BigHitSunday Dick Danger 51059 Posts user info edit post |
Did anyone else besides Onslow County Public Schools get visits from the Pro-Yo II guy in middle school?
I mean i was just reflecting on this...and how insane it was that this happened
but this fat guy with a boiler actually was allowed to have us all assemble before first period and sell us yo-yos.
the yo-yos were cool as hell, and the fat guy could do all these amazing tricks but the damn yo-yos had a cork interior, and while it made it possible to trade colors with your friends, they also broke after about two weeks.
but never fear, because pro-yo guy seemed to sell the shits to us every month. EVERYBODY was walkin around trickin with yo-yos...or trying to.
How was this allowed to happen? This guy was basically allowed to solicit on middle school grounds, and the shits costed 8 fuckin dollars...and I dont recall the proceeds going towards anything. But, nigga, we all bought em anyway they were dope.
anyways, were we the only ones? I imagine made a killing off of this hustle of cheap ass yo yos
[Edited on May 27, 2012 at 2:00 AM. Reason : g] 5/27/2012 1:58:01 AM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148222 Posts user info edit post |
Duncan ftw
got one of these for christmas one year (in green), it was the shit
[Edited on May 27, 2012 at 2:02 AM. Reason : .] 5/27/2012 1:59:23 AM |
BigHitSunday Dick Danger 51059 Posts user info edit post |
i think duncan absorbed the proyo brand or something
anyway
this sis tuff u dont think about as a youf but that guy was kinda like a pedophile...maybe? 5/27/2012 2:11:54 AM |
wawebste All American 19599 Posts user info edit post |
I totally had a duncan butterfly....shit was awesome 5/27/2012 2:13:43 AM |
screentest All American 1955 Posts user info edit post |
my Onslow County school had the yo-yo guy, but i was absent that day
it was strange to come back to school the next day and every other person i knew was suddenly yo-yo crazy
even stranger that a supposed institution of education saw peddling yo-yos to the student body was a valuable usage of time 5/27/2012 2:20:00 AM |
DivaBaby19 Davidbaby19 45208 Posts user info edit post |
my brother had a few duncan yo yos
he can do all them tricks and he taught me a few 5/27/2012 2:20:13 AM |
wawebste All American 19599 Posts user info edit post |
walk the dog and around the world were my favorites 5/27/2012 2:24:00 AM |
DivaBaby19 Davidbaby19 45208 Posts user info edit post |
I can make an eiffel tower (yeah yeah) and rock the baby 5/27/2012 2:25:44 AM |
wawebste All American 19599 Posts user info edit post |
show off 5/27/2012 2:26:09 AM |
craptastic All American 6115 Posts user info edit post |
I was pretty good with a yoyo in elem. school. I still have my yomega fireball and i think a saber wing. 5/27/2012 3:10:19 AM |
Steven All American 6156 Posts user info edit post |
we did. Johnston County schools 5/27/2012 3:11:41 AM |
BigHitSunday Dick Danger 51059 Posts user info edit post |
Was it the fat old guy?
Or were they like county officials 5/27/2012 8:18:41 AM |
The Coz Tempus Fugitive 25648 Posts user info edit post |
I don't remember getting sold one by a fat guy at school, but I do remember the yo-yo craze, and I credit this thread with reminding me that I had a perfectly good Yomega Firestorm in the top drawer of my computer desk. w00t! Around the world like woah!
5/27/2012 1:30:55 PM |
bdmazur ?? ????? ?? 14957 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I totally had a duncan butterfly....shit was awesome" |
5/27/2012 1:51:23 PM |
ShawnaC123 2019 Egg Champ 46681 Posts user info edit post |
what Onslow county middle school did you go to? Mine didn't do this. 5/27/2012 3:33:18 PM |
ENDContra All American 5160 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "even stranger that a supposed institution of education saw peddling yo-yos to the student body was a valuable usage of time" |
Of course it was a valuable usage of time...kept the kids busy while the teachers smoked a pack of cigarettes or did a variety of other things that didnt involve teaching at all.5/27/2012 3:35:42 PM |
ncsuallday Sink the Flagship 9818 Posts user info edit post |
haha remember the "Brain" with springs and whatnot
[Edited on May 27, 2012 at 3:41 PM. Reason : .]
5/27/2012 3:41:21 PM |
moron All American 34036 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "we did. Johnston County schools " |
I don't recall this.
graduated 2002.
I do remember the yoyo craze, just not some guy selling them.
[Edited on May 27, 2012 at 4:11 PM. Reason : ]5/27/2012 4:11:00 PM |
bronco All American 3942 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | " Jerry (to George): You know, I'm thinking about getting a yo-yo.
George: Really?
Jerry: Yeah.
George: I could see that..." |
5/27/2012 4:11:39 PM |
ncsuallday Sink the Flagship 9818 Posts user info edit post |
Seinfeld is the end-all be-all of internet humor 5/27/2012 4:24:05 PM |
BigHitSunday Dick Danger 51059 Posts user info edit post |
Shawna it was north woods park middle
Did u go to the jville middle? 5/27/2012 4:32:19 PM |
ShawnaC123 2019 Egg Champ 46681 Posts user info edit post |
yup...twas ghetto as all fuck 5/27/2012 6:05:23 PM |
Supplanter supple anteater 21831 Posts user info edit post |
I came from the other side of the state. No yo-yo guy at the school that I recall, but I definitely remember everyone going through a yo-yo phase. Had a few myself. 5/27/2012 7:02:18 PM |
Dr Pepper All American 3583 Posts user info edit post |
Duncan, middle school - '96-98.... yup.
that is weird 5/28/2012 7:35:34 AM |
justinh524 Sprots Talk Mod 27740 Posts user info edit post |
I didn't get this shit peddled to me in school, but then again I didn't grow up in ass backwards eastern nc, either.
I did have one of those yomega firestorms and that one with the springs and shit. Also a few duncans. yoyos were pretty awesome in 1998. 5/28/2012 8:35:28 AM |
paerabol All American 17118 Posts user info edit post |
Yeah cause iredell county is so progressive
We didnt have yoyo salesmen but we did have someone selling those big round gourmet-ish lolipops for 50c on fridays 5/28/2012 11:36:19 AM |
justinh524 Sprots Talk Mod 27740 Posts user info edit post |
god i loved lollipop fridays.
[Edited on May 28, 2012 at 11:39 AM. Reason : i'm gonna go watch my laserdisc about igneous rocks]
[Edited on May 28, 2012 at 11:40 AM. Reason : NOSTALGIA] 5/28/2012 11:38:26 AM |
Dr Pepper All American 3583 Posts user info edit post |
CROSSROADS TO THE FUTURE 5/28/2012 11:48:38 AM |
paerabol All American 17118 Posts user info edit post |
Hahaha that's all we had...intersection of 40/77 and being bordered by 9 counties
And cows but justin will have to tell you about that 5/28/2012 12:13:22 PM |
Dr Pepper All American 3583 Posts user info edit post |
.... i know, too well, this place you speak of....Born and raised, and currently occupying 5/28/2012 12:46:44 PM |
paerabol All American 17118 Posts user info edit post |
Oh, where? 5/28/2012 12:49:17 PM |
Dr Pepper All American 3583 Posts user info edit post |
Harmony, NIMS, NIHS
now living in statesvegas 5/28/2012 1:21:42 PM |
screentest All American 1955 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "what Onslow county middle school did you go to? Mine didn't do this." |
Hunters Creek Middle School5/28/2012 1:26:48 PM |
The Coz Tempus Fugitive 25648 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "i'm gonna go watch my laserdisc about igneous rocks" |
LOL!5/28/2012 2:48:59 PM |