Back in the Day, When I were a lad, etc.
They knew how to make proper toys.
Swingball, for example - a bit of string, a pole, a tennis ball, a spiral architecture of some sort and either hands if you were tough or plastic bats if you were sensible. The toughest bit was making the hole in the ground for the pole to stick into. Hours of fun.
Space Hoppers - giant orange inflatable monster heads to sit on and bounce on! Genius.
Which brings me back to one of my favourite subjects - myself. On Wednesday night, I helped invent a brand new game. Table badminton. It was a kids’ club like any other kids’ club, and one of the leaders was getting thrashed at table tennis - the ball was moving far too fast for him (and the kids had a team of two just against him). In a moment of inspiration, which sadly passed, I chucked in a shuttle-cock which was lying around and a legend was born. The idea quickly became to get the shuttle on the floor on your opponents side of the table suing the space of the whole hall if necessarry, using only a table tennis bat. I joined in to even up the odds and the leaders went on losing. It was great.
We used to have these things called playing cards when I was young…
April 29th, 2007 at 7:22 am
Hi.
Just popped over from Nicky’s. We didn’t have Swingball here in the US. We had tetherball, which sounds similar except with something the size of a volleyball instead of a tennis ball, and no bats. I preferred those antiquated playing card thingies.
Good luck with your last few hours.
April 29th, 2007 at 7:32 am
As seen in Napoleon Dynamite? That looks even more dangerous!
Thank you, not long now!
April 30th, 2007 at 7:11 am
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