My dad got fussed at for bouncing one of those in the aisle at Walmart. The store clerk repeatedly told him "sir, please stop bouncing the ball. Sir, please stop by bouncing ball". A lady shopping nearby even asked him "sir, didn't you hear what she said?" He did not stop bouncing ball until a bit later when he decided he was done. He really believed those balls were meant to be played with at the store. Teenage me was dying of embarrassment on the other aisle.
I was sick one weekend and I finally talked my mom into letting me have one. I got home, put it on the lawn, and the wind immediately blew it away. To this day I can still feel the devastation I had in my heart in that moment.
I was salty about my folks always saying no to these, so I would let my kids get them when they were little. It was a complete waste of money. They never got played with once they came home. I guess I gotta hand it to my folks for being right, after all. Haha
Ok remember getting a blue one when I was 5 or so and when I got home I kicked it into are grassy yard from our driveway and the second it hit the grass it popped.. 😔 Rest in peace blue ball you will never be forgotten
It would go back into the cage. I have seen them at some supermarkets and at CVS and as an adult I take one and bounce it or kick it around and put it back into the cage.
Your mom knew you were going to drop kick that sticker in the house and cause chaos. At least my mom did on the bright side I did get the lime green super soaker
We bought our kids a couple of these and they break down in a hurry from what I remember.
And though one is an adult and one more than halfway done with high school, I recently brought a ball home. I hurt myself and one of the things they told me to do in physical therapy, was hold a ball against a wall, push, and go in circles, wax on, wax off. So of course I had to buy an old-school dodgeball, something my kids tell me was replaced with foam balls at their school.
My kid wanted one at the grocery about 10 years ago and I just had to say yes, knowing that it made me just about the coolest dad ever and perhaps the first person to ever actually buy their kid one.
He actually loved it and played with it all the time until a rose bush popped it.
I'm one of the few that took a few home. They lasted long enough.
When I discovered that you could inflate these with a standard needle, then it got fun. I used to stretch these to gargantuan proportions. It was like one of my first hacks.
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