A Stick and a Cardboard box

[themanintheseersuckersuit]

Back in the day, that all we had to play with.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,448455,00.html

The lowly stick, a universal plaything powered by a child's imagination, landed in the National Toy Hall of Fame on Thursday along with the Baby Doll and the skateboard.

The three were chosen to join the Strong National Museum of Play's lineup of 38 classics ranging from the bicycle, the kite and Mr. Potato Head to Crayola crayons, marbles and the Atari 2600 video game system.

Curators said the stick was a special addition in the spirit of a 2005 inductee, the cardboard box. They praised its all-purpose, no-cost, recreational qualities, noting its ability to serve either as raw material or an appendage transformed in myriad ways by a child's creativity.

[peacock2121]

My brother always got the stick.

Us girls were always left with just the cardboard box.

[VAdame]

And now, Stick's Bigger Version .....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!

ETA: From *BLAMMO*

[/Ren & Stimpy]

[Rexer25]

My brother always got the stick.

Us girls were always left with just the cardboard box.

Wow. Y'all had a stick and a box?

Usually we just had one or the other.

[peacock2121]

My brother always got the stick.

Us girls were always left with just the cardboard box.

Wow. Y'all had a stick and a box?

Usually we just had one or the other.

We were the rich of the lower class.

[silvercamaro]

I am hopeful that 2009 will be The Year of the Cardboard Tube.

It's a megaphone.
It's a rifle.
It's a bat.
It's a metaphorical 10-foot-pole, when brothers must be kept at bay.
It's a royal scepter.
It's a secret place to stash stuff.
If taken apart carefully, it becomes a magic spiral to wrap around an arm or leg.

I love the cardboard tube.

[peacock2121]

I am hopeful that 2009 will be The Year of the Cardboard Tube.

It's a megaphone.
It's a rifle.
It's a bat.
It's a metaphorical 10-foot-pole, when brothers must be kept at bay.
It's a royal scepter.
It's a secret place to stash stuff.
If taken apart carefully, it becomes a magic spiral to wrap around an arm or leg.

I love the cardboard tube.

You can hit someone on the head with it and not hurt them.

[silvercamaro]

I am hopeful that 2009 will be The Year of the Cardboard Tube.

It's a megaphone.
It's a rifle.
It's a bat.
It's a metaphorical 10-foot-pole, when brothers must be kept at bay.
It's a royal scepter.
It's a secret place to stash stuff.
If taken apart carefully, it becomes a magic spiral to wrap around an arm or leg.

I love the cardboard tube.

You can hit someone on the head with it and not hurt them.

Yes. But if you did hurt them, you could turn the cardboard tube into a magic wand and fix everything again.

[MarleysGh0st]

I am hopeful that 2009 will be The Year of the Cardboard Tube.

It's a megaphone.
It's a rifle.
It's a bat.
It's a metaphorical 10-foot-pole, when brothers must be kept at bay.
It's a royal scepter.
It's a secret place to stash stuff.
If taken apart carefully, it becomes a magic spiral to wrap around an arm or leg.

I love the cardboard tube.

I vote for the cardboard tube!

[TheCalvinator24]

Wrapping paper tubes made excellent swords for about 3 whacks.

[peacock2121]

Wrapping paper tubes made excellent swords for about 3 whacks.

We gave my brother the paper towel tube, telling him that he was littler than us, so he got the littler sword. He bought it until he was about 7.

[Beebs52]

Wrapping paper tubes made excellent swords for about 3 whacks.

We gave my brother the paper towel tube, telling him that he was littler than us, so he got the littler sword. He bought it until he was about 7.

Gosh. All I ever got was the ashes from the fireplace and leftover fairydust to play with.
Well, and Tiny Tears and Betsy Wetsy, both of whom molded in their crotch because they wet. An option not wise in toys.

[hermillion]

I am hopeful that 2009 will be The Year of the Cardboard Tube.

It's a megaphone.
It's a rifle.
It's a bat.
It's a metaphorical 10-foot-pole, when brothers must be kept at bay.
It's a royal scepter.
It's a secret place to stash stuff.
If taken apart carefully, it becomes a magic spiral to wrap around an arm or leg.

I love the cardboard tube.

The paper towel tube is the paws-down favorite of herjosie's big sister. Hexe, the 14 year-old dachshund, ALWAYS gets the tube to carry around as long as she wants. Sometimes she tears it apart, but lately she just takes it with her when she curls up in her cozy bed. Her age is really starting to show.

During the Christmas season we also give her the tubes from wrapping paper, and watching her try to walk through doors was always cause for giggles. Hexe loves it when I sit on the floor to wrap gifts, and wants to sniff everything first. Then she takes it upon herself to guard the wrapped presents under the tree. She can't hear very well, and is nearly blind, but her "sniffer" still works just fine. I don't know how many more Christmases we'll have Hexe with us, but it's definitely her favorite holiday.

[VAdame]

I'm still rooting (!) for Log -- here's the full ad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GsN7Vbu ... re=related

And, for those who prefer a classic "adult" toy -- NOT SAFE FOR WORK:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm9UklULTjo