Favorite Childhood Toy

[cqaigy2]

Cowboys and Indians. Apparently, i always played the Indian, dropping out of trees, etc. And didn't know cap guns were used to shot at people, i used it like a tomahawk throwing it at people. That earned me some disciplinary action, as i'm told, i threw my cap gun at my older sister and knocked her off her bike.

Another cool thing was our neighbors had a herd of ponies. We would hide behind trees, as someone would run them by, grab their manes and swing up on to there backs, sometime not...

 

[Industrial Toys]

You might have had a gun, but the sister wielding her skipping rope still had the advantage. I once went crying to my Dad who just made a joke about "Whip Lash" Funny how you never forget certain moments.

 

[Doofy]

You might have had a gun, but the sister wielding her skipping rope still had the advantage. I once went crying to my Dad who just made a joke about "Whip Lash" Funny how you never forget certain moments.

The Whip-Lash sounds better than the Mud-Pies, I was forced to eat.

 

[/pine]

I grew up on the edge of a large orange/citrus grove...fruit on the trees was off limits but anything on the ground was game...we all had garbage can lids to use as shields for some awesome orange fights...

 

[jmc]

I grew up on the edge of a large orange/citrus grove...fruit on the trees was off limits but anything on the ground was game...we all had garbage can lids to use as shields for some awesome orange fights...

Forgot about warfare... We used horseweeds with the rootball still on them to hurl like javelins. And weeping willow whips. Never thought of garbage can lids, though.

 

[Industrial Toys]

We once visited a farm as kids. My parents were inside but my sister and I were on one shed roof and the farmers two sons were on another close by shed roof. We had the greatest time, ripping off shingles and throwing them at each other. I wonder if anyone got a wopping for that? We just left.

 

[Doofy]

Forgot about warfare... We used horseweeds with the rootball still on them to hurl like javelins. And weeping willow whips. Never thought of garbage can lids, though.

Awww, Heck. We threw grass burrs at each other. The more burrs, the better they would stick in your back. Pair that with Ban-Lon shirts and you had pain.

 

[/pine]

When it came to outright warfare we would take sticks and sling stinging nettle plants (aka ant plants) also cut short spears from the Spanish bayonets (yucca plants)...we made maces out of the base of fronds from reclinatas (aka Phoenix palm)...

 

[cqaigy2]

I forgot about the garbage can lids. Made great shields, but the parents would be pretty ticked off, cause no lids on the cans, and they didn't fit so well anymore.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

You shoot your eye out kid.:laughing::drink:

Thank God that didn't happen!