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

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

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

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

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

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

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.