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Cardboard Box Added to Toy Hall of Fame
Times Dispatch ^
| 11-12-2005
| BEN DOBBIN
Posted on 11/13/2005 5:16:29 PM PST by Cagey
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A cardboard box. The best toy Santa ever made.
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posted on
11/13/2005 5:16:30 PM PST
by
Cagey
To: Cagey
We used to play in the cardboard boxes from moving days, which for us military brats, occurred roughly every 3 years!
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posted on
11/13/2005 5:23:59 PM PST
by
firerosemom
("Don't make Me come down there..." --- God)
To: Cagey
Especially the really big ones!
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posted on
11/13/2005 5:24:03 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
To: Cagey
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posted on
11/13/2005 5:25:10 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
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To: Blood of Tyrants
![](http://www.llesd.k12.ca.us/jpicetti/refrigerator%20in%20lounge.jpg)
I died and went to Heaven.
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posted on
11/13/2005 5:25:48 PM PST
by
Cagey
(Some men are Baptists, others Catholics, my father was an Oldsmobile man.)
To: Cagey
Those aren't homeless, they are just reliving their childhood.
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posted on
11/13/2005 5:33:56 PM PST
by
11Bush
To: Cagey
Visions of Dan Ackroyd on SNL hocking his Halloween costumes.
To: firerosemom
Squishing the sides down so it was no longer square, crawling in and getting a push down a long hill. What memories.
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posted on
11/13/2005 5:58:39 PM PST
by
stumpy
To: 11Bush
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posted on
11/13/2005 6:05:55 PM PST
by
Cagey
(Some men are Baptists, others Catholics, my father was an Oldsmobile man.)
To: Cagey
A cardboard box. The best toy Santa ever made. You don't need a roomful of toys - all you really need is the box! And some imagination....
Spongebob: Imagination! (makes a rainbow appear with his hands)
Squidward: I have more imagination [tries to make a rainbow like Spongebob does but can't] in one tentacle than you two have in your whole bodies!
Spongebob: That's great Squidward!
Patrick: Now all you need is a box.
To: Cagey
Every time some on the block got a new fridge, we got a brand new clubhouse for the dozen or so of us. And we got tired of that, we'd roll around inside of it. And when it started to fall apart, we'd rip it open and (I am not making this up) line the cement steps of the stoop to the second floor and make a slide out of it.
(We would even play "Niagara Falls in a barrel" in those things!)
Somehow we lived. Even without safety belts and airbags.
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posted on
11/13/2005 6:40:36 PM PST
by
Tanniker Smith
(By defiintion, we cannot have Consensus until you agree with me.)
To: Cagey
Here's an oldie I took years ago. Fits right in here:
![](http://www.gilanet.com/wallace/tv.jpg)
"G'nite, Chet!. G'nite, Dave!"
To: Blood of Tyrants
"Especially the really big ones!"
....from wahers, dryers, and refrigs. My kids got more mileage out of those than almost any other toy they owned.
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posted on
11/13/2005 7:18:02 PM PST
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: Cagey
Very good.
No kidding, I agree with this.
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posted on
11/13/2005 7:26:31 PM PST
by
calljack
(Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
To: Cagey
Saw kids maybe 12-15 yo using cardboard boxes to slide down hills in Pittsburgh this August.
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posted on
11/13/2005 7:28:27 PM PST
by
bvw
To: Eastbound; Cagey
What a cute picture. Great post, and kudos to these museum folks for recognizing this.
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posted on
11/13/2005 7:53:41 PM PST
by
jocon307
To: jocon307; Cagey
Thank you, jocon. Yup, Cagey. A good find. Thanks for posting.
To: Cagey
I had a good supply of those as a kid. Local appliance store, nice steep hill. All in the heart of the city.
Now, the appliance store has been taxed out of existence and the hill was graded for a multi-use "urban village" unit.
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posted on
11/13/2005 9:34:56 PM PST
by
Rate_Determining_Step
(US Military - Draining the Swamp of Terrorism since 2001!)
To: Cagey
I remember a
Mr. Rogers episode in which he shows us how to cover a shoe box with construction paper. Wow! What a world of possibilities that open up.
I do think a slinky and a yo-yo should be included at that museum. I can still do a few tricks with my yo-yos.
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posted on
11/14/2005 12:35:32 AM PST
by
Jemian
To: Cagey
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posted on
11/14/2005 12:41:15 AM PST
by
Hank Rearden
(Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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