Archive for June, 2009

Submitted by m1k0t3

Open thread: Why do you love Corduroy?

Submitted by Jennifer D

We always remember Tang for leaving a chalky, sticky taste in our mouths unless we were sweaty and dehydrated after baseball practice or something. Otherwise, it was one of those things that your Mom would give you and you groan because you wish you could have Kool-Aid or real juice. Now Tang tastes even more funny because it’s full of artificial sweeteners.
It will forever be remember for being used by the first moon-walkers, for those that don’t remember. For anyone that’s confused by the provided commercial, it’s because one of the main objectives of the moon-walkers was to bring back moon rocks.

Submitted by Lynne T

Dots and Lines or Dots and Boxes was a fun way to waste time during bus rides, long classes, or anytime you had a willing opponent, paper and a writing utensil. There were a lot of fun strategies for trapping your opponent, although most people just assumed it was luck of the string. Did you know there’s a way to turn this into a gambling game by adding coins to the squares?

Submitted by Alan T

Not only did Julia Child bring a lot of great French culinary practice into the American living, both through her encyclopedia of a book, to her long-running cooking show, she was also a freakin’ spy! How cool is that?! “Here, try my paté… PS. where do you keep all of your sensitive government documents?”

Submitted by David W

Monkey Bars are an essential and epic part of childhood! Nevermind that it was just a couple of bars spaced just far enough apart that kids could swing from them, there was so much more to do on them! You could climb up on top and do Cherry drops, Double Unders, and more. Whole days could be wasted just swinging back and forth across them, followed by running up, down, around and through whatever structure usually accompanied the Monkey Bars.

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