Do you remember Marble Day at school?
I do. What a great day. I waited all year for Marble Day.
Sure, you could play marbles any day, but not at school in the open and everything!
Look at me! I’m playing marbles Mr. 3rd Grade Teacher; and there is nothing you or anyone else can do about it.
Marbles had great names: cat’s eyes, steelies, pee wees, cobs, king cobs, crystals… but the best name was bullfudger. I’m sure there are a lot of other cool names for them too.
I carried my marbles around in a Crown Royal bag.
How cool was I? Pretty cool, I kid you not.
Even the rules had cool names:
How cool is that? Pretty cool!
I guess “quitsies” and “no quitsies” are the unwritten rules for most things in life anyway.
Marriage: sometimes it’s quitsies and sometimes it’s no quitsies depending where you live and who your lawyer is.
War: usually no quitsies applies.
Work: sometimes quitsies; sometimes no quitsies, if you don’t get your final paycheck.
Sports: quitsies all the way. Just watch professional tennis to see what I mean.
note: keepsies applies to everything, and I’m calling double keepsies infinity just so it’s clear.
2 responses so far ↓
S. Le // May 6, 2008 at 2:43 pm |
That is quite the gigantic marble there mate! You could own all with that one I reckon!
firefly // May 7, 2008 at 1:39 pm |
Wow, does this bring back memories! My brother loved marbles and he carried them in a soft brown suede bag…not quite as regal as yours…but still with its fringe and drawstring top I thought it was wonderful. He would sort through those marbles laying them all out on the floor in a semi-circle around him, it made a VERY impressive display.
I wonder if he still has those marbles…or if he has lost his…like I feel I have on most days.