Fuzzy Dice
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The Phenomenon Of Fuzzy Dice!
They've been swinging around above the dashboards of cars and trucks since the 1950s - fuzzy dice!
Some people love them, others think they are the epitome of bad taste, but over sixty years after they first appeared, fuzzy dice continue to dangle from the interior mirrors of vehicles all over the world!
Here's an affectionate look at one of the most enduring and popular retro car accessories - from how to make your own fuzzy dice to the origins and meanings of fuzzy dice and where to buy them!
Black & White Fuzzy Dice shown above available from Amazon.com
Contents at a Glance
Fuzzy Dice Facts!
"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."
source: Urban Folklore
1950s Retro Cool Fuzzy Dice 3 in 1 Game
A pair of cool 4" black fuzzy dice containing 3 fun games:
"Fuzzy Dice,"
"Chuck-A-Luck,"
and "Good Riddance"
Game instructions supplied.
Hang the dice from your mirror and you can take some on-board entertainment with you - just unzip the dice and you're ready to play!
Fuzzy Dice...Why?
What's the point of fuzzy dice?
My meticulous research into the origins of furry dice has reached the conclusion that if anyone knows definitively where, how or why fluffy dice originated, they're keeping it a closely guarded secret!
The same goes for their purpose. What are they for? What do they mean?
I live in England and can't comment on the USA (I hope someone else will), but fluffy dice were popular in the UK in the 1970's, gracing many a Ford Capri and Mark IV Cortina.
Despite being universally derided, furry dice have never really gone out of fashion in the UK and can still be found in abundance in every car accessories shop the length and breadth of the land.
Like Marmite and Twiglets (two British "delicacies" which polarise opinion), you either love furry dice or you hate them...
However, despite the fact that no-one knows where furry dice came from or what they're for, I doubt they'll ever go away...perhaps they're alien life forms observing humanity whilst dangling above your dashboard...you have been warned...
Fuzzy Dice Facts!
In the UK, fuzzy dice are known as fluffy dice or furry dice!
Do YOU Own Some Fuzzy Dice?
Go on...tell...
How To Make Your Own Fuzzy Dice
Making your own fuzzy dice - what could be more satisfying?
How To Make Fuzzy Dice
Decorate your car, your house or throw a retro party...
This link tells you all you need to know:
Make Your Own Fuzzy Dice
Customize Your Ride With Some Colorful Fuzzy Dice!
Brighten your day, the fuzzy dice way!
Black And White Fuzzy Dice
Blue Fuzzy Dice
Red Fuzzy Dice
Pink Fuzzy Dice
Green Fuzzy Dice
Yellow Fuzzy Dice
Animal Print Fuzzy Dice
Fuzzy Dice On eBay
Fuzzy Dice Facts!
In the state of Minnesota it is illegal to have:
"...objects suspended between the driver and the windshield, other than sun visors and rear-vision mirrors"
Minnesota State Statute 169.71
The Darker Side Of Fuzzy Dice...
Fuzzy dice are not always as innocuous as they seem...
- Taxi driver fined for furry dice after fatal crash - mirror.co.uk
- A taxi driver involved in a fatal crash has been fined - for having a pair of furry dice in his cab.
- Furry dice highlight MoT chaos | Auto Express News | News | Auto Express
- Many car owners are falling foul of overzealous MoT examiners. Dozy MoT testers are failing roadworthy cars for crazy reasons - like having furry dice hanging in them!
- Cars fail MOT test for furry dice - Telegraph
- Cars are failing their MOT tests for having furry dice hanging in the windscreen.
Fuzzy Dice Music - Optimus Rhyme
Optimus Rhyme - "Fuzzy Dice"
Fuzzy Dice - YOUR Opinion!
Tell the world your thoughts on fluffy/fuzzy/furry dice...are they retro cool or the Spawn Of Beelzebub?
Fuzzy Dice - Love 'Em Or Hate 'Em?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byLove them
prosperity66 says:
I'm not crazy about them; however, I don't hate them either. They're part of the folklore ;)
Posted April 01, 2011
Sami4u says:
Hi,
I still have my first pair of fuzzy dice. Hanging in the bedroom. LOL
Posted September 19, 2010
Susan52 says:
I love 'em! My son had a pair hanging from the ceiling fan in his room for years. They bring to mind memories of very cool classic cars and simpler times.
Posted January 13, 2009
Hate them
DallasNicole says:
I'm personally not to crazy about them! But I have seen them in dashboards of someones car many times!
Posted March 31, 2011
BizGuides says:
Just let me see the road and all the idiots driving offensively around me!
Posted January 15, 2011
fanfreluche says:
I will never ever be seen in a car with fuzzy dice....no way:)
Posted May 26, 2009
Fuzzy Dice Music - The Velvety Pantaloons
The Velvety Pantaloons - "Don't Touch My Fuzzy Dice"
Nodding Dogs & Vinyl Roofs: The Weird World of Quirky Car Accessories
Amazon product description
"...from modern essentials such as airbags and impact-absorbing bumpers, through boy-racer must-haves like exhaust flame-throwers and fly-off handbrakes, to the pure kitsch of nodding dogs and fluffy dice..."
Fuzzy Dice Music - Rob Sparx
Rob Sparx - Furry Dice
Fuzzy Feedback
Fuzzy dice fan? Tell us about yours...
Are you a fuzzy dice freak?!
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SudokuNut
Oct 21, 2011 @ 4:38 am | delete
- Nah never owned a pair, and my wife won't let me have a mooning bobble head in the back window despite my best efforts.
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poutine
Sep 2, 2011 @ 2:56 pm | delete
- Not at all. I can't stand those things.
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ekkoautos
Aug 31, 2011 @ 8:48 pm | delete
- an interesting and beautiful page, and the fuzzy dices are all very nice
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Nibbled
Apr 1, 2011 @ 9:49 pm | delete
- Too funny, can't say you see them that often around where I live. I'd consider an animal print pair. :)
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prosperity66
Apr 1, 2011 @ 1:29 am | delete
- I'm absolutely not a fuzzy freak, my dear. Not that I have fuzzy dice but if I ever had such dice in the car, I'd only look at them and not at the road, lol.
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LisaAuch
Mar 31, 2011 @ 4:18 pm | delete
- yep! i got the pink fluffy dice!
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ToTheBrimm
Mar 31, 2011 @ 11:58 am | delete
- What's up with the 38% that say they've never bought Fuzzy Dice? I suppose they've never had a Bobble Head for their rear deck either!
Lensrolled to Big daddy Roth, Rat Fink and any others that I can think of.
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CDT
Mar 31, 2011 @ 12:26 pm | delete
- Thank you - you're very kind! I'm off to have a look at some of your lenses :)
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thefluffanutta
Mar 31, 2011 @ 10:22 am | delete
- Believe it nor not, I have a pair of fluffy dice hanging in my car... :o)
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CDT
Mar 31, 2011 @ 10:27 am | delete
- That fact enhances your all-round awesomeness Fluff :D
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DallasNicole
Mar 31, 2011 @ 10:03 am | delete
- I am not a fzzy dice freak unfortunately. But I did enjoy this lens. It was very interesting to me!
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CDT
Mar 31, 2011 @ 10:28 am | delete
- Thank you!
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BizGuides
Jan 15, 2011 @ 1:52 pm | delete
- In the UK they're called fluffy dice or furry dice
Really,
I can't see many Brits and certainly not many of my Welsh friends buying these.
Now Yanks, yes!
You should see the stuff hanging from car mirrors!
I especially like the 'Disco-Ball' type STUFF that will blind evryone in a hundred yards in all directions when the sun's ray hits it just right.
The first time it happened, I thought I was having an 'out of body experience.'
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Sami4u
Sep 19, 2010 @ 4:52 pm | delete
- Hi,
Retro parties are so fun, Fuzzy dice is just one thing to add that extra touch. Nice lens. :)
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Tipi
Aug 22, 2010 @ 2:05 pm | delete
- Thumbs-up on the lens and a fave! Coo lens!!!
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CDT
Aug 23, 2010 @ 11:06 am | delete
- Thanks Tipi :)
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WindyWinters
Nov 14, 2009 @ 1:11 am | delete
- Whoa! There's a whole lota fuzzy dice here. Congrats on your Purple Star! :)
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Treasures-By-Brenda
Aug 28, 2009 @ 7:04 pm | delete
- Wow...there are a lot of fuzzy dice out there!
Nicely done & blessed.
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fanfreluche
May 26, 2009 @ 3:32 am | delete
- Fun lens! Saw it on math4fun list of lenses that need a little love.
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oneskms
May 23, 2009 @ 6:38 am | delete
- LOL - I haven't seen any fluffy dice for a long time now. I never did own my own set and I cant figure out either why your neices boyfriend wasn't very grateful (lol)
Just to let you know I found this lens via list of lenses
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kab
Jan 13, 2009 @ 11:01 pm | delete
- Congratulations on becoming a Giant!
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Susan52
Jan 13, 2009 @ 12:37 pm | delete
- I think fuzzy dice are very cool! Fun lens!
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CDT
Dec 30, 2008 @ 5:50 am | delete
- My neice's boyfriend was a soldier and he used to drive a tank...no vehicle is complete without fluffy dice, so I got him some for his tank...he didn't seem as grateful as I thought he would be...very puzzling...
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The content of this page is copyright of CDT (author) February 2012. Please DO NOT copy or reproduce elsewhere either in print or online. All You Ever Wanted To Know About Fuzzy Dice
- Fuzzy Dice Facts!
- Fuzzy Dice...Why?
- Fuzzy Dice Facts!
- Fuzzy Dice Music - The Rip Chords
- Do YOU Own Some Fuzzy Dice?
- How To Make Your Own Fuzzy Dice
- Customize Your Ride With Some Colorful Fuzzy Dice!
- Red Fuzzy Dice
- Pink Fuzzy Dice
- Green Fuzzy Dice
- Yellow Fuzzy Dice
- Animal Print Fuzzy Dice
- Fuzzy Dice Facts!
- The Darker Side Of Fuzzy Dice...
- Fuzzy Dice Music - Optimus Rhyme
- Fuzzy Dice - YOUR Opinion!
- Fuzzy Dice Music - The Velvety Pantaloons
- Foz's Fluffy Dice Gallery!!!!
- Fuzzy Dice Music - Rob Sparx
- Fuzzy Feedback
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