Slinky will not be down(stairs) for breakfast...

[Ms. Matterhorn]

Betty James, creator of the Slinky, dies at age 90.
http://cbs2.com/business/Betty.James.obit.2.871415.html

[felinefan]

Yeah, we had one of those when we were kids. I think at the time they sold for fifty cents. We had lots of fun with our Slinky; crack-the-egg was one of our favorite tricks, though my brother liked to hide around a corner, lying on the floor, and whenever anyone walked by, he'd shoot it out at them. I know, because it happened to me.

Well, the lady did some remarkable things in her life; in her day it wasn't easy being a single mom. Wonder if it was the Jones cult her husband went into....no, that was a few years later, I think, and in Guyana. Eh, she was the defination of success; she lived a long life.

[BRWombat]

Heh. Forget childhood -- there's one at my home right now! And one of the real metal Slinkies, too, not the cheap plastic imitators.

[DisneyMom]

Heh. Forget childhood -- there's one at my home right now! And one of the real metal Slinkies, too, not the cheap plastic imitators.

Can you make it walk down the stairs? I tried that a million times as a kid, never could make it work! :(
Did anyone else notice the Slinky T-shirt in the movie Juno?

[BRWombat]

Can you make it walk down the stairs? I tried that a million times as a kid, never could make it work! :( ...

I used to be able to, but it only lasted just 3 or 4 steps at a time. Shorter steps seem to work better than standard size. And uncarpeted. We don't have stairs at my house now, but my kids did spend a half hour or so trying to do the stair thing when we were over at a friend's house a couple of weeks ago.

On a tangent, my favorite Slinky-related quote of all time comes from Stephen Wright, describing how he met his girlfriend: "I met her at Macy's. She was shopping. I was putting Slinkies on the escalator." :D:

[hhsrat]

My favorite slinky quote ... "Some people are like a Slinky... not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs"

[drcorey]

and Slinky's voice is gone now too. RIP Jim Varney. See ya, vern....

[Eeyore Tattoo]

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Wonder if they had trouble keeping him in his casket?

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

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Wonder if they had trouble keeping him in his casket?

Hmm, not that rude....knowwhutimean?

hehehehe

[JugglingFreak]

In his honor, I give you Slinky Cat:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T75s2RBQhSM&eurl