Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/05/24/im-just-a-bowl-cut-and-a-sit.html
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Got one for Christmas in about 1973. Used it once. Never again.
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The flip side is that you’re just a bowl cut and a power wheel away from complete horror.
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I was just converting some VHS from about 1994 and my nephew got one for Christmas. So they were still making them in the 90s. When I saw that video it made me want an adult sized one. I guess the teacups at Disneyland are a similar concept…
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that little player is gonna pick himself up some twins!
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I immediately looked for one.
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Self-induced dizziness is the gateway to harder drugs.
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This was one of those things I’d occasionally see in playrooms or pre-schools and get really excited about, do it once, then move on to the lincoln logs or whatever.
AKA a lesson in momentary thrills versus creativity it would take oh you know another 30 years or so to unpack properly.
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They do seem fun, just want to play forever and ever. Danny is a little standoffish though…
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…and getting shredded rotator cuffs.
Precedent for this specific crossover market has been established…
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My sister and I had the same model as kids except in red (the Sit & Spin, not haircut). The handle broke off but we figured out that we could spin much faster without it by walking our hands around on the floor in a gyrating whirling dervish, much like Taz. I’m sure I could find the home movie of it if I can find some time to track it down.
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I’ve been trying to kick baby swing for 47 years now
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They make adult sized big wheels, so why not sit and spins?
Someone made one, at least?
http://thehomesteadingboards.com/diy-sit-n-spin/
And someone is selling one?
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Ah, the early 80s, when I too had a bowl cut and a sit-n-spin! Those were the days.
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Back in college, at the college radio station, I went by DJ Sit-n-Spin.
Fer realsies…
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We pretty much call them office chairs…
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Looks like you spun until your shoes flew off!
Did you ever wonder what helped them spin? It was about 500 clear glass marbles, which my cousin and I discovered when we broke one open in the driveway and watched in horror as they all rolled down the drive and into the neighborhood.
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