Comments on: Toy "blooming flower" uses nested, dyed fans of tissue paper to surprise, delight http://boingboing.net/2013/03/03/toy-blooming-flower-uses-n.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: blueelm http://boingboing.net/2013/03/03/toy-blooming-flower-uses-n.html#comment-1671076 blueelm Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216327#comment-1671076 Oh wow. I had several of these as a child. I never knew how they worked and was not the sort of kid to strike or shake a toy. So I would just kind of open them a little and then shut them back thinking "wow, these things are too easy to break."  Oh wow. I had several of these as a child. I never knew how they worked and was not the sort of kid to strike or shake a toy. So I would just kind of open them a little and then shut them back thinking “wow, these things are too easy to break.” 

]]> By: GlenBlank http://boingboing.net/2013/03/03/toy-blooming-flower-uses-n.html#comment-1671068 GlenBlank Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216327#comment-1671068 It's true, it is - fortunately, I was invited to the Castle on several subsequent occasions by other people - which somewhat lessened the sting of misplacing the first invitation. :-) It’s true, it is – fortunately, I was invited to the Castle on several subsequent occasions by other people – which somewhat lessened the sting of misplacing the first invitation. :-)

]]> By: GlenBlank http://boingboing.net/2013/03/03/toy-blooming-flower-uses-n.html#comment-1671066 GlenBlank Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216327#comment-1671066 What can I say?  "Innuendo and out the other" - that's me. :-) What can I say?  ”Innuendo and out the other” – that’s me. :-)

]]> By: pKp http://boingboing.net/2013/03/03/toy-blooming-flower-uses-n.html#comment-1670324 pKp Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216327#comment-1670324 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_Castle Being invited there is kind of a big deal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_Castle
Being invited there is kind of a big deal.

]]> By: BunnyShank http://boingboing.net/2013/03/03/toy-blooming-flower-uses-n.html#comment-1670065 BunnyShank Mon, 04 Mar 2013 01:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216327#comment-1670065  DOH!!!! (it really hurts to read that)  DOH!!!! (it really hurts to read that)

]]> By: Dimmer http://boingboing.net/2013/03/03/toy-blooming-flower-uses-n.html#comment-1670049 Dimmer Sun, 03 Mar 2013 23:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216327#comment-1670049 "I once had a strolling magician aboard an Amtrak train … invite me to the Magic Castle after I gave him … one" Two innuendos in one sentence. Prizes! Maybe even three if you count the "Magic Castle". “I once had a strolling magician aboard an Amtrak train … invite me to the Magic Castle after I gave him … one”

Two innuendos in one sentence. Prizes! Maybe even three if you count the “Magic Castle”.

]]> By: GlenBlank http://boingboing.net/2013/03/03/toy-blooming-flower-uses-n.html#comment-1670041 GlenBlank Sun, 03 Mar 2013 23:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216327#comment-1670041 I have one of those sitting about two feet from my keyboard in a pencil jar.  It was a favorite among the acolytes of the Church of the Holy Toy, a religion I accidentally invented after-hours at the old LHC RenFaire in Agoura. I once had a strolling magician aboard an Amtrak train from Santa Barbara to LA invite me to the Magic Castle after I gave him the one I had at the time, which I'd demonstrated as a response to his sleight-of-hand. (Lost his card, though, and couldn't recall his name, so I never got to take him up on it.) I have one of those sitting about two feet from my keyboard in a pencil jar.  It was a favorite among the acolytes of the Church of the Holy Toy, a religion I accidentally invented after-hours at the old LHC RenFaire in Agoura.

I once had a strolling magician aboard an Amtrak train from Santa Barbara to LA invite me to the Magic Castle after I gave him the one I had at the time, which I’d demonstrated as a response to his sleight-of-hand. (Lost his card, though, and couldn’t recall his name, so I never got to take him up on it.)

]]> By: Timmo Warner http://boingboing.net/2013/03/03/toy-blooming-flower-uses-n.html#comment-1670024 Timmo Warner Sun, 03 Mar 2013 22:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216327#comment-1670024 Sometimes I can put them on my shirt? When? When?! Sometimes I can put them on my shirt? When? When?!

]]> By: Joseph Francis http://boingboing.net/2013/03/03/toy-blooming-flower-uses-n.html#comment-1670013 Joseph Francis Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216327#comment-1670013 There was one left at the Amazon link, so I grabbed it. At least I thought I did: We're sorry. Some items became unavailable after you added them to your shopping cart. Click here to return to the product detail page and try another seller. There was one left at the Amazon link, so I grabbed it. At least I thought I did: We’re sorry. Some items became unavailable after you added them to your shopping cart. Click here to return to the product detail page and try another seller.

]]> By: Sekino http://boingboing.net/2013/03/03/toy-blooming-flower-uses-n.html#comment-1670011 Sekino Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216327#comment-1670011 That brings me back! My aunt got me one when I was a kid. They're fascinating. That brings me back! My aunt got me one when I was a kid. They’re fascinating.

]]> By: Steve White http://boingboing.net/2013/03/03/toy-blooming-flower-uses-n.html#comment-1670001 Steve White Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216327#comment-1670001 I got my three years olds these several years ago in Chinatown. Endlessly cool and surprisingly durable. I got my three years olds these several years ago in Chinatown. Endlessly cool and surprisingly durable.

]]> By: laurakeet http://boingboing.net/2013/03/03/toy-blooming-flower-uses-n.html#comment-1669992 laurakeet Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216327#comment-1669992 I loved these things when I was a kid! Got them at the gift shop of the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, I think. I loved these things when I was a kid! Got them at the gift shop of the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, I think.

]]> By: hungryjoe http://boingboing.net/2013/03/03/toy-blooming-flower-uses-n.html#comment-1669993 hungryjoe Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216327#comment-1669993 Here's a vaguely similar thing we saw a lot in China: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7o9_546L3U Here’s a vaguely similar thing we saw a lot in China:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7o9_546L3U

]]> By: s2redux http://boingboing.net/2013/03/03/toy-blooming-flower-uses-n.html#comment-1669950 s2redux Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216327#comment-1669950 Can we thus assume that you finally got <i>your</i> bloomers back from United? Can we thus assume that you finally got your bloomers back from United?

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