Phonebooth stuffing was a fad that involved a number of people consecutively entering a phonebooth, until the point where the phonebooth would accommodate no more, or there were no more individuals available. By the spring of 1959 the fad had spread to Durban, South Africa; Southern Rhodesia; Britain; Canada and the United States. Although it was "one of the all-time great fads," it was passé by the end of 1959, replaced by the more sedate fad of hunkerin'. It was akin to the earlier fads of flagpole sitting, goldfish swallowing, and panty raids, and a predecessor of the fad of streaking.