tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post6932394922330254950..comments2024-03-28T16:55:49.068+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: I'M FEELING BLUE AND SEEING RED - MY BOOMERANG DIDN'T COME BACK...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-70674792889779460382017-09-05T18:15:30.097+01:002017-09-05T18:15:30.097+01:00In the mid-'80s, I was in my mid-20s, DS, so s...In the mid-'80s, I was in my mid-20s, DS, so such things would probably have escaped my notice - which it obviously did as it doesn't ring any bells with me. As for the singular of hundreds-and-thousands, how about one hundred thousand?Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-67032848707743960692017-09-05T17:17:54.860+01:002017-09-05T17:17:54.860+01:00I've no idea what it was called, but around 19...I've no idea what it was called, but around 1984-85ish, I owned a plastic wheel about 1.5 inches across that fitted into a small piece of plastic held in the thumb and forefinger that had a bit of elastic stretched across it. You put the wheel in and held it in place with a finger then released it and it would glide for a far old distance.<br /><br />One day I decided to see how far up it would go- it flew up into the air then curved gracefully around and landed in the gutter on the roof of a two-storey building at my primary school. At the time, I realised I wasn't getting the wheel back, but I remember wondering to myself about its eventual fate - would it lie on the roof for decades before being found by some futuristic archeologist? More likely that it blew back off the roof or wound up in a bag of damp leaves the next time the school had the gutters cleaned.<br /><br />As I say, I can't remember if this aerodynamic novelty had a name, but they were sold loose in the newsagents and came with a postage stamp sized bag of sweets sellotaped to them - the sweets were actually multicoloured balls not much bigger than hundreds-and-thousands.<br /><br />Two questions for you or your learned readers, Kid;<br /><br />1- Does anyone know what those flying disc things were called (or even does anyone else remember them?)<br /><br />and<br /><br />2- What's the singular of hundreds-and-thousands? (This has genuinely puzzled me for decades)Dave Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-29779438303477975862017-09-04T08:41:41.727+01:002017-09-04T08:41:41.727+01:00That's not a boomerang, PS - it's a stick....That's not a boomerang, PS - it's a stick.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-50813367688197711542017-09-04T07:23:30.347+01:002017-09-04T07:23:30.347+01:00My dad brought a boomerang . Threw it. If hit a tr...My dad brought a boomerang . Threw it. If hit a tree and vanished into the underbrush never to be seen again Phil Snoreply@blogger.com