When I was just a kid, in the then USSR we had a cool game - glass marbles.
We used them for different purposes - for playing "marbles", collected them, exchanged them for other marbles, and even used them as a kind of children's currency.
with these balls you could “buy” anything from other boys - tin soldiers, model cars, a toy pistol, some kind of sweet bun, anything, they even exchanged them with each other for postage stamps.
and the thought was constantly present in our conversations - where do they come from, these balls?
There were many different incredible versions, even to the point that these were alien probes dropped on our planet and collecting information about earthlings.
The girls secretly shared their version - this is what fairy glass goats poop. There are very few glass goats in nature, which is why balls are very rare. and you can’t argue...
in short, what am I talking about?
Today I closed for myself this “childish” question about the purpose of the balls!
I used a knife to open a used aerosol can of paint and there were two balls in it!
Of course, you can laugh at this story, but everyone had a childhood and it’s great that people find answers to their long-standing questions.

Very much remember these games!

Nowadays they always seem to come attached to a string; what is that all about, I just want to play marbles, not have to spend half a morning cutting them free.

Spigzy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:34 am Nowadays they always seem to come attached to a string; what is that all about, I just want to play marbles, not have to spend half a morning cutting them free.

They look a lot like something I've seen in a shop in Bangkok.