see it now.

This pie-frisbee combo should be reintroduced: a nice tasty treat for the grown-ups and a toy for the kids. Like Kinder eggs are with mean parents.

this does exist when we go to the states we have to go to Captain Curts Crab and Oyster Bar as the kids menue is served on..... FRISBEES!!!!!

[Tussockface]

Maybe the case the pie came in ?

Correct. The pie dishes from 'Ma Frisbie's Apple Pies', I believe.

[mr brightside]

Aha. I see it now.

This pie-frisbee combo should be reintroduced: a nice tasty treat for the grown-ups and a toy for the kids. Like Kinder eggs are with mean parents.

Do you think the polo people would be interested in making a giant version for an aerobee flyer combo? What about boomerang-shaped foods? There must be a market.

Aerobie actually



I remember the advert with the thing flying past the distance markers, i was never given one for xmas...

[noel]

Aerobie actually

Ah yes, that's right - Aerobee was the name of a pie.

I remember the advert with the thing flying past the distance markers, i was never given one for xmas...

The best bit about aerobies was that they flew so far they were almost guaranteed to get stuck in a tree. This was rubbish if you were bought one as a child (which I wasn't). But great if you could climb trees and wanted one(which I could, and did). I think I had "my" one for about 3 weeks before it was claimed by a harder-to-climb tree. There is a chain of tree climbing ability up which aerobies were passed. Although this isn't widely known, the UK's tree-climbing champion owns 18,743 aerobies.

[Nathaniel Lee]

Reading this and someone mentioning Kinder Eggs. How about a new Race where Kinder Eggs are laid about the Kinder Plateau and the first one to find a certain amount and back to the finish wins. Yes i know there is something similar for children elsewhere i just like the egg and plateau names coming together.