ageless
fun with
TOYS
Toys remain popular today
for kids of all ages and sizes
By Traci Bradley
Emerald Contributor
Christm.iv A time of
celebration — a time we
Hope for those things
we would never buy for
ourselves. For adult-., that may
lx- toys and games. Of course,
we would never buy a toy or a
game for ourselves, but if we
receive one for C hristmas, we
keep it by justifying that that is
what Christmas is all about.
There are many toys for
adults available this year. A
range of board games, VCR
games and sports items are
among the options. Nobody
should have to settle tor the
traditional tic from Aunt Mar
tha or the knitted sinks, one of
whiih is always two sires bigger
than the other. I his is the year
of toys for everyone.
Games for sports enthusiasts
arc abundant, even for couch
potatoes. For example, there is a
glow in the dark jump rope, for
•. .. .
anyone who has the urge to
jump rope during power
failures. Those who skipped P.li.
class in grade school tan read
the instruction hcx>k that comes
with it.
For the football player with
butterfingers, a Sticky Fingers
velcro football with self-sticking
gloves could lx- the solution.
VCRs arc no longer to he
watched, but to lx- interacted
with. Wheel of Fortune has a
video version. If you ever had
the urge to he a contestant on
the show, hut were tcx> nervous,
now you can play with Vanna
and Chuck. For the weekend
athlete who dreams of playing
professionally, the video
cassette, “College Football Ac -
non," can make his dream more
of a reality. "Enjoy hours of fast
paced college football action.
Board games are still the most
popular, though, according to a
Eugene 1 oys R l Is employee. A
great game for economics and
business majors is Anti
Monopoly II. It poses the small
business competitors against the
monopolists. Who needs Small
Business Management M1 when
this game is much more enter
taining’ "This land is yours ver
sus Mine, Mine, Mine."
The most popular board
game, according to both
customers and employees, is Pic
tionary. Pictionary is like
charades, but on paper. Instead
of acting, partners sketch clues
for each other. Pictionary has
2,500 words in five color-coded
categories; Pcr
son/Place/Animal, Object, Ac
tion, Difficult, and All Play.
If a toy that will disgust others
is desired, Oscar Eye-Rot is the
answer. Oscar is a foot-long eye;
when squeezed alien blood flows
from it. Now millions of little
kids can terrorize their ptxsr, in
nocent mothers.
Stress Wham-it may be the
best gift for stress relief. It is a
miniature version of the old
punching dolls. It also comes
complete with instructions.
First, inflate Wham-it. Second,
position Wham-it. Third,
assume proper mental state.
Fourth, proceed to cent stress
on Wham-it. Finally, experience
relief and sense of accomplish
ment. Wham-it can lx- punched,
put through pa;x-r shredders,
stabbed with letter openers,
drowned, or run over with a
car. There is no end to the stress
relief that one can achieve with
this toy.
Reasons to interface with
Wham it are supplied as well.
Personal reasons include IRS
audit, roommate takes last roll
of toilet paper, mother-in-law
moves in, or your 10-page term
paper is due tommorrow and
you haven’t started. Social
political reasons could be
freeway traffic, your date stands
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I Iii'm- to\> .ire for everyone, including both the big kt J> and
the little ones.
you up, again, a nuclear power
plant is built next to your house
or the stock market crashes.
Business reasons could lx- your
partner just left for South
America — permanently,
you've bounced checks or
you’re faced with gross in
competence of co-workers.
With all these and many more
options to choose from, nobody
should be left without a toy this
year. Liven a toy for old Uncle
Fred can be found. Out with ties
and socks, in with toys and
games.
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