maui mama: Elementary Business

Monday, September 12, 2005

Elementary Business

Yes, it's an old game, but the boys love it. Remember milkcovers? (also called pogs)
Noa is pretty good at it.

He came home waving money and I was angry with him when I found out it was from selling some of his milkcovers...until he told me he was giving all the m

oney for the victims of Katrina. He has 12 dollars saved now!
When I asked what he was going to do...end up selling all his milkcovers then have nothing to play with?
He replied "No, it doesn't matter, I sold some to them but I'll win them back!"

¶ 7:22 AM

Comments:

That is so sweet that he wants to donate his money. :) I dont recall these milk covers though. Hmmm...

I hope you have a good day!

# posted by

Marie : 7:57 AM

A wise (and generous!) business man! LOL. I never got into pogs. How do you win them?

# posted by

Tee/Tracy : 8:00 AM

i never played with them however all the boys did and that is definatly a flash back

# posted by

Heather/SHTEZQ : 8:19 AM

Good to know he's got it all figured out. LOL.

--Jeanette

# posted by

Anonymous : 9:32 AM

Tee- there are a variety of ways to play. Their favorite is to "ante up" with 10-20 of their pogs each then they stack them all, with one of the pogs being chosen as the one to uncover. They use a "kini" pog to slap them onto the stack and they scatter, but the winner is the one to flip over the chosen pog. They have a set amount of times you have to flip the chosen pog over, like five times. The winner gets the entire lot.
The old way to play was to just have a small stack and whatever your kini flips over is yours to keep.
anyone else know any variations?

# posted by

Sandy : 10:36 AM

My kids had those--I think they might have been the ones to loose all theirs to quick kids like Noa---in this case it would have been for a very good cause!
JB

# posted by

jettybetty : 12:32 PM

Maybe he could win them back, then sell them, win them back, then sell them, with them....hahaha!

I'm glad he's thinking of others in need; especially after his comments on his birthday.

# posted by

Kerri : 2:28 PM

oh my gosh, i remember pogs. we recently cleaned out the garage an found a box of sports cards and stuff. there were pogs in there and the kids thought they were the coolest things. what a flashback!

# posted by

Michelle : 3:18 PM

too freaking cute!

# posted by

{LyndsD} : 3:20 PM

ok, maybe i have been under a rock the past 32 yrs but i have never seen these!! lol what a tenderhearted guy you have- i have one of those too.

# posted by

gina : 12:57 AM

What a sweetheart! You raised him right, Sandy!

# posted by

Jenny : 12:58 AM

Awwwwww, that is so cute!!!! Haven't heard anyone say "pogs" in a long time!!!!