Thomas de Groot spake:

> 
> "Stefan Viljoen polard.com>" <spamnot@<removethis> schreef in bericht
> news:43533ed9@news.povray.org...
>>
>> Yes, I remember them - used to play with them at school (primary school).
> We
>> used to make a little hole and then then roll them toward the hole -
>> can't remember the rules, but somehow you could take another guys marbles
>> if yours landed closest or something.
>>
>> Oh, nostalgia!
>>
> Yes indeed! And I remember you had small ones, and big ones (called
> Stuiter, in Dutch). In France, I remember we had also very cheap ones made
> of backed clay, painted in bright colors.

Haha - you wouldn't be seen dead with those. Oh the ridicule!

Those were the type you hid somewhere with your shoes - a big glass one with
a yellow insert, now THAT was status among the boys (literally).

-- 
Stefan Viljoen
Software Support Technician / Programmer
Polar Design Solutions

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