Do you know what a "50p fly-away" is?

Posted by hoksworthwipple@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 33 comments

I'm intrigued that something from my childhood no longer be understood.

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Throwaway91847817@reddit

Sounds like a Victorian term for a handjob

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PrestigiousHour500@reddit

Tuppence-halfpenny rub.

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Low-Total9121@reddit

Tupenny upright

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InfiniteGoatse@reddit

Thank you. The first time I've laughed out loud in ages.

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BillyShannon82@reddit

Assume it’s an inflatable football. They were known as Penny Floaters round my way.

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ViridianKumquat@reddit

> inflatable football As opposed to all those other types of football?

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Character-Way9961@reddit

In school we had a solid plastic football for some unknown reason, thing was like a rock. Hit me in the bollocks so hard I ended up in hospital

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sideone@reddit

Sometimes we had those foam ones that absorbed all the puddles and then unleashed the water all over your shoe when kicked.

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MahatmaAndhi@reddit

Yeah, the Shoot 5 type that turned you in to Ronaldo (the Brazilian one) and made a pohooung sound when you toe-punted it. Halcyon days...

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Non-Combatant@reddit

Floater or float away.

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robster9090@reddit

The worst football you will ever kick

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MunkeeseeMonkeydoo@reddit

Murder trying to save a 20 yarder from those, swerved everywhere 😂. Wembley Trophy for me every Christmas.

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Jeepage@reddit

It’s a penny floater

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Intrepid-Regret-7668@reddit

They were called windy poppers where I grew up. Presumably because they blew away I the wind and popped really easily.

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Embarrassed-Gas-8155@reddit

A footie? Think they were 10p when I were a lad. Gutted when we had to use these instead of proper balls ("caseys" round ours) after some ball-to-face injuries.

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burglarysheepspeak@reddit

Nothing quite replicates that feeling of a Mitre Mouldmaster full pelt to the face on a cold winter afternoon on the schools red ash sports pitch.

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lessthandave89@reddit

Thnk you've just unlocked some childhood trauma. A casey, used too much on concrete, with the patches scuffed off, soaking wet, to the face, on a cold day from 6 feet away. I can feel my face stinging

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Embarrassed-Gas-8155@reddit

Haha yes, we've all had that scratchy wet balloon to the face - bonus points if they knocked your glasses off.

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Legitimate-Bath1798@reddit

Fly aways were just cheap footballs when I were a lad

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terencela@reddit

Used to call them windies up in North Wales back in the day.

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touch_me69420@reddit

I've lost 2 on the beach in Majorca this week

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davethecave@reddit

No. What is it?

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Outcasted_introvert@reddit

Cheap, light football.

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LopsidedEquipment177@reddit

Aren't sure why "50p" is added to it. But, "fly away", when I was a kid, is a rubber (I think) football that's very lightweight.

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Outcasted_introvert@reddit

Because they were cheap to buy.

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El_Shaw@reddit

I would have known what you meant, although I grew up in South London and we called them "wind floaters".

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Fight_Disciple@reddit

Small thin plasticcy football that when booted, fucks off with the wind.

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Same_Grouness@reddit

We just called them fly-aways but it's those cheap, very light footballs that seem to break every law of physics when you try to kick one straight.

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MrNippyNippy@reddit

It’s a handy J isn’t it? Cost more than 50p now tho

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Miserable_Toe9920@reddit

Penny floater we used to call them. They would travel in the opposite direction you kicked it, worst footballs ever!!!

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zephyrmox@reddit

A penny floater don't you mean

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EnterBeaks@reddit

Never heard that term. Round my way we called them "floaters".

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Clever_Username_467@reddit

A cheap light-weight football. One that isn't a "casey".

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