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Did you own a Slinky when growing up?

I owned several Slinkies, in both classic metal and "new age," psychedelic fluorescent plastic.
If you did not own a Slinky, you were deprived.

I remember my first slinky - right after WWII. I loved following it down the stairs with my dad laughing below.

I loved my slinky. We lived in a ranch house and didn't have stairs. I always took my slinky with me when we visited my Aunt Marguerite in Richmond. She had a wonderful staircase for playing with my slinky.

Did any of you have the Slinky Dog?

CathyCA wrote:I loved my slinky. We lived in a ranch house and didn't have stairs. I always took my slinky with me when we visited my Aunt Marguerite in Richmond. She had a wonderful staircase for playing with my slinky.

Did any of you have the Slinky Dog?

I'd put my slinky in my hand and flop it back and forth between right hand and left (when I wasn't playing with it on the stairs). I liked the way it felt and the way it could either get really long or shrink up to fit in the palm of your hand. Not sure whatever happened to that thing, but it's right up there with the green and white Nerf football (or, a sponge if you will), as the gift with the greatest simplicity-to-happiness ratio.

-Earljam

EarlJam wrote:

CathyCA wrote:I loved my slinky. We lived in a ranch house and didn't have stairs. I always took my slinky with me when we visited my Aunt Marguerite in Richmond. She had a wonderful staircase for playing with my slinky.

Did any of you have the Slinky Dog?

I'd put my slinky in my hand and flop it back and forth between right hand and left (when I wasn't playing with it on the stairs). I liked the way it felt and the way it could either get really long or shrink up to fit in the palm of your hand. Not sure whatever happened to that thing, but it's right up there with the green and white Nerf football (or, a sponge if you will), as the gift with the greatest simplicity-to-happiness ratio.

-Earljam

I loved the way my slinky felt doing the back and forth thing between my hands! It's a tactile thing, isn't it?

My kids go through several per year it seems like

I tried a slinky once at a friend's house, and it never worked as per what was advertised.
Same with hula hoops.
I guess I have earned the second post-wilson-comeback hammer-and-sickle.

Lavabe wrote:I tried a slinky once at a friend's house, and it never worked as per what was advertised.
Same with hula hoops.
I guess I have earned the second post-wilson-comeback hammer-and-sickle.

Yup.

I had a few slinkies. I spent far more time flipping them back and forth in my hands than on stairs. I could never seem to get them to work right on stairs. My kids go through two or three a year. They have a mini one right now that's bright red and plastic. It's about the diameter of a 50 cent piece and about three inches long when stacked.

Slinkies were a lot of fun. Hula Hoops, those damn things never worked right. I could NEVER get them to stay up for long. Still can't. Yet the waitresses at Hooters can get them to go round and round and round and .....

OZZIE4DUKE wrote:Slinkies were a lot of fun. Hula Hoops, those damn things never worked right. I could NEVER get them to stay up for long. Still can't. Yet the waitresses at Hooters can get them to go round and round and round and .....

We should have a hula hoop contest at a Brunchgate. THAT would be fun!

Lavabe wrote:I tried a slinky once at a friend's house, and it never worked as per what was advertised.
Same with hula hoops.
I guess I have earned the second post-wilson-comeback hammer-and-sickle.

I feel honored I received the 1st, though I kinda set it up that way and expected it.

BTW, I still hate collards.

devildeac wrote:

Lavabe wrote: BTW, I still hate collards.

No collards will ever pass through my lips.

OZZIE4DUKE wrote:

devildeac wrote:

Lavabe wrote: BTW, I still hate collards.

No collards will ever pass through my lips.

What is wrong with you people? How can you live in North Carolina and not adore collards?

I love collards! YUM!

OZZIE4DUKE wrote:

devildeac wrote:

Lavabe wrote: BTW, I still hate collards.

No collards will ever pass through my lips.

Somehow, I feel a 3rd hammer and sickle on the way...



BTW, it's my quote, not Lavabe's.

CathyCA wrote:

OZZIE4DUKE wrote:

devildeac wrote: BTW, I still hate collards.

No collards will ever pass through my lips.

What is wrong with you people? How can you live in North Carolina and not adore collards?

I love collards! YUM!

Vile.

I'll eat BBQ, Brunswick Stew, pintos, slaw, pimento/pimiento cheese, corn, lima beans, chick peas, succotash, spinach or almost anything else "North Carolinian," but will not eat greens. I'd just as soon stick them in Lavabe's trunk!

Greens are way too bitter for my taste.

I once had a slinky made from collards.
While wet, spin them around in a tight spiral. Leave them to dry.
They only work once, but damn! do they ever stink!
Ughh...slink!

Vinegar won't help.

captmojo wrote:I once had a slinky made from collards.
While wet, spin them around in a tight spiral. Leave them to dry.
They only work once, but damn! do they ever stink!
Ughh...slink!

Vinegar won't help.

Thanks for the belly laugh, Capt.!