Middle School Flashback - POGS!
By CJ Mills on Aug 29, 2008 in random
My mom and dad have given Jadyn her own play room at their house, and as a result, I had to come over and go through all my stuff that I left there. As I was going through baseball cards and posters of Ryne Sandberg, I came across my vast collection of Pogs. Anyone remember this classic game from middle school? You and your opponent(s) would each place on of your own pogs in a pile, and then you would take turns throwing their “slammer” - which was either thick plastic or metal - on the top of the stack. Whatever pogs flipped over as a result of the slammer through, you would keep (click here for video).
I had a sick collection of these things and thought it would be fun to bring back some of my childhood for Jadyn to enjoy. We had a lot of fun playing pogs, until Jadyn realized they were all different styles and started to line them up and “organize” them - typical girl!
Andy Borgmann | Aug 29, 2008 | Reply
Heck yeah posters of Ryne Sandberg! We were destined to be friends forever.
Adam Hann | Aug 29, 2008 | Reply
OH,POGS! I played with these things all the time. I had one of those containers that you put them all in. Then you had all of those special slammers too.
Man, those were the days.
Maren Vargas | Aug 29, 2008 | Reply
I completely forgot about pogs until I read this! Lots of good memories. Now, even though I am a girl, I had a poster of Ryne Sandberg and the Bulls, I am a die hard sports fan from Chicago. GO CUBS!
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.angela. | Aug 29, 2008 | Reply
sooo. How excited was Jade when she saw Disney ones? haha
CJ Mills | Aug 29, 2008 | Reply
@Andy Borgmann » I’ll hook you up next time we run into each other!
@Adam » I have 5 containers full of pogs and slammers…Jade now has them…
@Maren » Good to have another Cubs fan around!
@Angela » Jade pulls the pogs out quite a bit now…we actually played as a family before dinner tonight…ha
Brook | Aug 30, 2008 | Reply
I was a big pog fan. Never had a great slammer though… Those metal ones were sweet compared to my light, plastic one…
Good memories…
Andy Borgmann | Aug 30, 2008 | Reply
@CJ … next time we run into eachother? What are we now, like neighbors who pseudo-like-eachother? Hopefully we’ll bump into each other at the supermarket.
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CJ Mills | Aug 30, 2008 | Reply
@Brook » I agree, which is why I had to go out and buy a few metal slammers and an “investment” back in the day.
@Andy » with as many times as we see each other in a year, I thin I can use the “run into each other” line….