“My patents didn’t believe in toys. … We had part of a Slinky. But I straightened it.”
Source: Youtube clip from Ghostbusters, film, 1984, clip posted by Youtube user Brownboy Picturehouse (indie film site Milwaukee, Wisconsin), on 2019 12 18
Slinkies have a wonderful sound and are both a fun and terrible toy. Finding stairs that they worked on is near impossible, but building stairs out of blocks and books- that’s a fine days worth of work and fun. That sound though, that is what is wonderful.
As for logs, logs are great toys! My kids were like junior Log Ladies. Both my kids played with a log when they were younger. My eldest used to talk to a log that she carried around with her. My youngest used to take one particular log around the preschool to give it a tour. On my work days, my youngest just wanted to be next to me, but when they wanted to play in an area I wasn’t working they would sometimes bring the log over to keep an eye on me. Neither saw the Spumco Log animation or Twin Peaks. I have a few lovely pictures of that weirdness. I am hopping they discover Twin Peaks on their own, and I hope I can find those photos to show them.
