A wobbly (but unfallydowny) toy from back in the
day. (Actually, it originated in the 70's, which is well before MY 'back in the
day,' but I can pretend to be
cool and know what I'm talking about.) (And anyway, Playskool still makes incarnarnations of the darn things.)
While I never had Hasbro's brand name Weebles, I did play with a DIY version my uncle made for me. It involved a purple
plastic easter egg (you know, the kind you get three jelly
beans in) with a
penny taped inside the bottom half and a rather frightening face drawn on in
Sharpie. Basically,
like the actual Weeble, you could bat it around and it would always right itself. It wasn't that far off from the real thing, either.
Being a somewhat belligerent child, I took the slogan as a personal affront, and spent many hours (well, at least twenty minutes] trying to devise ways to MAKE THE DARN THING STAY TIPPED OVER. Gluing it to the table might have worked, but I was caught before the elmer's had set. Would that I were still so carefree!
Admittedly not a hugely challenging idea for a toy, but hey.
Weebles wobble, but they don't fall down!
Distracted
Father: *calling from the next room* Janie? Janie, did you take my superglue?
Slightly Creepy Child: *loudly and sweetly* No, Daddy!
Distracted
Father: Huh. *goes to the basement to check his toolbox for the fourth
time*
Slightly Creepy Child: *stashes tube of epoxy, glaring at newly-inverted Weeble the entire time* Take that, you demonic ovoid spawn of hell.
