Fads from your school days
December 29th 2009 20:59
What fads or games do you recall with fondness from your school days?
From hula hoops to frisbees, elastics to jacks - some survived - some simply passed into schoolyard folklore.
Afterall - do kids still play (or are permitted to play) 'brandings' anymore?
How about Bullrush?
Does anyone even own a skipping rope where two, three or more kids can skip at the same time?
Is KP (or handball) still a favourite among boys at recess and lunchtime?
And whatever happened to bubblegum card collections.
Then of course there's your 'commercial' fads such as "SSP" Supersonic Racers, Cabbage Patch Kids and Pound Puppies - even - yes - even 'Slinkees".
Dust off the memories folks and as we prepare to enter a new year - take time to recount with a little fondness those fads which made your schooldays special.
From hula hoops to frisbees, elastics to jacks - some survived - some simply passed into schoolyard folklore.
Afterall - do kids still play (or are permitted to play) 'brandings' anymore?
How about Bullrush?
Does anyone even own a skipping rope where two, three or more kids can skip at the same time?
Is KP (or handball) still a favourite among boys at recess and lunchtime?
And whatever happened to bubblegum card collections.
Then of course there's your 'commercial' fads such as "SSP" Supersonic Racers, Cabbage Patch Kids and Pound Puppies - even - yes - even 'Slinkees".
Dust off the memories folks and as we prepare to enter a new year - take time to recount with a little fondness those fads which made your schooldays special.
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Comment by Janet Collins
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Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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Weren't pogo's just the coolest - yet must ridiculous things ever to catch on! Who on earth ever came up with the idea?
Brilliant!
Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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Wait for it . . . I still have a couple of original Coca Cola Yo Yo's from the mid 70s sitting around at home - and you're right - the runts are missing out.
Now all we've got to instill in them is the importance of owning a Surfer Sam Skateboard!
Cheers