In our rural neighborhood back in th 1930's and 40's, nearly every boy made a "slappy." Well, that's the name we gave to what most "city kids" called a "slingshot." The graphic with this post accompanied a column I wrote many years ago. An illustration from a magazine or newspaper was impossible to find, so I drew a "blueprint" of the perfect "slappy." Incidentally, the slappy was used ONLY for shooting at tin cans on a fence post, or some other NON-LIVING target!
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Every Boy Had One of These!
In our rural neighborhood back in th 1930's and 40's, nearly every boy made a "slappy." Well, that's the name we gave to what most "city kids" called a "slingshot." The graphic with this post accompanied a column I wrote many years ago. An illustration from a magazine or newspaper was impossible to find, so I drew a "blueprint" of the perfect "slappy." Incidentally, the slappy was used ONLY for shooting at tin cans on a fence post, or some other NON-LIVING target!
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