Yeah, I've seen those cap rings in the last couple of years.

We had cap pistols. Do they still make caps?

Yes.

I had several cap guns. One was a revolver that used a plastic "ring" of six shots. I used my dad's power drill to drill a hole though the barrel, so sparks could fly out the barrel instead of being blocked by plastic. The drill also got rid of the stupid bright red thingie at the tip of the barrel that made it obvious it was a toy gun.

I must also note in passing that I was at Tom W. and Nora's today for a BBQ. Most of the Somervillains were there, along with special guests JZ and the family flea. Casper is clearly one of the most adorable toddlers ever, and she has an enormous crush on Tom.

Of course, they have to be bright colors now, to not look like the real thing.

I had several cap guns. One was a revolver that used a plastic "ring" of six shots.

I had one that looked like an actual, full-sized police revolver. Mattel made it, and it used "Greenie Stickum Caps," which were like little round exploding Avery labels. The gun came with fake bullets, gray plastic slugs that fit into spring loaded brass casings. You stuck a cap on the back, and loaded it just like a real bullet. It was the best toy ever.

Ooh, I totally wanted one of those. Dunno why I never got one - maybe I was too old, or my interest in model airplanes precluded spending money on things that didn't fly.

The only toy guns I was allowed to have as a kid were water guns that didn't actually look like guns (most of these looked like animals.) One of my friends had a toy ray gun that flashed red lights and beeped, and it was what I always wanted to play with when I went over to his house. (Well, that and toy cars. For some reason, my mother wouldn't buy us toy cars, except ones that went with other things, like the Little People ones.)

I've been re-reading my stash of Spider-Woman comics, and am astounded at the number of BB gun ads comic books had 27 years ago.

Do they have ads for x-ray glasses and sea monkeys?

Do they have ads for x-ray glasses and sea monkeys?

Not that I've noticed, but there's a ton for muscle building systems.

My local news just had someone explaining that the Jennifer Aniston/Brad Pitt breakup has regular folks questioning how they can make a go of things if people with so many advantages can't.

I think these newscasters must have been raised in the wild by movie stars and therefore have no sense of the relative success of Hollywood marriages among celebrities as compared to the national average.