Bathroom Shananigans

Six grade and living in San Diego, CA--I must have been 12.

The soap dispensers in the bathroom held a pink powdered soap. With one hand, you pushed the metal lever back and forth, while the other hand poised ready to catch the dry granules. After a sufficient amount was dispensed, you added a small amount of water atop the soap. With your free pointer finger you stirred the mixture, adding just enough water to make a sloppy, wet paste. Then, you worked the paste into a damp ball. Finally, you hucked it HARD at the ceiling. If you were really good at soap ball-making, it stuck! NOTE: You did not do this if anyone else was in the bathroom!

Toilet paper worked much the same way: You wadded a handful of toilet paper in your hand. With your free hand, you added just enough water to make a sloppy glob. Next you lobbed it toward the ceiling (it did not take nearly as much effort as it did the soap balls), and if it stuck, you were good! (You still had to run like hell before anyone came into the bathroom and caught you!)

Love,
(Naughty) Mama