18th century toys? Help me, Internet
Several years ago I got an old-fashioned wooden throwing top for Christmas. Unfortunately no one in my family knew what do with it. We couldn’t figure out how to get it to spin, so it went into the back of the closet. TR’s post about yo-yo videos finally made the light go on: The Internet knows…
Sure enough, there are sites with video tutorials showing how to throw tops.
I never would have figured it out on my own…you wrap the string around a different part of the top than I was trying, and you throw it upside down (it flips over in the air). This is the kind of thing that makes the Internet more valuable than a library to me. Sure, I probably could have researched these tops at a library and gotten an instructional video through interlibrary loan. But not in 15 minutes.
Its my guess that half the fun of playing with these toys is figuring ‘em out in the first place. This post seriously made me chortle! Cute story worth a whole barrel o’ chuckles. Rock On !
posted on July 14, 2006 by Helga G.