The Resume

(December 18, 1936-March 23, 2015)
Born in United States
Resided in Los Gatos, California
Created the pet rock and wrote ‘The Pet Rock Care and Training Manual’ (1975)
Ran an ad agency
Wrote ‘Advertising for Dummies’ (2001)

Why he might be annoying:

He got people to spend money on ordinary rocks.
He claimed each rock was carefully selected from a Mexican beach, but they were actually from a building supply company.
He argued rocks made ideal pets because they were cheap and well behaved.
His next invention, the sand farm, flopped.

Why he might not be annoying:

The pet rock became a 1970s icon.
He made two appearances on ‘The Tonight Show.’
He once owned a bar called Carrie Nation's.
He won the Bulwer-Lytton bad fiction contest (2000).
He said the pet rock gave people a much-needed laugh after the Watergate scandal.

Credit: Georgina

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Bears
• Georgina/Devil Doll's Profiles [Series 4]
• I Died in 2015 (Ranked: 78)
• Inventors
• Look at Me and My Pet
• Profiles 27751-28000 (Ranked: 27936)
• Toy Makers
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20150323)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 37 Votes: 59.46% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 64 Votes: 81.25% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 125 Votes: 47.20% Annoying