Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for February 05, 2021

…..or a pinball machine.

That and the paddle ball

Yo Yo Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR39tRbDcBk

i remember when a handheld game was a big stick and an anthill…

I remember a handheld game was chasing girls across the playground holding crane flies.

How about the handheld game of seeing which girl would be willing to hold your hand. No PDA, no touching period it seems, because it is sexist, or so some busybody would probably say. But holding hands with a pretty girl has got to be the oldest game around.

I had a ‘high tech’ driving game. A lightbulb and a turning transparent cylinder. The screen would light up and the road on the cylinder would ‘move’

I just watched a yo-yo championship on TV recently I think it was on the Ocho (ESPN) , with Juggling Dodgeball

Not just a yo-yo; a Duncan Imperial or Butterfly! (Which, I understand, are still around. Alas, my arthritis prevents me from being as good with them as I was as a lad, but I remember them fondly.)

A yo-yo? They’re just stringing you along.

This is my rifle and this is my gun; this is for fighting and this is for fun.

I remember those little plastic games where you had to get the ball to roll into a hole.

Tom Smothers The Yo Yo Man act was excellent.

so do i

Now, hand held games are held by yo-yos.

Or marbles

Rubic’s Cube…..marbles, jacks, dice—any others?

Or time alone with the Sears catalog.

I remember when it was called marbles. Unfortunately, I have lost mine.

I remember playing Solitaire with real physical playing cards. I/you could always win/finish because it’s solitaire – I/you could make my/your own rules/modifications.

i could never work those things