Pure asbestos!
Posted on 04/20/2023 7:54:42 PM PDT by DallasBiff
Lawn darts weren’t a problem if used under supervision. But…many parents are lazy $$$$$$$ morons.
>> Why is this important?
Aw, c’mon, have a little fun, guy! :-)
I made many a Creepy Crawler back in the day.
Who didn’t break a thermometer to play with the mercury?
You didn’t want your free hand to get anywhere near the “clacking.”
When I was a kid I bit a mercury filled glass thermometer in half at the doctors office.
I lived
Our next door neighbor sold fireworks and gave us a box of assorted firecracers, including botton rockets, I put one on the edge of the box and lit it. It fell into the box and sparks went everywhere. Several cheery bombs went off; the garage with a can of gasoline was five feet away.
God was looking out for me that day (He always has). I could have blown up half the neighborhood.
GMTA That’s what I thought of when I saw the headline.
>> If only I had a nickel for every time I burned my fingers with the “Thingmaker”
But you just sucked it up and went on making Creepy Crawlers, didn’t you.
Admit it, it helped make you the man you are today.
(Did you lose that little handle thingie that you pinched together and then stuck into the slot in the aluminum mold so you could put it in the Cooling Tray?)
>> Also don’t let your kids eat magnets.
OR raise your kids to be smart enough not to eat magnets! ;-)
I figured it would be the first thing that came to everybody's mind.
>> I got to be part of a TV story about [clackers].
Lucky you!
I was safe from harm, ‘cause I was too much of a spaz to work ‘em. True story!
Pure asbestos!
It’s the best kind! It’s fireproof! Wouldn’t want your kids to get burned...
I’m kind of surprised my favorite childhood toy, Dry Cleaner Bag didn’t make the list.
I played with those for years when I was little, and sometimes my parents’ friends acted shocked, but man, they were fun!
That’s the first thing that occurred to me!!
Amazingly, most of us here had at least one of these toys and survived.
Back when SNL was actually funny!
I miss bucky balls
Do fun threads need to be important? Lighten up.
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