tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post5116453457213283231..comments2024-03-29T00:04:32.434-05:00Comments on Althouse: The man who put the heads on the Pez dispenser.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53772054444188598712010-01-04T00:25:08.994-06:002010-01-04T00:25:08.994-06:00"The girl friend of the guy who founded E-Bay..."The girl friend of the guy who founded E-Bay was a collector of pez heads. E-Bay was originally set up to facilitate the trading of pez heads. The permutations of unintended consequences are impossible to handicap. At any rate to this man's list of accomplishments add that he was instrutmental in the founding of eBay."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.davidrowan.com/2002/07/times-ebays-creation-myth-exposed.html" rel="nofollow">The eBay Pez story is a big marketing lie</a>, made up by eBay PR chief Mary Lou Song in 1997. The first item sold on eBay was Pierre Omidyar's broken laser pointer.Palladianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01105490715666718993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15898679527639160682010-01-03T12:24:54.043-06:002010-01-03T12:24:54.043-06:00The girl friend of the guy who founded E-Bay was a...The girl friend of the guy who founded E-Bay was a collector of pez heads. E-Bay was originally set up to facilitate the trading of pez heads. The permutations of unintended consequences are impossible to handicap. At any rate to this man's list of accomplishments add that he was instrutmental in the founding of eBay.Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07837540030934495651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23948129622406385242010-01-03T09:58:26.048-06:002010-01-03T09:58:26.048-06:00The thing that's so unnerving about Austrian c...The thing that's so unnerving about Austrian culture is that it has been the fountainhead of so much that is endearing and gemutlich and yet has also produced the most vicious bastards imaginable.ricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-60044716752177971872010-01-03T09:45:58.301-06:002010-01-03T09:45:58.301-06:00"Is Pez-Haas the same company that makes the ...<i>"Is Pez-Haas the same company that makes the Easter egg dye kits?</i><br /><br />http://www.paaseastereggs.com/contact.htm<br /><br />Apparently not. <br /><br />A remarkable life.Known Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029003649395214104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19297087383859935532010-01-03T08:20:19.050-06:002010-01-03T08:20:19.050-06:00Mr. Allina emerged at war’s end as his family’s so...<i>Mr. Allina emerged at war’s end as his family’s sole survivor in Europe.<br /></i>A world of horrors in one matter-of-fact sentence.<br /><br />Is Pez-Haas the same company that makes the Easter egg dye kits?Ralph Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915708905660273961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89625398365913754702010-01-03T07:08:12.698-06:002010-01-03T07:08:12.698-06:00Lots of early Boomers remember the original Pez di...Lots of early Boomers remember the original Pez dispensers. At least in my family, they were what the big M&Ms bags later became - the goto stocking stuffer. The top had a slight resemblance to a dragon's head.<br /><br />I tend to agree with Ann that the ones with the character heads came a little later to the States. In any case, it's a little sad to hear he's gone, like hearing somebody you watched on TV had died, a part of your childhood.<br /><br />WV "prnon" One of the list of the parts of speech you recited for your parents when they checked to see if you'd done your homework.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15589958656028023357noreply@blogger.com