[Rockhounds] Junior Geology

[Kitty & Bill Heacox]

Anita, you're the first person I've heard of who has such a "rock," 
as we do!  Mine is at least 40 years old.  It doesn't squeak, and it 
appears to be some kind of foam, not hollow, not rubber;  it also 
looks like granite.  My mother used to keep it among her fluorescent 
minerals, because the white spots flouresce a nice bright white.  My 
mom was such a gentle, sweet soul that she would never pull a 
practical joke, so in order to avoid having anyone have a moment of 
fear, she would toss it quite gently, only a very short distance, and 
so the person would be sure to catch it.  Sometimes she would simply 
hand it to someone, using a little body language to make it seem like 
it was heavy, and the person's hands would fly up, sometimes hitting 
themselves in the face with the "rock."

I still use this "rock" in the same fashion, though sometimes I throw 
it hard at an adult who IS a practical joker!  And it always reminds 
me that it was my home-maker mother who was the rockhound and 
fluorescent mineral expert, not my electrical engineer father.

Aloha, Kitty



At 07:04 AM 8/6/2007, Anita wrote:
>I also have a very light weight rubber "squeak toy" that looks like
>a piece of granite. It's mixed in with real rocks on the table. I find a
>likely suspect and say "Hey: Catch!" I get a good laugh watching the kids
>try to dodge the flying rock. When they realize they haven't been bruised or
>bloodied, they laugh too.
>
>Anita