BUSINESS ABROAD: Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport

Australia, which gave the world the benefits of the Hula Hoop, last week was exporting a new craze—the wobble board. Made of Masonite. the 2 ft. by 3 ft. board, when wobbled, gives off a gloop-gloop sound, like water going down the drain. With it youngsters can keep the beat to a wacky lament of a dying rancher called Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport.* Australian parents are wobbling under the board's gloop. The craze has spread to Great Britain, where already 100,000 records have brought the resonant beat of the wobble board. Last week there were signs that the...

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