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    mig
    mig Member Posts: 7,154
    edited 17. Jul 2011, 04:33 in Community Chit-chat archive
    Hi,can anyone remember playing with a whip and top,my sisters and i used to play with them,we used to colour them with chalk to make patterns.Mig

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    • mellman01
      mellman01 Member Posts: 5,306
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      I do but I could never get them to work!.
    • tkachev
      tkachev Member Posts: 8,332
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      We have one now. It is popular with autistic kids so bought it off a website for toys for autistic children.

      Elizabeth
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    • julie47
      julie47 Member Posts: 6,041
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      I remember chalking the top of yhe top so that it looked great as it was spinning.

      I did it for my daughter too.

      Juliepf x
    • mig
      mig Member Posts: 7,154
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      didnt think you could still buy them ,will try and get one for my grand children.Mig
    • barbara12
      barbara12 Member Posts: 21,281
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      Hi MIg
      I remember them....like Mell I was useless...do you remember the games that you put a piece of wood on the curb...hit with a sick...and when it flew up you waked it again...forgotten what is was called :roll:
      Love
      Barbara
    • hileena111
      hileena111 Member Posts: 7,099
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      Coming from Northern Ireland we called them a Perry {perrie??} and a whip
      but the same thing....yes remember them well LOL
    • mig
      mig Member Posts: 7,154
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      no dont remember the stick game but do remember playing marbles in the road,what about hop scotch?Mig
    • valval
      valval Member Posts: 14,911
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      british bull dogs in school yard half the school joining in was usless with top and whip (ours was painted)
      val
    • hileena111
      hileena111 Member Posts: 7,099
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      Oh Mig
      Can you imagine us playing hopscotch now?????? :lol:
      Or me anyway :lol::lol:
    • mig
      mig Member Posts: 7,154
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      hello hileena111,well we could do it if two held the other one while they hopped.Mig :lol:
    • hileena111
      hileena111 Member Posts: 7,099
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      Brilliant idea LOL :lol::lol::lol:
    • valval
      valval Member Posts: 14,911
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      hopped is that the word sure more of a shuffle trip in my case????. would never get brick to land on right square the way my hands shake val
      val
    • tonesp
      tonesp Member Posts: 844
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      playing with tops is very serious in Malaysia We went to a festival in Kota Baru on the west coast and top spinning is a very serious They can get them to spin for hours 8) 8) 8)
    • mig
      mig Member Posts: 7,154
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      Why would they want to?Mig :shock:
    • joanlawson
      joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      I used to spend hours playing with a whip and top, chalking patterns on the top and trying to keep it spinning for as long as possible. I used to have competitions with my friends to see who could keep it spinning the longest. Why don't children play games like this any longer :?: I suppose it's called progress, but we always used to be outside skipping, playing hopscotch, playing with whips and tops etc. There are children living on my road, but I rarely see them playing out.
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    • tonesp
      tonesp Member Posts: 844
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      mig wrote:
      Why would they want to?Mig :shock:
      Don't shoot the messenger All I know that is a very big cultural activity :eek: :eek: :eek:
    • Airwave!
      Airwave! Member Posts: 2,479
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      I did have a gyroscope which you wound the string round and pulled it, then placed it on a line, same effect.
    • hileena111
      hileena111 Member Posts: 7,099
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      The only difference {if I remember right} was the gyroscope went once but the whip and top,......you got it spinning and then kept hitting it with the whip to keep it going
      Is that right??

      Love
      Hileena
    • mig
      mig Member Posts: 7,154
      edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
      Serves you right.Mig

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