Fidget spinners -- not always a waste of time

[Sylvain]

 

[Ruffnek]

I have a couple of them (I bought a black one because they didn't have green, then I found a green one and had to have it) and they don't really help me focus. What they do is keep those around me from leaving ligature marks around my gullet. I'm constantly drumming on tables, snapping my fingers, or playing with random objects in reach (think clicking pens or the infamous wall-mounted door stop [boooiiinnng]) and they offer me an alternative that doesn't annoy people. I also assume that they'll help when I quit smoking here soon.

 

[Denny347]

My son's 15 yr old friend makes these on his 3D printer at home and sells them as school.

 

[Spike Jones 5 2002]

do the sell them in 9mm.
22 would be to small.
10 and 45 a bout to hard to handle safely.

At the next gun show I am opening a booth to sell "PET ROCKS".
They are easily trained for protection and home defense.

 

[weedsnager]

Had no clue about these things till i looked at this thread. Seen a whole table of them at the gun show today and didn't have a clue what they were!

Yep, guy had a whole table of them at the crown point gun show

 

[HoughMade]

Some Chinese factory had an overrun of bearings, so.....

 

[Leo]

A school teacher friend says they are a real problem in her Jr High classrooms.

I had a friend that quit smoking 30 years ago. He carries a fine thread bolt and nut, and whenever he wants a smoke he twists the nut up and down the threads. He said he no longer has any desire to smoke but he does not want to give up screwing.

 

[patience0830]

 

[Sniper 79]

Daughter is begging me for one. Found out what they were and laughed.

If you are that bored I can easily put your hands to work. Grab the dust buster and suck up some of your crumbs.

 

[IndyGal65]

I tried to order a fidget spinner from SkullDaddy's Emporium.

1) I spewed most of my ice water out after taking a big gulp 0.28 seconds prior to seeing this;
2) I almost choked to death on my subsequent breath in.

 

[dozer13]

I had to get one for both my kids. then the school banned them now i have to pat them down in the morning make sure they don't smuggle them out.

 

[IndyTom]

My son has one a friend printed for him and he warned my daughter away from picking one up at 5 below as he'd heard nothing but bad things from people who had. I ended up picking her one up at a gun show.

 

[AngryRooster]

Might be fun if for no other reason than for the critters.

[video=youtube;Rv8WIz_NSKM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv8WIz_NSKM[/video]

[video=youtube;FTFChckMTX0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTFChckMTX0[/video]

 

[printcraft]

 

[Phase2]

My son has one a friend printed for him and he warned my daughter away from picking one up at 5 below as he'd heard nothing but bad things from people who had. I ended up picking her one up at a gun show.

Did you have to file a 4473 or did you go the private purchase route?

 

[indiucky]

I can't believe people spend money on those things.

Let me tell you about the 1970's.....

 

[indiucky]

I tried to order a fidget spinner from SkullDaddy's Emporium.

I suffer from achondroplasiaphobia and have since I was about 5 or so....With that being said I saw that little tiny dancer and smiled instead of freaked out...


You may have cured me thank you....

 

[printcraft]

Let me tell you about the 1970's.....

Alan Parsons agrees.

 

[indiucky]

Alan Parsons agrees.

So where do we go from here? Nevermore???

 

[IndyTom]

Did you have to file a 4473 or did you go the private purchase route?

Nope, it was from a vendor, so I had to do paperwork and it came back delayed for the first time. I did remember to mark it as a purchase for self even though I was gifting it to her, but I still had to wait an extra 30 minutes.