# Toys I can't use

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toys-i-cant-use/425938>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 10, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toys-i-cant-use/425938 "2007-11-10T17:45:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toys-i-cant-use/425938/21 "2007-11-13T18:17:32Z")

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[QUOTE=Q.E.D.]  
Don’t blow into it; you hum into it.  
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Usefull advice for many activities…

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**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toys-i-cant-use/425938/22 "2007-11-13T18:35:36Z")

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Yo-yo- mine just dropped and stayed there, too.

Rollerblades/ice skates. I can roller skate, but I can’t stay balanced on a single blade or line of wheels.

I could jump rope, but never managed to figure out “double dutch”, where there are two ropes turning at once. I can’t even turn two jump ropes at once, let alone jump over them.

Rubik’s Cube. I got mine to a mess of different colors, and it stayed that way no matter how much I tried to solve it.

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**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toys-i-cant-use/425938/23 "2007-11-13T19:25:28Z")

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[QUOTE=labtrash]  
A Skateboard.

Tried one when I was very young, and promptly fell off (breaking my wrist in the process), never to try again.

I still have a very old wooden / metal-wheeled skateboard - I wonder if it’s worth anything…  
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Me too, I used to sit on it and ride it down the hill we lived on, that’s about the best I’ve got. You should look up how much the one you have is worth. I have a buddy who sells them on eBay, he just sold one for over $2000.

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toys-i-cant-use/425938/24 "2007-11-13T20:30:33Z")

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Yo-Yos, clackers, Rubic’ cube

I also can’t whistle.

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**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toys-i-cant-use/425938/25 "2007-11-14T04:10:14Z")

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[QUOTE=Zebra]  
I also can’t whistle.  
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I can do the “music” whistle, but I never learned the ear-piercing round-up-the-cattle whistle. ☹

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