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.

[MotleyGirl70]

Is the "70" in your screen name your birth year?

Yes

[NeoCaveman]

All your silly putty are belong to us!

[Constitution Day]

I was born in '70 too! Check your FRmail.

[Revelation 911]

The 80's. What a great decade to be a kid.

I beg to differ my friend - the prime years were 1967 to 1971 - we saw the Monkees, Batman (& batgirl yum), the Green Hornet,Deputy Dawg, Gunsmoke, Ponderosa, Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom with Marlon Perkins, Wonderful World of Disney,Bannana splits, Lancelot Link, Josie and the Pussycats, Scooby, ....and any looney tune, little rascals or Laurel and Hardy short - yes - Wonder Woman was in there somewhere (time & date unimportant)

[longshadow]

"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'..."

Soon, there will be Congressional hearings, with obligatory testimony from recovering "Putty" addicts about the evils of Silly Putty. Laws will be passed. Federal agencies created. And the PEA (Putty Enforcement Agency) will soon have undercover agents roaming the country rounding up Putty users, as prices sky-rocket and gangs and organized crime fight each other over inner-city "Putty turf" ......

sound familiar?

[general_re]

There'll be a lot of money to be made in the WOSP, though, on both sides ;)

[Hap]

I personally preferred Spyrograph and Lite Brite. :)

[Dementon]

You owned any cassettes.

LOL

I still have about 200 that I mean to convert to mp3's (or download from the internet).

And you forgot the Rubix Cube. I still have mine.

[longshadow]

There'll be a lot of money to be made in the WOSP, though, on both sides ;)

That has a familiar ring to it...... I can't imagine why....

[MotleyGirl70]

You owned any cassettes.

Foreigner (Foreigner Four Records) LOL!

Michael Jackson (Thriller)

Edie Brickelle and The New Bohemian's

Amongst many others. I have no idea where these CD's are anymore. I hope they found a good home.

[MotleyGirl70]

Amongst many others. I have no idea where these CD'scassette's are anymore. I hope they found a good home.

[al_c]

Evil Knievel stunt motorcycle with action figure

LOL!!! Now that brings back memories. Early one Christmas morning (or maybe the night before) I was awakened by this strange sound. Kind of like a revving, whiring sound. That sound was followed by a couple of crashes and bangs. Later that morning, I found out what the heck it was. Instead of wrapping the gift, Dad was playing with the Evel Knievel stunt cycle and crashing it into the other presents under the tree.

[Revelation 911]

too funny - we spent weeks abusing the rubber doll in the driveway - winding the stunt cycle up to unbelieveable revs for huge jumps - wetting down the driveway for big burnouts etc - we ultimately nailed him to the garage wall and the neighbor kid set him alight to a very putrid odor - later after he cooled he became the first quadraplegic stunt cycling doll - those were the days

[Revelation 911]

cant say I had a SMDM action figure - It was a cool show though - and the highlight of visiting my aunt in california was visiting Universal and driving through the "tube" they used in a scene of Steve Austin and Bigfoot ! LOL

[Constitution Day]

Oh cool! I had one of those too.
I also had an Evel Knievel BMX bike.

Man, I thought I was cool.