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1st !
Did you know that Necco Wafers are linked with an increase in foot size?
did you know turtles can breathe with their behinds?
I actually did know that – and I had blocked it out. Thanks for reminding me! >gick<
Did you know honey is the only food in the world that never spoils? And it’s not even made or grown by man, hmm maybe the bees are onto something we don’t know.
BUT it can crystallize
What, wagging our asses and having mom as your boss for the rest of your life?
And how is that different from what we’re doing right now?
Did you know that a pig’s orgasm lasts for 30 minutes?…
ahhh…. awkward…
I can do this with my ballz!
Ours were called “Hoppity” Hop, but it was the exact same thing. I even remember the jingle:
“Hoppity Hop is so much fun. Hoppity Hop for EVERYone!”
My kids actually have a couple of these.
I got kicked out of a Toys R Us when I was 20 for having Hippity Hop races with my best friend down the aisles.
I rented a park and held a One-Mile Hippity-Hop Race yesterday… I even have a website for it (www.HippityHopRace.com)…
We discovered a cache of Hippity-Hops in the back of the rink at roller derby practice not long ago. Now we race each other after bouts.
The kid in the red shirt is totally cheating.
I remember the ones that had Disney character heads in front of the handles, mickey, donald, etc. I never had one, though.
I have a pair of friends whos first forays into womanhood came courtesy of the hippity hop. They would just hop away for hours, because it made them feel all warm and fuzzy, if ya know what I mean, and I think ya do.
Holy hell, yes I do.
That little girl kind of sucked at bouncing. It’s not a really hard concept to grasp. She must be “mentally challenged.”
or she might have issues with balance like me! i always fell off those things, broke an arm when i was trampled in a race *shudder*
Hoppity Hop!! Awesome. One of my fondest memories was of sneaking downstairs early Christmas morning (and by early, I mean like 2 am) with my brother, bouncing around the living room on our new Hoppity Hops, and going back to bed so happy. We practically LIVED on those things for what seemed like forever. I don’t know how they lasted as long as they did considering we took them outside all the time. Good times.
In elementary school, we used to have Hippity-Hop races on field day every year. x3
space hoppers looked cooler!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_hopper
i LOVED those!! The blue ones were by far the best, closely followed by the red ones. Although one of the playground’s red ones was always a bit deflated.
in gym class in like 2nd grade they let us have races on those. it was so awesome. they had horse heads on them to i think. i had one and would bounce down the hill in my back yard. thats not safe, but whateves.
These were the best. BTW: I’m surprised they haven’t posted the the toy where you pull the handle, the arrow spins, lands on an item, and it says something like “The cow says moo”.
Holy crap, I work with a kids after school program and we have a few of these – the box even has the picture of that 80’s kid. They’ve sold how many world wide since 1985 and they have not changed the picture? cheap asses.
in the category of “things that have been done to my childhood”, I have seen these in the “Adult Toys” stores with an ‘attatchment’, if you can gather where I am going. It comes in a box, uninflated, with a woman sitting on it on one side, and then the other side has a guy sitting next to it, looking longingly at it.
My Inner Child was very confused…
I remember that! really well…perhaps too well. When I got older I tried going on it again and it popped! :`(
This would make a great aerobic class for adults. Mix of exercise ball stretches and fun bouncing like a kid again.
omg i loved this toy.. until the fat kid down the street popped mine.
Rue: “Mummie please buy me one…please, please, please?”
Rue’s Mummie: “no, Rue. they’re unsteady and you can fall down and hit your head. those toys are unsafe.”
three weeks later:
Michelle: “MY Mommie and Daddy bought me one because they love me. YOUR Mommy and Daddy didn’t buy you one because they DON’T love you.”
(bounce, bounce, bouncity, bounce)
(WHACK!)
Michelle: “waaa….aahh…”
Rue: “Mummie, come quick, Michelle fell off her Hippity Hop ball and the blood is coming out of her head!” (giggle)
ahhh…childhood memories.
awesome. i love these things. my friends and i held a contest to see who could go the longest without falling. the record was 34 seconds.
it’s like those yoga exercise balls with a handle.
I think we still got my old yellow one with goofy on in the attic somewhere and this makes me wanna take it forth and jump!