# In the late 1990s, did you play with pairs of jingling balls? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 19, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-late-1990s-did-you-play-with-pairs-of-jingling-balls/964703 "2022-05-19T17:47:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-late-1990s-did-you-play-with-pairs-of-jingling-balls/964703/21 "2022-05-20T17:52:34Z")
[![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Klangkugel_offen.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Klangkugel_offen.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-late-1990s-did-you-play-with-pairs-of-jingling-balls/964703/22 "2022-05-20T17:56:08Z")
My wife has one, maybe two pairs she got during that time period. I’m pretty sure we still have them in a box somewhere from 1-2 moves back. I played with them a few times and I guess it was kinda relaxing in a mindless distraction sort of way, but it required just enough effort that playing with them for more than a few minutes got tedious. Perhaps if I was more manually adept it would be otherwise. She bought them in the 90s (when we were both in college) at an Asian goods/import shop and enjoyed them quite a bit during the time (she is much more adept than I). ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-late-1990s-did-you-play-with-pairs-of-jingling-balls/964703/23 "2022-05-20T18:00:14Z")
Never had the jingling balls in the 90’s but did have a pair of plastic balls tied together with string in the 70’s called [‘clackers’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLHftISLNHE) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-late-1990s-did-you-play-with-pairs-of-jingling-balls/964703/24 "2022-05-20T18:28:04Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#): > > besides, cutting a round object like that wouldn’t be trivial Sure it would. Melt a block of wax. Pour it around the ball in a container. Cut. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-late-1990s-did-you-play-with-pairs-of-jingling-balls/964703/25 "2022-05-20T18:28:18Z")
Very cool! I’m glad someone else did the sacrifice. I would have been bummed had I ruined a pair of jingle balls and seen that simple mechanism. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-late-1990s-did-you-play-with-pairs-of-jingling-balls/964703/26 "2022-05-20T18:30:54Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > Never had the jingling balls in the 90’s but did have a pair of plastic balls tied together with string in the 70’s called [‘clackers’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLHftISLNHE) I stll have a pair of those that are possibly older than I am (belonged to my mother or grandmother). ---
**Author:** ![Kedikat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-late-1990s-did-you-play-with-pairs-of-jingling-balls/964703/27 "2022-05-21T06:32:51Z")
I never owned a pair. But the few that I came across and rolled in my hand, did have a very satisfying feel and sound. I did not think I would ever use them enough to bother getting them. But if I ever come across another set, I will surely give them a twirl. They are nice. But if I find myself with spare time, I do not fill it with such things/actions. Maybe one of my bad habits instead or actually doing something that needs doing. But I did like them. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-late-1990s-did-you-play-with-pairs-of-jingling-balls/964703/28 "2022-05-21T12:22:04Z")
Pier One tempted me many times, but I never actually bought any. (But I did have a papasan.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-late-1990s-did-you-play-with-pairs-of-jingling-balls/964703.md?page=1)