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Watch out for Yarnballs!

April 30, 2012 4 Comments

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When I was little, my elementary and middle school P.E. classes used to play “yarnball” on some Fridays. Most of these Fridays happened to be Friday the 13th. I’m not sure they planned it that way, but it sure was more than a coincidence.
Yarnball is played in the gym, with 2 classes of kids and a billion yarnballs the size of your fist.  The rules are a combination of dodgeball, jailbreak and tag.  It’s my most favorite game…
…until a yarnball hits you in the eye.  A yarnball that’s been drug over the dirty gym floor for 5 periods previous to yours and most likely never been washed in it’s life.  When it hits you square in the eye, all the aforementioned dust leaves the yarn follicles and jumps onto your cornea, leaving you blinded and in agony.  (A yarnball isn’t that light, despite what you might think).
That being said, every Friday the 13th that we played yarnball, I was hit in the eye.  A LOT of times.  It’s now the sign of bad luck for me.  I am now (in a grown up state) wary of yarnballs on all Friday the 13ths.  They could come from anywhere, even if you’re not near a school gym.  They will pounce on you from a dark alley.
When Red and I went to the hobby store last Friday the 13th, we took a few pictures in the yarn aisle for kicks. In front of the yarn ball KITS. Oh yes, now you, too, can make homemade yarnballs!
smile for the camera!

 

Lookout! A Yarnball!
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  1. Stephanie says

    April 30, 2012 at 9:03 am

    Ha ha, you made me laugh! We never played with yarnballs for PE but I have been making my own wool dryer balls with yarn, there are yarnballs everywhere right now!

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    • Redhead Baby Mama says

      May 2, 2012 at 8:22 am

      I love it! I’ll be sure NOT to visit you on Friday the 13th. Yarnballs will attack! Let me know if those work!

      Reply
  2. Krystyn @ Really, Are You Serious? says

    May 6, 2012 at 8:12 pm

    I’m trying not to laugh…because it would totally be me.

    I was going to say what Stephanie did…yarnballs in my dryer right now.

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    • Redhead Baby Mama says

      May 8, 2012 at 12:52 pm

      With my track record, I could never use yarn balls in the dryer. Too dangerous! 🙂

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