Originally Posted by Ferd (Post 836261)

1. You only have two hands. You do not need more than two toys.
2. Toys that make noise are not toys.
3. Toys that can be tripped over need to go in the trash
4. Toys that hurt when you step on them are weapons and children should not play with weapons.
5. If I can see it when it is put up, you have more toys than you can put up so it needs to go away!
6. Toys from Grandparents should be kept at the grandparents house!

Does anyone think Ferd gets to live by his rules? LOL!

Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace* (Post 836267)

Toys should come pre-assembled, and should not have 6 trillion staples and ties holding them prisoner in the box.

Originally Posted by Esther (Post 836322)

I was thinking Levi would love a set of drums. :ursofunny

:whistle

Originally Posted by Ferd (Post 836367)

my sorry brother in law got him a set 2 years ago.

Originally Posted by John Atkinson (Post 836266)

I have in the past, and will continue to, use toys as a revenge mechanism. Friends, relatives and brethren who do something that ticks me off during the course of the year WILL experience a toy or toys for their kids at xmas that WILL violate most of your ruleset and then some....

Yes, I have a list...

Originally Posted by Ferd (Post 836367)

my sorry brother in law got him a set 2 years ago.

Originally Posted by rgcraig (Post 836368)

He must have been paying you back for something you did to him.

Originally Posted by Hoovie (Post 836553)

I remember having a cast iron tractor... that was about it. I don't know if it's delayed envy or what - but I hate those plastic toys that make noise and flash and beep etc. LOL!

Originally Posted by Ferd (Post 836635)

I had 2 cast iron tractors and a toy gun my dad carved out of a 2x4.

I also had a metal ring that I found on the farm and a stick that I would use to hit the ring and make it role.

upon occastion I would play with an empty green bean can kicking it around the yard.....



my kids have no idea....

Originally Posted by rgcraig (Post 836646)

And, I bet you walked to school in the snow barefoot too, didn't you?

Originally Posted by Ferd (Post 836635)

I had 2 cast iron tractors and a toy gun my dad carved out of a 2x4.

I also had a metal ring that I found on the farm and a stick that I would use to hit the ring and make it role.

upon occastion I would play with an empty green bean can kicking it around the yard.....



my kids have no idea....

Originally Posted by Baron1710 (Post 836674)

What good is a toy gun? I was running around with a BB gun when I was 5. Until I got in trouble for trying to open a shot gun shell with a nail. I had ran out of ammo for my BB gun and someone had told me that the shot gun shell was full of them.

Originally Posted by Baron1710 (Post 836674)

What good is a toy gun? I was running around with a BB gun when I was 5. Until I got in trouble for trying to open a shot gun shell with a nail. I had ran out of ammo for my BB gun and someone had told me that the shot gun shell was full of them.

Originally Posted by Ferd (Post 836736)

LOL! well guns are different!

I got my first gun .22 when I was about 7 or 8. got my first shotgun when I was strong enough to hold it up... 9 or 10?

Love that gun. Model 1100 Remington .20 gage.

Alas, my sons arent going to have that kind of fun. They live in the big city.


I did have a BB gun when I was really little. Ive blocked out those memories so THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP


when I was about 6 I shot out the sliding glass door in our trailer (YES I LIVED IN A HOUSE TRAILER) in the dead of winter.

Thank you Baron for making me relive the consequences of my actions! LOL!

Originally Posted by Baron1710 (Post 836754)

That's funny. Though I bet it wasn't at the time. One time there was a window of a car shot out at my grandparents house, there were several cousins with BB guns and somehow I got blamed.

I got a .20 gauge when I was 12. I also bought a .30-.30 when I was 13. Still have both of them and have added to the collection some since then. My daughter who is 12 was asking for a rifle the other day, hmmm seems like a good idea to me!!!

Originally Posted by rgcraig (Post 836277)

Legos should be outlawed!!!!

Originally Posted by Pressing-On (Post 836773)

I collect Legos!!!!!!! Don't touch my Legos!!!! I have a 10-gallon container filled with Legos and they are sorted by color! :D :toofunny

Kids love to play with them when they come over. It allows the parents to visit without interruption. :thumbsup

Originally Posted by rgcraig (Post 836789)

My son has (still at my house) a Tikes Toy Chest FULL of legos - - - my grandchildren will love them I'm sure, but oh they hurt when you step on one in the carpet!

Originally Posted by Ferd (Post 836844)

Legos fall under rule #1

you only have 2 hands....

Originally Posted by Baron1710 (Post 836674)

What good is a toy gun? I was running around with a BB gun when I was 5. Until I got in trouble for trying to open a shot gun shell with a nail. I had ran out of ammo for my BB gun and someone had told me that the shot gun shell was full of them.

Originally Posted by Pressing-On (Post 836851)

My mother would put strings in the big Folgers coffee cans so that we could walk with them. That was fun! :thumbsup

Originally Posted by Esther (Post 836853)

Walk with them like under your feet?

Originally Posted by Pressing-On (Post 836872)

LOL! Okay, walk on them. I thought if I said walk with them, you would get the visual of pulling the strings in order to go forward. LOL!

Originally Posted by Ferd (Post 836879)

we did that too! my grandma would make us stilts out of coffee cans.