Blast from the past - remind us of a thing
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Doofus said:
Here's one. When I was probably four or five, so fifty years ago, my cousin, who is 12 years older than me had some strange toy/thing.
What I remember is that you blew bubbles through a straw, but the liquid was dark green, and went hard, so essentially, you blew baubles.
The only other thing I remember is that the green liquid tasted f
king horrible.
I have no idea if this was homemade, shop bought or 'foreign' (my cousin spent his early years in Kenya)
Any ideas?
Bloonies.What I remember is that you blew bubbles through a straw, but the liquid was dark green, and went hard, so essentially, you blew baubles.
The only other thing I remember is that the green liquid tasted f
king horrible.I have no idea if this was homemade, shop bought or 'foreign' (my cousin spent his early years in Kenya)
Any ideas?
General Price said:
Doofus said:
Here's one. When I was probably four or five, so fifty years ago, my cousin, who is 12 years older than me had some strange toy/thing.
What I remember is that you blew bubbles through a straw, but the liquid was dark green, and went hard, so essentially, you blew baubles.
The only other thing I remember is that the green liquid tasted fking horrible.
I have no idea if this was homemade, shop bought or 'foreign' (my cousin spent his early years in Kenya)
Any ideas?
Bloonies.What I remember is that you blew bubbles through a straw, but the liquid was dark green, and went hard, so essentially, you blew baubles.
The only other thing I remember is that the green liquid tasted f
king horrible.I have no idea if this was homemade, shop bought or 'foreign' (my cousin spent his early years in Kenya)
Any ideas?
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Doofus said:
It might be the stuff, but I only remember dark green.
I remember dark green and dark blue, and I think red.I'm assuming "Bloonies" was how it was sold in the USA, as the name definitely doesn't ring a bell, and I seem to remember the tubes were darker in colour. Olso the Whamo product doesn't sound familiar.
Wasn't it Magic Plastic in the UK?
Edited by C n C on Thursday 13th June 00:27
Doofus said:
Here's one. When I was probably four or five, so fifty years ago, my cousin, who is 12 years older than me had some strange toy/thing.
What I remember is that you blew bubbles through a straw, but the liquid was dark green, and went hard, so essentially, you blew baubles.
The only other thing I remember is that the green liquid tasted fking horrible.
I have no idea if this was homemade, shop bought or 'foreign' (my cousin spent his early years in Kenya)
Any ideas?
I used to get the same kind of thing as a kid when I went to Italy. Was called Crystal Ball, the paste smelled like glue.What I remember is that you blew bubbles through a straw, but the liquid was dark green, and went hard, so essentially, you blew baubles.
The only other thing I remember is that the green liquid tasted f
king horrible.I have no idea if this was homemade, shop bought or 'foreign' (my cousin spent his early years in Kenya)
Any ideas?
Doofus said:
It might be the stuff, but I only remember dark green.
I remember it as brown and sold by some dodgy geezer on the balcony at the Daily Mail Ideal Homes Exhibition in Olympia. Some real rubbish was sold up on that balcony - they demonstrate, you buy, get home and there's no chance it would ever do what they claimed. "Here today, gone this evening!"Doofus said:
Here's one. When I was probably four or five, so fifty years ago, my cousin, who is 12 years older than me had some strange toy/thing.
What I remember is that you blew bubbles through a straw, but the liquid was dark green, and went hard, so essentially, you blew baubles.
The only other thing I remember is that the green liquid tasted fking horrible.
I have no idea if this was homemade, shop bought or 'foreign' (my cousin spent his early years in Kenya)
Any ideas?
Can't remember the name, but I can still smell the stuff!What I remember is that you blew bubbles through a straw, but the liquid was dark green, and went hard, so essentially, you blew baubles.
The only other thing I remember is that the green liquid tasted f
king horrible.I have no idea if this was homemade, shop bought or 'foreign' (my cousin spent his early years in Kenya)
Any ideas?
DocJock said:
Doofus said:
Here's one. When I was probably four or five, so fifty years ago, my cousin, who is 12 years older than me had some strange toy/thing.
What I remember is that you blew bubbles through a straw, but the liquid was dark green, and went hard, so essentially, you blew baubles.
The only other thing I remember is that the green liquid tasted fking horrible.
I have no idea if this was homemade, shop bought or 'foreign' (my cousin spent his early years in Kenya)
Any ideas?
Can't remember the name, but I can still smell the stuff!What I remember is that you blew bubbles through a straw, but the liquid was dark green, and went hard, so essentially, you blew baubles.
The only other thing I remember is that the green liquid tasted f
king horrible.I have no idea if this was homemade, shop bought or 'foreign' (my cousin spent his early years in Kenya)
Any ideas?
zb said:
dickymint said:
I see that Tescos are now selling 'Oyster Shells'..........
Not had one of those in years.Ice cream van also sold:
A banana boat, which was two scoops of ice cream, with a serving of fruit salad, hundreds and thousands, and raspberry sauce placed in the type of plastic boat below (no banana for scale).
Single nougat
and the daddy of them all, the double nougat
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