It still is a thing!
I will admit to being part of the HedgePron Continuation Army.
Bike road trips require every member of the party to bring some gentertainment. Said rhythm pamphlets are then “redistributed” on the way home. Have told this tale before, but worth repeating…
Heading south from CYB, my passenger, who had been assigned with the redistribution that day, yelled at me to stop alongside a bus stop. No lay by, just a bus shelter. He got out, and took what seemed like an age, while I waited impatiently in the car.
When he eventually returned, I asked why it had taken so long.
“I had to make sure the way it was laid out was just so….”