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Laffy Kat

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35. My sister and I played "Honey West" or "Batman & Robin"

Reply to grumpyduck (Original post)

Mon Mar 13, 2023, 11:33 PM

Mar 2023

Batman was easy because all we had to do was pin a towel around our neck for a cape. We took turns being Batman. For Honey West we'd wear our full slips and borrow a garter from Mom to hide our cap gun. We had to switch-out being the bad guy. Fun times.

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Did anyone else do this as a kid? [View all] grumpyduck Mar 2023 OP

At the risk of blowback... that seems like a boy thing. LakeArenal Mar 2023 #1

I was a tomboy. Got a cowgirl outfit with six-shooters one Christmas, as highplainsdem Mar 2023 #6

we only had girls in our family..so, no.... but i do still have the plastic machine gun squirt gun samnsara Mar 2023 #2

I remember watching The Wizard of Oz at my cousins' house wnylib Mar 2023 #28

Tarzan... WheelWalker Mar 2023 #3

Yes. Kids played in the real world, using their imaginations and highplainsdem Mar 2023 #4

Exactly. Boomerproud Mar 2023 #10

True story: Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #5

Honestly, I don't think even little girls should have been given the learn-to-be-domestic highplainsdem Mar 2023 #9

My sister tried raising her son without toy guns captain queeg Mar 2023 #7

I was a tomboy and remember all of that. We made our Polly Hennessey Mar 2023 #8

Same here with my sister and me. BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #30

Yes. But my best friend takes the prize for reenactments. Runningdawg Mar 2023 #11

I remember a friend and I re-enacting Logan's Run XanaDUer2 Mar 2023 #12

My friends and I acted out "Welcome to my Nightmare" by Alice Cooper Nictuku Mar 2023 #13

I like it nt XanaDUer2 Mar 2023 #14

Oh! When I was even younger Nictuku Mar 2023 #15

My mom had the original cast recording of Hair XanaDUer2 Mar 2023 #16

Love it! Nictuku Mar 2023 #17

My group favored WW II reenactments EYESORE 9001 Mar 2023 #18

I had a Rat Patrol set with Jeeps, German vehicles and action figures. TheBlackAdder Mar 2023 #24

My oldest brother was a toddler during WWII. wnylib Mar 2023 #29

It was a world of cap guns, cowboy heroes, and black hatted villain's. Chainfire Mar 2023 #19

The boys played army and we girls MOMFUDSKI Mar 2023 #20

When I was 7 in 1951, I practiced my quick-draw and morphed into Roy Rogers chasing bad guys around Croney Mar 2023 #21

I grew up in a tougher neighborhood. Us boys would Emile Mar 2023 #22

Oh yeah but we had a couple rules captain queeg Mar 2023 #23

I didn't prepare that well SonofDonald Mar 2023 #25

We acted out all the Disney serials. Mr.Bill Mar 2023 #26

My brother wanted to act out Swiss Family Robinson. wnylib Mar 2023 #31

I think I am my cousins might have done a little of that. I was both a tomboy & girlie... electric_blue68 Mar 2023 #27

I made weapons Not Heidi Mar 2023 #32

Me and a friend from down the street make a mock-up of the bridge of the Enterprise. Prairie_Seagull Mar 2023 #33

We watched the movies but didn't act them out Marthe48 Mar 2023 #34

My sister and I played "Honey West" or "Batman & Robin" Laffy Kat Mar 2023 #35