Saturday mornings are busy: my oldest has orchestra, my daughter has ballet, and there's usually one or more birthday parties for a child to attend... which means there's presents to buy. Today is no different. I've got 10 minutes until I leave to pick up my oldest, and I've already been to the toy store. My youngest has a birthday party this afternoon.
In the toy store, it occured to me to ask: "Do you have any Slinkies? Metal, not plastic." And they said "Sure! It's the 60th Anniversary of the Slinky!" So I got two. One for me, one for my main employee. I also got a Magic 8-ball.
"It is decidely so," indeed.
In 1987, I wrote a paper on Metal vs. Plastic Slinkies. There was a heavy pro-metal slant. And I'm metal-biased to this very moment. Try this: take a metal slinky, put the first two rings between your teeth, and (without letting go of the rings) gently drop the rest of the slinky to the floor. I guarantee you'll do it again.
Time for me to go.
Love to all. Even you, the guy who loud-talked to his kid because he was embarrassed to be in a toy store.
3 comments:
Metal Slinkies rock. Someone gave my kids plastic slinkies for Christmas. I'm sorry, but those are just not Slinkies. Maybe you could call them Plastic Spring Toys... But NOT Slinkies. Sacrilige.
Hmm, now you've peaked my curiosity. I must try the 2-rings-in-the-teeth thing. Enjoy your metal slinky!
Aren't the metal ones dangerous for little kids?
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