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gijoe0720
07-19-2005, 05:37 PM
I have figured out why they call a hula hoop a hula hoop.
Alright so I am drivin down the road last night with my friend and listenin to Metallica. Can't remember what song though. He starts gettin "crunk". I got to thinkin about the hula for some reason which led to the hula hoop. When you do the hula you move your waste back and forth and all that good stuff. When you got a hula hoop it is like you are doin the hula inside it. That is why they call it a hula hoop. Am I a genius or what?
The Yousef
07-19-2005, 05:39 PM
ummmm....alrighty :goodjob: :dunno:
boosted1jz
07-19-2005, 05:39 PM
ummm
B16a2 Civic
07-19-2005, 05:43 PM
I have figured out why they call a hula hoop a hula hoop.
Alright so I am drivin down the road last night with my friend and listenin to Metallica. Can't remember what song though. He starts gettin "crunk". I got to thinkin about the hula for some reason which led to the hula hoop. When you do the hula you move your waste back and forth and all that good stuff. When you got a hula hoop it is like you are doin the hula inside it. That is why they call it a hula hoop. Am I a genius or what?
genius...i think not...waist maybe huh?
99ITRGIRL
07-19-2005, 05:45 PM
good for you!!
gijoe0720
07-19-2005, 05:50 PM
genius...i think not...waist maybe huh?
That too
HEATON
07-20-2005, 01:13 PM
Thought ppl already knew that?? But oh well here's the story...
You may think that the Hula Hoop was a fad born in the 1950s, but in fact people were doing much the same thing with circular hoops made from grape vines and stiff grasses all over the ancient world. More than three thousand years ago, children in Egypt played with large hoops of dried grapevines. The toy was propelled along the ground with a stick or swung around at the waist.
During the fourteenth century, a "hooping" craze swept England, and was as popular among adults as kids. The records of doctors at the time attribute numerous dislocated backs and heart attacks to "hooping." The word hula became associated with the toy in the early 1800s when British sailors visited the Hawaiian Islands and noted the similarity between "hooping" and hula dancing. In 1957, an Australian company began making wood rings for sale in retail stores.
The item attracted the attention of Wham-0, a fledgling California toy manufacturer. Richard P. Knerr and Arthur K. Melin, of Wham-O, manufactured a plastic hoop in a variety of bright colors. Knerr and Melin promoted it for months in 1958 on Southern California playgrounds where they would do demonstrations and give away hoops to get the children to learn and play. Their perseverence turned HULA HOOP into the greatest fad the country has ever seen. Twenty-five million were sold in four months!
The Hula Hoop was introduced in 1958 and made the two men very rich indeed.
The fad died out in the sixties, but Hula Hoops are now very much with us again thanks to the fitness craze. What better way to grind off those unsightly bulges around the waist and hips.
AT A GLANCE:
In 1957, an Australian company began making wood rings for sale in retail stores. The item attracted the attention of Wham-0, a fledgling California toy manufacturer. The next year Richard P. Knerr and Arthur K. Melin, of Wham-O, manufactured a plastic hoop in a variety of bright colors.
Invention: Hula-Hoop / noun / brand name / Tradeamark WHAM-O Inc
Function: A trademark used for a light plastic hoop that is whirled around the body for play or exercise by the movement of the hips.
Patent: Wham-O could not patent an ancient item
Inventor: Richard P. Knerr and Arthur K. Melin
Milestones:
BC
1000 Egypt children played with large hoops of dried grapevines.
AD
1948 Wham-O was born in a garage when they began producing slingshots that sold for 75 cents.
1957 an Australian company began making wood rings for sale in retail stores.
1958 Wham-O, manufactured a plastic hoop in a variety of bright colors.
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Kristi
07-20-2005, 03:14 PM
this is random...but funny. good thought!
i'm a genius too!
B16a2 Civic
07-20-2005, 03:16 PM
this is random...but funny. good thought!
i'm a genius too!
actually, if you were then your setence would like this
This is random, but funny. Good Though!
see, punctuation and capilization is your friend
Spyder
07-20-2005, 03:18 PM
genius...i think not...waist maybe huh?
either way its all moving back and fourth. lol..
Spyder
07-20-2005, 03:19 PM
actually, if you were then your setence would like this
This is random, but funny. Good Though!
see, punctuation and capilization is your friend
here is a spare "n" it looks like you were missing one as you were critiqueing someone elses spelling ;)
:lmfao:
B16a2 Civic
07-20-2005, 03:27 PM
here is a spare "n" it looks like you were missing one as you were critiqueing someone elses spelling ;)
:lmfao:
..repost
Spyder
07-20-2005, 03:29 PM
..repost
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B16a2 Civic
07-20-2005, 03:30 PM
:blah: :blah: :blah: :blah:
:rant: :mad: :rolleyes:
Spyder
07-20-2005, 03:33 PM
:rant: :mad: :rolleyes:
Dont get pissed homie ;)
BTW i may have to come down to C-town one of these weekends once it cools off... i know if its hot here its WAY to hot down there.
B16a2 Civic
07-20-2005, 03:34 PM
Dont get pissed homie ;)
BTW i may have to come down to C-town one of these weekends once it cools off... i know if its hot here its WAY to hot down there.
hell yeah, its hott as slavery, i was out for a few hours on sunday....now im even darker then be4.....and you kno girls love the lightskin niggas....:(
Spyder
07-20-2005, 03:37 PM
hell yeah, its hott as slavery, i was out for a few hours on sunday....now im even darker then be4.....and you kno girls love the lightskin niggas....:(
what were you doing outside? when i lived there you could walk outside and it was silent because people were hiding from the heat lol.
B16a2 Civic
07-20-2005, 03:40 PM
what were you doing outside? when i lived there you could walk outside and it was silent because people were hiding from the heat lol.
at a car show, SNAPZ car show....i got bamboozled into third place, but i won a cd player
Spyder
07-20-2005, 03:42 PM
at a car show, SNAPZ car show....i got bamboozled into third place, but i won a cd player
cool mang. now you have something else to sell lol.
B16a2 Civic
07-20-2005, 03:47 PM
cool mang. now you have something else to sell lol.
Lol oh its already sold, sold for 105.00 to the guy who lives in teh apartment below me, some jvc cd player, it was nice but not as good as the kenwood i got
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