Lio by Mark Tatulli for February 01, 2019

man, those toys were classic (and wild)

Stinky Slinkys?

I once got a slinky tied into a knot. I felt stupid, because I couldn’t figure out how to untie it.

Ah, hope springs eternal… Some folks are like Slinky’s – it brings a smile to peoples’ faces to watch them fall down the stairs.

If you want to portray an attack slinky as really scary… show it going up the stairs, stalking, to attack from behind.

“….it’s fun for a girl or a boy!”

Well that caught dad off guard.

They strike when you least expect it.

When was Lio going to spring it on his dad?

My cats seem to think that the regular Slinky IS an attack Slinky.

A better attack toy would be: What rolls down stairsalone or in pairs,and over your neighbor’s dog?What’s great for a snack,And fits on your back?It’s log, log, log

It’s log, it’s log,It’s big, it’s heavy, it’s wood.It’s log, it’s log, it’s better than bad, it’s good."

Everyone wants a logYou’re gonna love it, logCome on and get your logEveryone needs a loglog log log

Read more: Ren & Stimpy – Log Lyrics | MetroLyrics

Thanks, Mark, now that stupid commercial is stuck in my head.

Not only do they go down stairs, a Slinky can defy gravity! (Check out the Mythbusters Jr. episode of 1/26/2019).

Slinkys came onto the market in the UK in about 1953

Night of the Living Slinkies!

In my high school physics class, the teacher suspended a slinky from the ceiling with strings along its length. That allowed demonstrating various types of waves.

Never could get mine to go down our stairs.

I always wondered what boa constrictors used for bones…

We once bought 3 slinkies and broke 2 of them… the ‘Slinky Breaker Champion’ award still goes undecided (1 to me, 1 to my brother).

Will no one help poor Dad?

O Dad, Poor Dad, Slinky’s Got You by the Numbers and I’m Feeling So Sad!