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[Boergy]

Original heissen die Würferl "Fuzzy Dice"

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obsessing:

"fuzzy dice" blog

Many hits for the dangling foam dice....

A superficial take; just retro-hip :

"Life may be a craps shoot, but you don't have to gamble with the

accessories you add to your car. Our retro Fuzzy Dice are the perfect

addition to any interior."

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A bit of possible history was found on a 404ed but G-cached page:

"The History of The Fuzzy Dice

"The tradition of placing dice in a vehicle may have begun during World War

II. Pilots would place dice on their instrument panel with sevens showing

to bring them good luck on their missions. After the war, cars begin

hanging plastic dice from the rear view mirrors. But, as the story goes,

the plastic dice often melted, and were eventually replaced with flocked

material... and so the Lucky Fuzzy Dice was born!"

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A slightly different version where they are more an emblem of danger than a

talisman against it:

"Why do so many people hang fluffy dice from their rear-view mirrors?

"Fuzzy dice first appeared during the late 1940s and early 1950s, with the

birth of the American hot-rod culture. Young returned servicemen with money

to burn and hotted-up older cars would participate in illegal street races.

It was this "dicing with death" and play on words that inspired the

creation of dashboard dice.

"Chris Lewis, Warradale, SA"

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Boergsn

[Fritz Halmburger]

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