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Cobalt Kid
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quote:
Originally posted by Quislet, Esq:
I did it in Suburbia. We used buttercups and dandelions.
Same here on all accounts.
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I'd heard of putting dandelions in salad, never tried. Flower, stalk and all?

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Originally posted by Blockade Boy:


We didn't use "buttercups." We used dandelions. We also used them to "pop ma's head off." I can't remember the rhyme that goes with it.
Was it Mama had a baby and its head popped off ? I have a vague recollection of that, too.
That's it!!!

I'd be popping those things and stepping on every crack I could find. Mommy issues, lol.


Buttercups:

Okay, I'm from Toledo and Detroit has chimed in. Maybe it's a regional thing or an ethnic thing. Mostly Eastern Europeans and Germans around here.
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Back when I was younger there was a show called "It's About Time" and the theme song started off "It's about time. It's about space". So we would hold the other kid's arm out and make chop mark up their arm with your hand, singing "It's about time. It's about space. It's about time for a slap in the face" and then hit their cheek with the back of your hand.

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I am 47. I grew up in Indiana and we did this with dandelions. I never gave it a second thought until now. *sigh* Now I am gonna lie here and hope the sour cream inquisitor doesn't come a'knockin'...
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quote:
Originally posted by Quislet, Esq:
I did it in Suburbia. We used buttercups and dandelions.
Yep, I remember doing that.

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Originally posted by Exnihil:
Admittedly, I did grow up in farm country. Perhaps it's just a thing that bored country kids did.
I remember doing this as a kid in Newfoundland as well
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Yeah, Cobie's right, we did it here in CT as well, although I was never really sure what the significance was with the buttercups. But my chin always shone yellow and I liked butter!

And I taught my niece the dandelion thing before she could even talk. She LAUGHED and LAUGHED... [Big Grin]

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Suburban New Jersey checking in to say this was a thing there, too.

[ December 06, 2012, 11:15 AM: Message edited by: cleome46 ]

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Just for the record, if you hold a dandelion very close to anyone's skin - especially in the summer, when there are many dandelions and children are likely to be sweaty - it reflects the yellowinsh hue. I guess that means if you have skin, you like butter...
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To update this for the New Millenium: "Snooki had a wookie and its head popped off!" [Good]

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We used to do that as Kids as well. Never figured out it was for stealing a Kiss though.

Wonder if it would work on GiGi now.

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