Bubble Wrap Turns 50 This Month. Did You Know ...

[george]

Bubble Wrap, happy 50th birthday

Bubble Wrap turns 50 this month. Did you know ...

• It was first invented by Marc Chavannes and Al Fielding as textured wallpaper.

• There are more than 250 Facebook pages devoted to Bubble Wrap.

• Its makers, Sealed Air, has global revenues of more than $4bn.

• Sealed Air sells official Bubble Wrap merchandise - from sports bottles to beach towels.

• The top fan site, virtual-bubblewrap.com, has identified eight different types of bubble, from snappers ("easy to pop, and loud") to duds (which "flatten with a disappointing 'fffsss'") and "buddy bubbles", which apparently "reinflate a neighbouring bubble when squeezed".

INTERACTIVE:

Relax or stress yourself with bubble-wrap:

--->> Click on the Bubble Wrap to pop the bubbles. How quick are you?

--->> http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/inter...26/bubble-wrap1

-- Guardian 2010-01-27

[surayu]

and just in case you got an Iphone too...

http://www.maclife.com/article/iphone/funn...s_headline_here

[TheMysteriousMrTesla]

And the connection to Thailand is ............?

[PhilHarries]

And the connection to Thailand is ............?

there are people in Thailand who like to pop bubble wrap.

[ballpoint]

And the connection to Thailand is ............?

there are people in Thailand who like to pop bubble wrap.

And, being 50, we all know it's over the age of consent.