Tip: some things on Facebook aren't true.
Next you'll be telling us not to believe everything we read on the interwebby thing...
Ikr!
BTW - was just having a giggle, Tam may well have lived in Australia at some stage. I have no idea.
Sorry, I'm from the "Sea Monkey" generation born in the 60's and so will believe anything....
"I well remember my own Sea Monkeys and the disappointment when from the Instant Life sachet they hatched as tiny daphnia dots and not the family unit complete with crowns and smiling faces as hawked by the marketing people. Nevertheless, I still had faith and treasuring the leaflet that came with my ‘Amazing Instant Life’, I looked forward to them growing and being the sporty family as depicted on said leaflet, having a boxing bout or a game of tennis. All with their smiling humanoid faces and crowns. After a few weeks my faith became shattered.
The man responsible for such a marketing ploy was an American mail-order marketer called Harold Von Braunhut who started posting out his product in the 1960’s. The man obviously spotted a market niche of gullible adolescent sci-fi era boys because his other lines included ‘X-ray Specs’ where you were supposed to be able to see through clothes and flesh. A friend of mine sent off for these after seeing the advert at the back of a Superman comic. Von Braunhut's other wares according to Wikipedia included ‘Crazy Crabs’ which were just Hermit Crabs, and most shamelessly blatant of all Invisible Goldfish! At least with Sea Monkeys you could see something!"
