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Father of the Frisbee Dies At 90

Posted by timothy on from the contributed-many-years-of-aggregate-pleasure dept.

theodp writes "Walter Fredrick Morrison, whose post-World War II invention of a 'flying' plastic disc became the American recreational icon known as the Frisbee, has died at age 90 of age-related causes (great obit pic). Wham-O Inc. has sold more than 200 million Frisbees since Morrison sold the company the rights to what he called the Pluto Platter in 1957. The roots of today's aerodynamic Frisbees go back to 1937, when Morrison and his future wife tossed a large popcorn can lid back and forth for fun during a Thanksgiving party."

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  1. news for neurotypicals, stuff that doesn't matter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Seriously, has Slashdot jumped the shark? This definitely would not have been posted here ten years ago.

  2. FROST PIST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    rIf y0u answered

  3. Frisbee trademark delenda est by dsanfte · · Score: -1, Troll

    Who's up for getting together and destroying the Frisbee trademark forever? I am pretty sure we could make a good case it has lost its distinctiveness and is now a common term.

    Then we could finally go back to calling it Ultimate Frisbee, instead of the vaguely pretentious-sounding 'Ultimate'.

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    occultae nullus est respectus musicae - originally a Greek proverb