Thursday, April 2, 2015

Paper fortune tellers

Part of the problem of referencing pop culture (especially in comedy) is that it's lost on those who didn't experience -- or were alive -- during the time period a song or fad was all the rage.

This is a paper fortune teller.

This thing helped me get through the fifth grade.


Here is how you make one.

4 comments:

  1. BickyApril 2, 2015 at 1:56 PM

    We used to call them Teacher Tortures. I think because the teachers would be frustrated were playing with the during class.

    I love those things. Gonna make one this weekend!

    ReplyDelete
  2. DakotaApril 2, 2015 at 1:58 PM

    I never the hang of making these, but my sister would make them for me. This post brought back memories.

    ReplyDelete
  3. AnonymousApril 2, 2015 at 2:24 PM

    They're making a comeback. My kids make them!

    ReplyDelete
  4. AnonymousApril 8, 2015 at 6:01 AM

    We called them cootie catchers...the odd kid at work will make one and I'll get all nostalgic.

    ReplyDelete

This website is not only read by GO Transit passengers, but also by employees of various transit agencies across Canada and the US, members of the media and enjoys an audience from around the world. Please take that into consideration.

You can remove your comment but a copy of that comment is retained by the software and is immediately available to the editor.

ThisCrazyTrain.com's commenting rules are simple: If you make an overly offensive comment (racist, bigoted, etc.) or go waaaay off topic, your comment will be deleted. Please conduct yourself accordingly.