One of the greatest things about being
little is that you are totally unaware that there are some things you're not supposed to play with. Because of this blessed ignorance, I discovered many wonderful things to play with during the course of my childhood. I also discovered some not so wonderful things. (
Threshing machines, incidentally, should not be played with.)
One of the most wonderful toys of my childhood oddly enough, where feminine hygiene products. The number of games an imaginative child can play with some
tampons and
pads is truly breath taking. Early on I discovered that
tampon applicators make great
space ships, especially if you take the trouble to singe the back end of one slightly to simulate the exhaust end of a
thruster. Give the back end of the
applicator a good hard whack, and an
escape pod launches.
A few
pads stuck to the walls make an excellent
radar array to track your incoming craft. In the event that your craft is hostile orienting the business end of a
feminine wash towards the ship and giving the bulb a good hard thump, will send up a broad beam surface to air assault. Conversely if the craft is friendly then a few
pads stuck to the counters make a fine landing strip for your craft to rest and re-fuel.
Sci-fi aside,
tampons in particular are rather neat devices. If you pop the little
cottony end out and cup it in your hand so the string dangles out between your two center fingers. You can then turn the water on just a tiny trickle and watch the
tampon bloom just like a little
flower when you put it under the water. Some tampons are even
perfumed so they even smell like
flowers as you watch them open up.
Another good use for
pads is as emergency
post-it notes. You do need a marker to write on them, but their backs are just as adhesive, you get more writing
space, and EVERYONE notices your note.
Pads, it's worth noting are also excellent vehicles for "kick me" signs.