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M martiki Official Mixologist http://www.smugglerscovesf.com Joined: Mar 29, 2002 Posts: 3059	M martiki Posted posted on Tue, Jul 20, 2004 11:16 AM Oh man, The Green Machine! I had a Big Wheel, which I can assure you was no slouch at donuts and hard braking, but it's true, the kid down the street with The Green Machine was the neighborhood god. Those things were cool as hell! I think i still have my Squirmy-worm on a string thing somewhere. I'll have to look. I thought it was pretty hip. Best story of toy destruction: My parents installed a huge new deck out back in 1984. Me and my friend Devin were bored one day, and thought "Let's get the axe from the woodshed and chop up the deck!" (what can I say? not too bright) So we took a few whacks at the deck, just made little notches in it really, when my mom came out and found us. I have never before or since seen her so angry. It was a kind of quiet quivering, with veins popping out in her forehead. She quietly walked up to Devin, who was 10 or 11 and said, "You need to go home right now before I hurt you." He ran out of the yard in tears. I was sent to my room to await my punishment. I clutched my pillow and shook in terror waiting for her to come in. Suddenly the door flew open and she stormed in brandishing the axe. I thought for sure she was going to cut me to pieces. But she said, in total Mommie Dearest fashion, "How would you like it if I did that to some thing of yours?!?!?" And she then went into my toy box, started throwing things around, and re-emerged with my good friend, legendary bounty hunter IG-88 from The Empire Strikes Back. And yes, before my very eyes, she put him on the floor and chopped him into about 20 pieces with the axe. That was good for about five or six sessions of therapy right there. Anyway, we laugh about it now, but when I got married in 2001, she went out to buy my a replacement IG-88 as a wedding present and was floored by how much they cost, so she didn't. I'd told her for years that she cut up just about the most collectable SW figure out there, but she didn't believe me until she saw it for herself. This reminds me...she just got a new deck. Hmm... :wink:

Oh man, The Green Machine!

I had a Big Wheel, which I can assure you was no slouch at donuts and hard braking, but it's true, the kid down the street with The Green Machine was the neighborhood god. Those things were cool as hell!

I think i still have my Squirmy-worm on a string thing somewhere. I'll have to look. I thought it was pretty hip.

Best story of toy destruction: My parents installed a huge new deck out back in 1984. Me and my friend Devin were bored one day, and thought "Let's get the axe from the woodshed and chop up the deck!" (what can I say? not too bright) So we took a few whacks at the deck, just made little notches in it really, when my mom came out and found us. I have never before or since seen her so angry. It was a kind of quiet quivering, with veins popping out in her forehead. She quietly walked up to Devin, who was 10 or 11 and said, "You need to go home right now before I hurt you." He ran out of the yard in tears. I was sent to my room to await my punishment. I clutched my pillow and shook in terror waiting for her to come in. Suddenly the door flew open and she stormed in brandishing the axe. I thought for sure she was going to cut me to pieces. But she said, in total Mommie Dearest fashion, "How would you like it if I did that to some thing of yours?!?!?" And she then went into my toy box, started throwing things around, and re-emerged with my good friend, legendary bounty hunter IG-88 from The Empire Strikes Back. And yes, before my very eyes, she put him on the floor and chopped him into about 20 pieces with the axe.

That was good for about five or six sessions of therapy right there. Anyway, we laugh about it now, but when I got married in 2001, she went out to buy my a replacement IG-88 as a wedding present and was floored by how much they cost, so she didn't. I'd told her for years that she cut up just about the most collectable SW figure out there, but she didn't believe me until she saw it for herself.

This reminds me...she just got a new deck. Hmm... :wink:

Post #102785 by martiki on Tue, Jul 20, 2004 11:16 AM