Name one thing from your childhood

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Remembering the cost of the iconic Chappies bubblegum reveals your age. If you paid 1c or 2c for Chappies, congratulations, you’re officially old. We shopped around the city to see how much it costs now, the best price at a local vendor was 30c each, inflation has taken its toll.

Before there was Google, there was ‘Did you know’ on every Chappies wrapper. It was a way to test your general knowledge and fun lunchtime banter on the school playground. Chappies was created in the late 1940’s and everyone had a favourite colour, there were yellow, pink, green and the elusive blue.

In 2012, a Cape Town advertising agency, Ogilvy and Mather were tasked with refreshing the Chappies brand. How exactly do you upgrade something so familiar to all? You don’t. They instead just brightened up the packaging and updated the ‘Did you know’ facts. To date, the wrappers have over 60 years of information wrapped up in it.

Here are some “Did you know” facts that might burst your bubble:

Did you know?
Bubble Gum Day is celebrated on 2 February to raise awareness for education and philanthropy.

Did you know?
Chappies was invented by confectioner Arthur Ginsburg who created the bubblegum to rival Wicks.

Did you know?
Chappies has been sold in South Africa for more than 60 years.

Did you know?
About 10 000 tons of Chappies are produced each year.

Did you know?
The first set of “Did you know” questions were formulated by The Three Wise Men, a popular quiz programme on Springbok Radio. Wits University students were later asked to formulate factual questions.

Did you know?
Chewing gum helps improve memory and cognitive performance, as well as eating habits and managing weight.

The next time you find yourself blowing a Chappies bubble, try and educate someone with a ‘Did you know’.
 
I remember the mincer that was attached to a wooden table in the kitchen. My Mom would buy meat from the butcher (there were no supermarkets in those days and I don't think you could buy mince either) and it was my job to run it through the mincer. I was always hungry (but not allowed to eat before supper because "then you won't eat your food") so as I was mincing I would pop bits of raw mince into my mouth. To this day I simply can not resist raw mince - so much so that I'll sometimes have a packet open on the car seat so that I can munch while driving home after shopping.

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WOW! Mom passed away recently and I got her mincer ....I think there is some boerewors in my future ...
 
Lol I got the belt, wooden spoon (lots broken and I laughed), sjambok, spankings, shoes and so on...

I once watched a row of boys in primary school get canings from the headmaster - that made me behave in school. Lol

Sjambok for me always and occasionally a belt (when I hid the sjambok) and then I get extra for hiding the sjambok.
 
Meeeeeeeeee!

My papa got me my own board games - my 8th birthday, he gave me a chess set... I was a chess player throughout primary school and part of the chess club. I still have that set today...

I miss him, just thinking about our rainy days playing card games in my late teens.
We should have a game once...haven't had anyone to play with in ages.
 
We should have a game once...haven't had anyone to play with in ages.

@Steyn777 play online. I played Backgammon online, against humans not a computer, for years ... until I joined the forum, after which Backgammon fell to the bottom of the list!
 
@Steyn777 play online. I played Backgammon online, against humans not a computer, for years ... until I joined the forum, after which Backgammon fell to the bottom of the list!
Did that a few times @Hooked...stopped when a kid from Japan (5 years old) that couldn't properly write his own name at the time beat me senseless, and I mean it felt like I was playing Bobby Fischer only I was was playing as a starfish.
 
Not that easy to cheat, because you can't undo your turn once you've made a move. Also no hints in the game either, I've played this site for years

He took advantage of me being rusty and that my heart wasn't into it then.
I use to own a Kasparov electronic chess set. It had 9 difficulty levels. Now if I had to set it to level 9 and enter every move you made, then online moving like the board did, you would have to be an exceptional player to come out on top.
 
I use to own a Kasparov electronic chess set. It had 9 difficulty levels. Now if I had to set it to level 9 and enter every move you made, then online moving like the board did, you would have to be an exceptional player to come out on top.

Cheater !!!! :p
 
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