Stupid Guest Tricks

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

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.

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

BRWombat wrote: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?

DisneyMom wrote: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:

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"

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

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Wonder if they had trouble keeping him in his casket?

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Wonder if they had trouble keeping him in his casket?

Hmm, not that rude....knowwhutimean?

hehehehe

In his honor, I give you Slinky Cat:

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