Is throwing a frisbee a sport?
Author
Mike Pharaoh
In 1937, A guy called Watler Frederick threw a popcorn lid at his girlfriend and thought it was fun and had an idea. A couple years later – the Pluto Platter was born. It wasn’t until 1957 that him and his now wife, refined the shape and sold the rights to a toy company called “WHAM-O”. Yes – it took 20 years to perfect a plastic disc. There’s some stuff in between but no one cares.
“Hey Chad, what’s say you and I toss the frisbee around after this round of hacky sack? Have you heard this said to you before? Neither. My name isn’t Chad.”
No one thinks a “Pluto Platter” sounds cool...
Oh also, that toy company renamed it to “Frisbee” after learning that some kids at a college were just calling it that because no one thinks a