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To L on the Pink Pajamas…

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To L on the Pink Pajamas song: I wear my Pink Pajamas in the summer when it’s hot. I wear my flannel nightie in the winter when it’s not. And sometimes in the springtime and sometimes in the fall. I jump into my little bed with nothin’ on at all. That’s the time you oughta see me. That’s the time you oughta see me. That’s the time you oughta see me. When I jump into my little bed with nothin’ on at all. Of course, when we sang it, we would change the chorus to: That’s the time you oughta see her. (and point to one of our friends) This brought on the second chorus: Nosey, Nosey what’s it to you. Nosey, Nosey what’s it to you. Nosey, Nosey what’s it to you. If I jump into my little bed with nothin’ on at all?

Thanks for all of the great…

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Thanks for all of the great information. I think I finally have enough information for my Girl Scout Brownie Troop. I have been racking my brain trying to remember how we played Chinese jumprope. It was about to drive me nuts. Thanks for giving me my memory back. At 46 the game was really under some cobwebs!! What a relief!! Now if I could just remember some of the rhymes we sang. All I can remember is: “I like coffee, I like tea, I’d like (name) to jump in with me me” That is when there are two jumpers. Is that Double Dutch? We played this kind of jumprope in Miami Fla in the 60’s.

I grew up in Queens (Sunnyside,…

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I grew up in Queens (Sunnyside, then Jackson Heights). It was always a “sliding pond.” When there was a parkie at the school playground (PS 149)we would get a Nok-Hockey set. I bought one for my oldest son some years back and we still have it in the basement and play it occasionally. The pucks are now plastic instead of wood. No splinters.

I am an artist and plan…

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I am an artist and plan on creating an art piece made up of all kinds of hopscotch boards. I’m interested in different ways people made their boards. For example, I plan on making one out of sand, one of twigs, and one of cloth. Do you have any other ideas on what I could use to create these boards. In some boxes I’m going to use words and photos instead of numbers. Any ideas or stories about this game would be helpful. Thank you

If you can’t find a stoop…

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If you can’t find a stoop buy a few cement blocks and stack them against a wall. When I discovered that Spaldeens were available again I bought two and then built a “stoop” in my basement with about $ 10 worth of concrete blocks. This has been a lot of fun and exercise for this 47 year -old as well as reliving some great memories.

This train gose down,down…

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This train gose down,down baby down by the rollercoster sweet,sweet baby I’ll nerver let you go If you wanta kiss me just say you love me shimmy,shimmy cocc-pop shimmy rah shimmy,shimmy cocc-pop shimmy rah I like coffee I like tea I like the (oppional)boy he likes me so,stand back (oppional)boy don’t be shy Bet you five dollars I could bet your behind last night and the night before I met my boy friend at the candy store he bought me ice cream he bought me cake he brought me home with a belly ach MaMa,Mama I’m so sick call the doctor Quick-Quick-Quick Doctor,Doctor shall I live or shall I die Close your eye’s and count to 5 1-2-3-4-5 I’am alive on chanal 5 6-7-8-9-10 I’m die again on chanal 10 Scooby-Doo on chanal 2 Frankenstin on chanal 9 and G.I.Joe on HBO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your mama, my mama live acrossed the street 1819 Blueberry street every night they have a fight and this is what they say… Hey,hey Boys are rotten made out of cotten Girls are sexy made out of pepsi Boys go to jupiter to git more stupiter Girls go to collage to get more Knollage Boys take a bath to get more math Girls take a shower to get more power ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sham,sham,sham I don’t want to go mexico No more,more,more there is abig fat police man At my door,door,door he’ll grab me by the collar make me pay a dollar I don’t want to go to mexico No more, more, more Or Sham,sham,sham I don’t want to go hollywood No more,more,more there is a big fat Michel jackson At my door,door,door he’ll grab me by the hips Make me kiss his lips I don’t want to go hollywood No more,more,more Or Sham,sham,sham I don’t want to go Tennisee No more,more,more there is a big fat Elves at my door,door,door He’ll grab me by the wrist Make me do the twist I don’t want to go Tennisee No more,more,more ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Down by the banks of the hanky panky were the bullfrogs jump from bank,to banky With an eps-ohps-eps-opps-eps-ops-ohps and it gose kre-splat! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lincoln,lincoln Iv’e been thinkin what the heck have you been drinkin looks like wiskey tased like wine all my god it’s terban time close you eyes and cout to ten if you lose start over again 1-2-3-4-…… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These are just a few of the clapping games I Know

Young lady, I have gone…

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Young lady, I have gone across country on a truck back in my teens when the serial killers were really rampant and I suggest that you be careful. Even with your young lover there are diseases. I’m sure your boyfriend has told you about the women that offer themselves to truckers. Some of them are old enough to be his mom. You don’t want to catch somethin’ you can’t throw back. It’s amazing to me that your parents would let you do this, my parents died when I was very young so no one really “cared” what I did in my teens. If they care about you and you care enough to listen to them if they say this doesn’t sound like the healthiest life for a girl your age, listen to them. Don’t get worn out and used up before your age, young girl. It’s been done too many time and time slips away faster than you know. PS: Not to mention, if you get pregnant and your boyfriend is still on the road with some non-pregnant young girl. Think, youngin’, please think.