He would play with me for hours. Stretch me into all kind of shapes.
Twist and turn me one way, then another.
When he was done, he’d mold me two-handed,
and pour me back into my egg.
so many years since
childhood
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Frank J. Tassone 
Ah yes……and I used to flatten it out and put it on comic books and press and voila! The comic book print was on the silly putty! But then, do that enough times, and it all turned black and I had the newsprint all over my hands! 😦
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I never thought to use it as a press. Thanks, lillian! 🙂
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I have never heard of silly putty before… but I do remember playing with putty and that was a lot of fun (until all the colors came together as one brown strange lump)
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LOL! I remember that happening to me, too! Thanks, Bjorn! 🙂
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A simple silly pleasure from childhood remembered so well. Good one, Frank.
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Thanks, Jade! Silly putty and play dough were two of my childhood go-tos! 🙂
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I have never seen silly putty in an egg! Love the haibun from the point of view of the silly putty, Frank!
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Thanks, Kim! I used to love that stuff when I was a kid! 🙂
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This made me smile, Frank! 😀
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Thank you, Merril! 🙂
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I remember doing that as a child.
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It was fun, right? Thanks, Frank! 🙂
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Bang on, brother. I haven’t thought about “silly putty” for decades. It’s still popular today; many of my grandchildren use tortillas to become silly putty. Hey, remember the “Slinky”?
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Ah, the “Slinky!” I could never get it to go down those stairs as well as they did in the commericals. LOL!
Thanks, Glenn! 🙂
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Now that’s worth several smiles. (K)
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Bravo, luv it
Happy Monday Frank
Much💛🌺💛love
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What a great ‘silly’ memory
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I loved silly putty! Thank you for the memory!
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Thank you! 🙂
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I wrote about silly putty, too! Mine is much different from yours, though.
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Great minds think alike, right? When I saw that the word was “silly,” I couldn’t resist.
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I love this. My grandkids like it when I give them silly putty though they have all kinds of sophisticated toys.
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Sometimes the simplest is the best. When our son was a toddler, he’d care more about the cardboard box that held the toy than the toy itself! LOL
Thanks! 🙂
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Oh yes, I remember silly putty FUN!!
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Right?
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That egg was great packaging. And made for a great closing line of your prose!
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Thanks! 🙂
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So much interesting fun to play with… did you ever press it on comic strips in the newspaper and pull off the ink impression? Great poem and haiku!
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Thanks, Dwight! No, I never used it as a press, although I think that lillian said she did.
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My boys like to press it on the newspaper and then when it picked up the ink imprint they would stretch it into funny shapes!
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🙂
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Loved this stuff. You brought it back to me! Do they still make it?
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They do! Crayola bought them out. Amazon sells it (of course), and I’m sure it’s available wherever toys are sold.
Thanks! 🙂
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I’d love to fiddle with some right now! I love your unexpected perspective in this. i wasn’t sure what was going on at first.
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Happy to suprise. When I heard the word was “silly,” the Puddy came to mind. Then I thought, “Why not another persona piece?”
Thanks, Sarah! 🙂
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Did you ever press it on the comic pages of the newspaper and it would pick up the image like magic!
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You’re the third person to mention this! 🙂 I didn’t, but it sounds like magic! Thanks! 🙂
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Well now they sell smelly silly putty so you can copy the comics and have it smell like bananas!
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haha – I think you could lift cartoons on that putty.
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Silly putty! I loved the perspective.
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