Thursday, October 10, 2002
Backyard Artillery
Apparently, the search for Deep FUN needs must, from time to time, expand beyond the pale of profundity, to "toys of questionable value" - like for example, the Incredible Rubber Band Machine Gun.
I think maybe these toys-that-shoot-things are even more important in a world of people-who-shoot-people-for-no-reason. There's a piece I wrote years ago about Toy Guns, and, though it may be historically more difficult to rally today's multitudes around this questionable cause, I think we need to play with this stuff, need to acknowledge the fun of it, need to demonstrate to ourselves and each other that even automatic weaponry can be transformed into a plaything capable of bringing genuinely safe delight. That's the power of play
And, should you find the image of a machine gun just too powerful to play with, there's The Amazing Catapult Watch.
I think maybe these toys-that-shoot-things are even more important in a world of people-who-shoot-people-for-no-reason. There's a piece I wrote years ago about Toy Guns, and, though it may be historically more difficult to rally today's multitudes around this questionable cause, I think we need to play with this stuff, need to acknowledge the fun of it, need to demonstrate to ourselves and each other that even automatic weaponry can be transformed into a plaything capable of bringing genuinely safe delight. That's the power of play
And, should you find the image of a machine gun just too powerful to play with, there's The Amazing Catapult Watch.
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