June 20th, 2008 by tclifford-rochester
So today we were talking about the 50 year old WHAM-O “Hoola-Hoop”. OMG I loved to Hoola-Hoop and roller skate and ride my Banana Bike like the wind! However, my greatest talent, back in the day, was the POGO STICK!!! After watching an episode of the Brady Bunch, when Cindy and Bobby tried to get into the Guinness World Book of Records by “teeter-tautering”, I decided to do the same with the Pogo stick. 6 hours and 14 minutes into my run, I abandoned ship, err, stick. I was 19 hours (and change) short . Oh well, I have never forgotten that feeling of hope!! What wacky ideas did you get in your head when you were a kid? Come on’, I told you mine……