Ebay Joy
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I got into work a little early today (thank you Dublin Bus) so I had a quick browse round the goodness that is Ebay and discovered these:
I don’t think my heart has longed for anything in so long. It’s not like I could even remotely fit in to them (despite their amazing adjustability) – it’s just that they would bring back so many happy childhood memories of my own pair (sadly not of this world anymore). I must have snotted myself a billion times wearing them but they were just so unbelievably fun. Rollerblades were never as cool.
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AnneElicious 
I want.I want.I want.I want.I want.I want.
Wanna go halfsies on ’em? 😀
Comment by Green Of Eye October 1, 2008 @ 10:37 amOOOh, I used to have a pair just like these and LOVED them. I remember thinking how scary roller blades seemed after the study stability of these lads.
Comment by Nathalie October 1, 2008 @ 10:51 amHa. Blast from the past alright.
Comment by Anthony October 1, 2008 @ 11:01 amMy pair were in dark blue. I coasted up and down the road in our estate with the skill of, erm, an awkward ten year old on a set of plastic wheels. And yes, I snotted myself many times too.
Fun indeed!
I’d love to see how you and Mar go halfsies – would you wear one each on the inside or outside legs, or one of you have them weekdays and the other weekends?
Comment by Darragh October 1, 2008 @ 12:57 pmI never had a pair. 😦 I did have a pogo stick though!
Comment by Lottie October 1, 2008 @ 1:27 pmHehe @Darragh-i could wear one my my left foot and Anneelicious can wear the other on her right foot.And then somehow we’d attempt to balance/scate.Add copious amounts of alcohol and you have instant youtube stars 😛
Comment by Green Of Eye October 1, 2008 @ 3:28 pmSnotting it indeed!
Just read that-Apologies for the lack of grammer and spelling today.My brain is switched off!
Comment by Green Of Eye October 1, 2008 @ 3:29 pm@ Green of Eye – that sounds like the best Saturday ever – let’s do it 😀
@ Nathalie – Rollerblades were lethal – I got a hairline fracture in my arm TWICE from those. You’d think I would have learned my lesson!
@ Anthony – I’m in retro mood these days 😀
@ Darragh – glad to see I wasn’t the only one falling (as long as you didn’t injure yourself!)
@ Lottie – Now that’s cool, pogo sticks are deadly! I definitely would have broken my face though…
Comment by anneelicious October 1, 2008 @ 3:49 pm@Annie – Deadly is right – I fell off it and smacked my back against the mantelpiece- nearly broke my coccyx.
Comment by thenationallottie October 1, 2008 @ 7:15 pmI performed a funeral in a pair of these.
Comment by raptureponies October 1, 2008 @ 8:21 pm@ Lottie – oh my God, I just felt that. Ouch.
@ Orpees – You put the ‘fun’ in funeral. Badumtish 😀
Comment by Annie October 2, 2008 @ 10:08 am@lottie, I never had a pair either, over protective mother wouldn’t allow them, plus we lived out the sticks with n’er a bit of decent flat cement/tarmac to be seen.
Had a Lolo Ball thing…. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolo_ball and never got off the damn thing… even brushed my teeth while using it.
Comment by elfinamsterdam October 2, 2008 @ 9:47 pmToothbrush up the noes does in fact cause nose bleeds