When I was growing up in northern Alabama there were many new and innovative toys that crossed my path. However, none of them were quite as simple and eloquent and the infamous set of “clackers!”
We used to play with these for hours at a time. The best of us could get the two hard acrylic marble-looking balls to smash into each other above and below our fingers at amazing rates of speed. Of course, the faster you got them going the louder the noise! That made it even more fun!
Unfortunately all good things must come to an end. When several kids started receiving injuries from these clackers, they were removed from the marketplace. I could have sworn I heard a collective sigh of relief from parents and educators throughout the United States when this happened. I think this toy redefined annoying and obnoxious to the adult world. But, in my world, they redefined fun!
From my desktop to yours, it’s another Alabama memory!
