Some Grown-Ups Go Silly for Buying Putty in Bulk

Wall Street Journal ^ | 9/10/02 | Susan Warren

[Xenalyte]

Among the usual paperclips and pencils cluttering the desk of textile-plant engineer Jeff Kivert is a new necessity: 50 pounds of Silly Putty.

The allure of such a wad is difficult for Mr. Kivert, of Whitehall, Pa., to explain. "To hold a pound of it in your hand, it's unbelievable," he says. A pound is about the size of a softball. Ten pounds is bigger than your head.

[Xenalyte]

And if you must get yer putty on, here's the site:

http://www.sillyputty.com/

[MotleyGirl70]

For heavy users, big quantities are essential.

"People would come by my cubicle, hand me $20, and I would bring them over to the cabinet and measure out their dose," he says. "It felt very much like I was pushing something illegal."

Can you make a moose out of silly putty? I can!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I recall using this stuff to roll over comic book pictures. You could make a perfect (altho reversed) copy of the printed page.

[MotleyGirl70]

This is a seriesly silly story.

[MotleyGirl70]

Yep, I remember doing that with pictures.

Do you remember Shrinky Dinks?

[Xenalyte]

Shrinky Dinks and Colorforms, yep!

[Xenalyte]

Silly Putty ping!

[boris]

"Can you make a moose out of silly putty? I can!"

I make cheese. Or is that Play-Doh?

[MotleyGirl70]

Etch-A-Sketch and Weebles are where it's at. :)

[general_re]

"People would come by my cubicle, hand me $20, and I would bring them over to the cabinet and measure out their dose," he says. "It felt very much like I was pushing something illegal."

"Whaddaya mean you're out? Dude, I gotta have my fix. I'll take anything you've got - shavings, anything. Come on, man - I'm jonesing bad here. I can't get through the morning without lifting 'Beetle Bailey'..."

[general_re]

Weebles are where it's at. :)

I got mine to fall down once. I hit it with my dad's hammer - I should sue the Weebles people for false advertising ;)

[Xenalyte]

And don't forget the Fisher-Price people!

[MotleyGirl70]

I got mine to fall down once. I hit it with my dad's hammer - I should sue the Weebles people for false advertising ;)

Maybe you should just ask for a government ban on all Weebles claiming distess as child because yours wouldn't "fall down" and your feelings were hurt. :)

[Revelation 911]

our toolgrinder at work wraps the tool to be ground (near the chuck) to minimize chatter -

great stuff - I still search it out of my kids rooms - especially for copying Dick Tracey cartoons

[jlogajan]

I hit it [Weeble] with my dad's hammer

Never ever hit silly putty with a hammer near a carpeted area.

[paulklenk]

I think these people are

Just being,

(Silly)

[general_re]

Maybe you should just ask for a government ban on all Weebles claiming distess as child because yours wouldn't "fall down" and your feelings were hurt.

I foresee a massive class-action suit here - those Weebles surely traumatized everyone who owned one ;)

[MotleyGirl70]

And don't forget the Fisher-Price people!

I loved the Fisher-Price people. They fit so snug in those little cars.

My favorite was the first one; the girl with the ruffled white collar.

[general_re]

Never ever hit silly putty with a hammer near a carpeted area.

Do I detect the voice of experience here?

[Texaggie79]

Just goes to show, that after all these years, guys still like to play with their putty.........