# Hapyy Birthday Slinky!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hapyy-birthday-slinky/317134
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [August 15, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hapyy-birthday-slinky/317134 "2005-08-15T20:04:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hapyy-birthday-slinky/317134/1 "2005-08-15T20:04:30Z")
[60 years old!](http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/living/12341129.html)
One of the best toys ever made even though I could never really get it to walk down the stairs.
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### Author:  [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hapyy-birthday-slinky/317134/2 "2005-08-15T20:08:30Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#):
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> …even though I could never really get it to walk down the stairs.
Well, ya know…at that age…
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### Author:  [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hapyy-birthday-slinky/317134/3 "2005-08-15T20:56:07Z")
“Behold Gravity, in all its glory!”
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### Author:  [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2005, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hapyy-birthday-slinky/317134/4 "2005-08-15T21:29:23Z")
This reminds me of a little saying a heard recently:
“Some people are like slinkys… not really good for anything but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.” 🙂
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### Author:  [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hapyy-birthday-slinky/317134/5 "2005-08-15T22:45:00Z")
My brother and I used to get our slinky to walk down the attic stairs all the time. Until mom got tired of tripping over it anyway.
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### Author:  [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2005, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hapyy-birthday-slinky/317134/6 "2005-08-16T02:11:53Z")
> [@](#):
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> “It’s the same reason people like Paris Hilton,” said Dan Bova, deputy editor for Stuff magazine, which tracks cutting-edge gear and devices. “People like brainless things that move funny.”
Bwahahah!
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### Author:  [@DrMemory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrMemory)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2005, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hapyy-birthday-slinky/317134/7 "2005-08-16T13:21:31Z")
We only had _half_ a Slinky…I straightened it.
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### Author:  [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2005, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hapyy-birthday-slinky/317134/8 "2005-08-16T13:23:15Z")
I have a gay pride Slinky. I doubt it was manufactured to be a gay pride Slinky, but now it is one, dammit.
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### Author:  [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2005, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hapyy-birthday-slinky/317134/9 "2005-08-16T13:24:28Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#):
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> One of the best toys ever made even though I could never really get it to walk down the stairs.
Did you try it alone, or in pairs?