Just heard that the stick was inducted into the National Toy Hall of
Fame! Exciting stuff!
Now it seems that something called "the cardboard box" was inducted some
years ago. Anybody have plans for one of these? Measured drawrings? A
writeup? A picture? Anything? Dang! I betcha my grandkids would love
one of these things.
hopefully waiting,
jo4hn
jo4hn <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Just heard that the stick was inducted into the National Toy Hall of
> Fame! Exciting stuff!
>
> Now it seems that something called "the cardboard box" was inducted some
> years ago. Anybody have plans for one of these? Measured drawrings? A
> writeup? A picture? Anything? Dang! I betcha my grandkids would love
> one of these things.
>
> hopefully waiting,
> jo4hn
They're big things, fun for both kids and adults. They measure about
40"x40"x72", and are available at your local appliance store.
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"Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> I know.
>
> The missus made a very comfortable and pretty cat bed and put it under
> the end table for her. She used it about three times and immediately
> lost interest.
>
> Her current bed is a corner of a storage rack, on a cardboard box, in
> a closet in my office. It is dark and does not have any humans close
> by.
Cats know how much you've paid for a toy/bed/whatever, and usually follow
an inverse relationship between price and their ranking of it. The more
you paid, the less they like it. ;-)
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"Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote
>
> "CW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> > > Now it seems that something called "the cardboard box" was inducted
>> > > some years ago.
>
>> Cats like them too.
>
> Two heating pads, one sheepskin cat bed, one lovingly hand-built carpeted
> cat tree....
> Where does my cat sleep? On top of an old, dirty, cardboard box that's
> bursting at the seams.
>
>
I know.
The missus made a very comfortable and pretty cat bed and put it under the
end table for her. She used it about three times and immediately lost
interest.
Her current bed is a corner of a storage rack, on a cardboard box, in a
closet in my office. It is dark and does not have any humans close by.
"B A R R Y" wrote
> That's why I always got a kick out of people buying cat toys for actual
> money.
>
> Mine love the paper bag after the groceries are removed, an ice cube in
> the water bowl, or the curled section of an old bass string. And I can
> reuse the bag when the cats are done!
>
> Toilet paper tubes are blast, too!
... or your underwear, when it's around your ankles and they open the
bathroom door and saunter in to see what the hell it is you're up to.
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jo4hn wrote:
> Just heard that the stick was inducted into the National Toy Hall of
> Fame! Exciting stuff!
>
> Now it seems that something called "the cardboard box" was inducted some
> years ago. Anybody have plans for one of these? Measured drawrings? A
> writeup? A picture? Anything? Dang! I betcha my grandkids would love
> one of these things.
>
Shirley you meant a hockey stick.
;-)
And yes I did call you Shirley.
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Australopithecus scobis <[email protected]> wrote in news:huangpo_
[email protected]:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Puckdropper <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> They're big things, fun for both kids and adults. They measure about
>> 40"x40"x72", and are available at your local appliance store.
>
> Surprisingly, they're not. Seems that appliances come in bubble wrap
> these days. Paperback carrels, though, do still come in cardboard boxes
> that big.
>
Bubble wrap's worth inclusion in the national toy HOF itself, you know.
:-)
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"Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
>
> "LD" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> One of ours has recently taken to rubber bands. He's built quite a
>> collection and at least now we know where to find one.
>
> My cat has always liked rubber bands. She keeps finding them even
> though I grab what she's got and lock them up in the pencil drawer. I
> don't know where she gets them from, yet more always appear.
>
>
Perhaps she's a smart cat and has made a trap door in your pencil drawer.
Ever see her out in your shop eyeing your saws? :-)
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FrozenNorth wrote:
> jo4hn wrote:
>
>> Just heard that the stick was inducted into the National Toy Hall of
>> Fame! Exciting stuff!
>>
>> Now it seems that something called "the cardboard box" was inducted some
>> years ago. Anybody have plans for one of these? Measured drawrings? A
>> writeup? A picture? Anything? Dang! I betcha my grandkids would love
>> one of these things.
>>
> Shirley you meant a hockey stick.
> ;-)
>
> And yes I did call you Shirley.
>
I thought he meant a pointy stick.
http://web.hypersurf.com/~charlie2/PointyStick/PS1TableOfContent.html
Upscale wrote:
>
> Where does my cat sleep? On top of an old, dirty, cardboard box that's
> bursting at the seams.
>
That's why I always got a kick out of people buying cat toys for actual
money.
Mine love the paper bag after the groceries are removed, an ice cube in
the water bowl, or the curled section of an old bass string. And I can
reuse the bag when the cats are done!
Toilet paper tubes are blast, too!
"LD" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> One of ours has recently taken to rubber bands. He's built quite a
> collection and at least now we know where to find one.
>
I have one that fancies herself the great hunter, brings in worms all the
time.
"B A R R Y" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Upscale wrote:
>>
>> Where does my cat sleep? On top of an old, dirty, cardboard box that's
>> bursting at the seams.
>>
>
> That's why I always got a kick out of people buying cat toys for actual
> money.
>
> Mine love the paper bag after the groceries are removed, an ice cube in
> the water bowl, or the curled section of an old bass string. And I can
> reuse the bag when the cats are done!
>
> Toilet paper tubes are blast, too!
>
>
>
One of ours has recently taken to rubber bands. He's built quite a
collection and at least now we know where to find one.
"Frank Arthur" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "jo4hn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Just heard that the stick was inducted into the National Toy Hall of
> > Fame! Exciting stuff!
> >
> > Now it seems that something called "the cardboard box" was inducted
> > some years ago. Anybody have plans for one of these? Measured
> > drawrings? A writeup? A picture? Anything? Dang! I betcha my
> > grandkids would love one of these things.
> >
> > hopefully waiting,
> > jo4hn
>
> Actually, in real life I remember several instances of my children who
> were very, very young enjoying their Christmas toys in this manner.
> They would empty the contents of the cardboard box which might contain
> a toy truck, climb into the box and have fun with the box for an hour
> or more.
> I appreciate the hours watching my children with their cardboard
> boxes, having fun, imagining they were driving cars or rocket ships.
> Those cardboard boxes deserve to be in a Hall of Fame.
>
>
Cats like them too.
Swingman wrote:
>
> .... or your underwear, when it's around your ankles and they open the
> bathroom door and saunter in to see what the hell it is you're up to.
>
One of my younger cats is nicknamed "Pants Lion"...
You'll get it, I don't know how many others will! <G>
He'd curl up in my underwear and look up at me!
"CW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > > Now it seems that something called "the cardboard box" was inducted
> > > some years ago.
> Cats like them too.
Two heating pads, one sheepskin cat bed, one lovingly hand-built carpeted
cat tree....
Where does my cat sleep? On top of an old, dirty, cardboard box that's
bursting at the seams.
"LD" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> One of ours has recently taken to rubber bands. He's built quite a
> collection and at least now we know where to find one.
My cat has always liked rubber bands. She keeps finding them even though I
grab what she's got and lock them up in the pencil drawer. I don't know
where she gets them from, yet more always appear.
B A R R Y wrote:
> Upscale wrote:
>>
>> Where does my cat sleep? On top of an old, dirty, cardboard box
>> that's bursting at the seams.
>>
>
> That's why I always got a kick out of people buying cat toys for
> actual money.
>
> Mine love the paper bag after the groceries are removed, an ice cube
> in the water bowl, or the curled section of an old bass string. And
> I can reuse the bag when the cats are done!
>
> Toilet paper tubes are blast, too!
Whenever anybody mentions cat toys I think of this table:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39383723@N00/544439052/in/set-72157600350078202/.
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In article <[email protected]>,
Just Wondering <[email protected]> wrote:
> I thought he meant a pointy stick.
Oh no. Not again...
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In article <[email protected]>,
Puckdropper <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
> They're big things, fun for both kids and adults. They measure about
> 40"x40"x72", and are available at your local appliance store.
Surprisingly, they're not. Seems that appliances come in bubble wrap
these days. Paperback carrels, though, do still come in cardboard boxes
that big.
--
"Keep your ass behind you."
"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
> "B A R R Y" wrote
>
>> That's why I always got a kick out of people buying cat toys for actual
>> money.
>>
>> Mine love the paper bag after the groceries are removed, an ice cube in
>> the water bowl, or the curled section of an old bass string. And I can
>> reuse the bag when the cats are done!
>>
>> Toilet paper tubes are blast, too!
>
> ... or your underwear, when it's around your ankles and they open the
> bathroom door and saunter in to see what the hell it is you're up to.
>
In the quarter bath I get the paw under the door going for bare feet. Jeez,
that can be messy!
"jo4hn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just heard that the stick was inducted into the National Toy Hall of
> Fame! Exciting stuff!
>
> Now it seems that something called "the cardboard box" was inducted
> some years ago. Anybody have plans for one of these? Measured
> drawrings? A writeup? A picture? Anything? Dang! I betcha my
> grandkids would love one of these things.
>
> hopefully waiting,
> jo4hn
Actually, in real life I remember several instances of my children who
were very, very young enjoying their Christmas toys in this manner.
They would empty the contents of the cardboard box which might contain
a toy truck, climb into the box and have fun with the box for an hour
or more.
I appreciate the hours watching my children with their cardboard
boxes, having fun, imagining they were driving cars or rocket ships.
Those cardboard boxes deserve to be in a Hall of Fame.