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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread magibillibite #116442 11/24/2003 6:22 AM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 1 mick stranger mick stranger Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 1 Can anyone confirm that this word or one like it is used to describe one of those weighted toys that bounce back into a vertical position when punched down? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: magibillibite #116443 11/24/2003 9:33 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Welcome aboard, Mick. I've never heard them called that - to me, they have always been "tee-toe-tums" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: magibillibite #116444 11/24/2003 4:12 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 475 manchester uk dodyskin addict dodyskin addict Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 475 manchester uk here ( uk) they are known as weebles: http://www.stuffwelove.co.uk/weebles.htm i googled your word with a few different spellings and found nowt. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: weebles #116445 11/24/2003 6:10 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui wobble, but they don't fall down. Also, it's a much a much easier word to say - I'm still trying to get my tongue around magilli-whatever. noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter weeble wobble, but they don't fall down #116446 11/24/2003 6:17 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park AAUUGHHH! weebles! i hate them! In US circa 1975 or so, there were small (about the size of a pigeons eggs) toy 'people' called weebles. they were made of hard plastic, and had weighted bottoms .. they were just the right size for breaking bones! if you stepped on them, they didn't crack and crunch under your feet, they either strained you arch, or slide out from underyou, and set you sprawling..they lasted about 1 month in my house.. there was a joke about them.. a bunch of cows are in the pasture, a storm blows through, and after the storm, many of cows have been blown over, some are in ditches, some are struggling to regain there footing, the field is a mess. but the bull is standing there content as ever, chewing his cud.. the farmer surveys the devestation, and rhetorical asks 'how is it the bull is standing, and all the cows are sprawled all over the field?'. and the bull answers, 'we bull's wobble, but we don't fall down' my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Bobo dolls #116447 11/24/2003 8:04 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Long before Weebles ever came out of the ferment in some toy-maker's mind, there were Bobo dolls: blow-up plastic dolls which looked like clowns and had weights in the bottom such that one could punch them in the nose and they would bob back upright. [This is AGE talkin' here.] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Bobo dolls #116448 11/24/2003 8:47 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 475 manchester uk dodyskin addict dodyskin addict Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 475 manchester uk hmm bobo dolls rang a bell with me, and shure nuff http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/bandura.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Bobo dolls #116449 11/24/2003 9:02 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Formerly called "monkey see, monkey do." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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