One of the single greatest things of my childhood was slime. It is one of the most important scientific breakthroughs of mankind, well, maybe peanut butter is up there too.
It was in every toy from He-Man to Ghostbusters. You could even get a glob of it for a quarter at the grocery store.
This viscous liquid came in all colors and solidities, that’s right, some were slimey-er than others. Some were more liquid-y and some were more solid. You could tell right away which kind you had by turning the little clear plastic bubble and seeing how much would stick to the side. If you got the more solid ones, you could quickly squeeze it in your hands and it would squirt out in-between your fingers and hold it’s shape. But if you got the more liquidity kind, you could hold it in your hand and let it fall through your fingers making long snotty strands.
My mom hated it because it would leave greasy stains everywhere. It would also make your hands just stink of chemicals (that’s how you knew it was safe for kids).
Be it sliming your Ghostbusters, grossing out the girls or throwing it on the ceiling the most important feature was grabbing it all in your hand and slowly pushing or pulling it through it’s can and making that glorious fart symphony.

4 thoughts on “Artifacts of the Analog Age: Slime

  1. Savage says:

    It was that chemically smell that kept me away from slime. (That and I left some slime on my favorite kid’s magazine and it got discolored…)

  2. Nick says:

    Slime! You just made me remember the He-Man Slime Pit!

  3. Alice says:

    I loved slime!
    I hated how it would pick up hair and other gross things, because that was just to gross.

  4. lamartherevenger says:

    the smell. the feel. the splat it made. but it was ruined once it got dirty. (I’ll be honest, nowadays I don’t think I’d touch it.

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