Okay... Maybe not all of them are
strange...
But some of them certainly are!
To relate this to business... It's said that fads return every 17 years or so. Nowadays, I see young ladies wearing brightly colored stockings under dresses and skirts - and wow, I remember when girls dressed like that in the
1980s! (It's a bit like a time warp...)
Here are 37 fads to check out...
One of the strangest?
Telephone-booth stuffing!
Unfortunately, telephone booths are disappearing as cell phones become more popular! So alas... this one probably won't return!
Here's where you can find the other 36 fads...
http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/16/...pt-the-nation/
- Dien
P.S. You can sometimes make money by "reviving" a fad. Joe Cossman made millions by "reviving" an interest in spud guns... (Among other things...)
Here's an interesting article about Joe Cossman and Milton Levine, and how they turned ant farms into a fad...
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/f...1972/index.htm