Three new toys have just been inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame: the Gameboy, the Big Wheel, and the ball.
And this makes me feel old. Why? The ball is the only one of the three that I was young enough to play with when it came out! The Gameboy came out in 1989. That's the year I moved to Madison and started working at the state capitol. The Big Wheel came out in 1969. I was already riding around the block on a 2-wheeler by that year.
Okay wise-achers--the ball was invented when I was a kid. Am I a fan of the ball, you might ask? Oh sure--what could possibly be wrong with a ball?
It has caused me a bit of trauma over the years. I have nightmares about certain neighborhood Dodgeball games. Even the innocent seeming keep-away game Monkey in the Middle can turn ugly when one of the players (me) is decidedly shorter than the other two.
I even unwittingly caused my younger brother to require stitches as an infant..because of the now famed ball. I taught him how to roll around on it on his stomach when he was under a year old and somehow he cracked his chin open. Next time you see him ask to see the scar.
You know I think last year's big inductee into the Toy Hall of Fame was a much safer choice: the stick. Unless you take into account that whole poking an eye out possibility.
See the whole list of Hall of Fame toys here.
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And this makes me feel old. Why? The ball is the only one of the three that I was young enough to play with when it came out! The Gameboy came out in 1989. That's the year I moved to Madison and started working at the state capitol. The Big Wheel came out in 1969. I was already riding around the block on a 2-wheeler by that year.
Okay wise-achers--the ball was invented when I was a kid. Am I a fan of the ball, you might ask? Oh sure--what could possibly be wrong with a ball?
It has caused me a bit of trauma over the years. I have nightmares about certain neighborhood Dodgeball games. Even the innocent seeming keep-away game Monkey in the Middle can turn ugly when one of the players (me) is decidedly shorter than the other two.
I even unwittingly caused my younger brother to require stitches as an infant..because of the now famed ball. I taught him how to roll around on it on his stomach when he was under a year old and somehow he cracked his chin open. Next time you see him ask to see the scar.
You know I think last year's big inductee into the Toy Hall of Fame was a much safer choice: the stick. Unless you take into account that whole poking an eye out possibility.
See the whole list of Hall of Fame toys 
