Slopfest #49 · 1975 · Vienna
The Pet Rock Pavilion
A man sold over a million rocks in boxes. We had rocks. We had boxes. We lacked the vision.
Museum status: In storage: Basement B, next to the Christmas decorations.
- Venue
- Naschmarkt, between the olives and the pickles
- Attendance
- 2,310
- Fun fact
- 800 rocks, 64 returned, 1 still in training
What happened
The committee boxed 800 stones from the Danube bank and sold them as Pet Slop, each with a leaflet on training. They did not sell. They were given away as door prizes instead, and 64 were returned, making them nearly as unpopular as the Blechkopf, which that year was won by a rock.
Elsewhere in 1975
Gary Dahl's Pet Rock, an ordinary stone sold in a cardboard box with a care manual, becomes a Christmas craze in the US.
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