We Thought We Had a Deprived Childhood

In the 1880s in France, the most popular children's toy was dead seagulls on a stick. 

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[rick piel]

At the county fair last year in Thurmont,Md they had deep fried seagull on a stick.And deep fried pickles and deep fried snickers bars on a stick.

[Martijn]

Mike! Me back in Dutchville. Drove 4000 miles, read 20 books, visited a zillion countries, saw 6 million people, drank dozens of every availabele liquor in seven countriee, took 500 pictures and wrote one letter... and I missed Unremitting Failure for the lenght of Thirty Days...

'I'm-a givin' you 30 days to be back home', as Chuck Berry sang. I'm home. It's 2.40am in this town... see you bright & shiny next week!

[Jeffers]

Yea, Martijn!!!

[karoline]

my mom would answer this to "what did you play with when you were a child?" we had one harmonica to fight over between the six of us and a few sticks" no joke.

[Martijn]

Yea to you too, Jeffers! Despite the promises, I am bright nor shiny at the moment. But I much appreciate the enthusiasm. Damn, I could use a dead gull on a stick right now, might bring some fun into this office. Or a dead skunk on a stick, the advanced version.

[gillian]

So, does that mean that children in 1880s France were budding serial killers? Or were they not responsible for the deaths of the seagulls?

[UF MIKE]

Gillian, that's a good question. I shall have to search Wikipedia for an answer.

[karoline]

we are all responsible for the death of the seagulls! especially the flock of seagulls, i really liked that band.

[UF MIKE]

I'd like to see them dangling from a stick.