DON'T Buy It!

[Stearns]

Originally Posted by dixielady

I don't think I really qualify as "geezerette" but i could be wrong, since I have serious issues with memory and spelling both...

And since y'all mentioned some of the old toys. What about those little weird "balloons" that you blew up with a tiny straw, from that junk that came in the little tube and usually had cartoon characters on the tubes? For the life of me I can't remember what they're called. I was never able to make a single balloon outta that crap... boo...

I think you're talking about Super Elastic Bubble Plastic.

You're not the only one it didn't work for. One woman blogged about how much she cried when it didn't do as advertised.

Just as a side note: Wiki says, "Chemically, the bubbles contained polyvinyl acetate dissolved in acetone, with plastic fortifiers added. Besides the obvious potential for messes when letting children play with liquid plastic, the substance also emitted noxious fumes. The fumes could become concentrated inside the straw, so users had to be careful never to inhale through the straw while inflating their balloons."

Maybe this is the reason for your memory and spelling issues at such a young age as yourself? j/k