DiamondEcho wrote:didds wrote:I would think the bigger concern is not any alleged cultural appropriation, but there are people stupid enough to think a "boomerang" at that price is cool. Does it come back if you throw it? didds
It was a headline grabbing marketing gimmick, and it worked; witness this conversation.
Properly made boomerangs do come back, but only if you throw them in the correct way. Something that I don't recall being taught as a child growing up in the UK.
Take 2 equal lengths of sheet balsa, each about 1' long and secure them in an X with 2 elastic bands.
Throw it at a bit of an angle to the horizontal and it will come back, if you give a flick with the wrist to spin it.
Hamlys used to sell them back in the 60s
Slarti