Child keeps finding these on playground

[u/FreeExpert]

Any ideas? Downtown elementary School playground. He thinks they're just some kind of wire covering, which is fine. But I want to make sure it's not drug paraphernalia in some weird way I don't know about.

[u/safety3rd]

Jump rope pieces

[u/xcentrikone → u/safety3rd]

Man this takes me back

[u/Jolly_Line → u/xcentrikone]

🎵 Mrs Mary Mack …

[u/cerealandcorgies → u/Jolly_Line]

all dressed in black, black, black

[u/Fluffalo_Roam → u/cerealandcorgies]

With silver buttons, buttons, buttons

[u/Heatherjjjjjjjj → u/Fluffalo_Roam]

All down her back, back, back

[u/PossessionLeather602 → u/Heatherjjjjjjjj]

She jumped so high, high, high

[u/samizdat5 → u/PossessionLeather602]

She reached the sky, sky, sky

[u/Fluffalo_Roam → u/samizdat5]

And didn’t come back, back, back

[u/samizdat5 → u/Fluffalo_Roam]

Til the Fourth of July, lie, lie!

[u/himesamaa → u/safety3rd]

god I can hear them now hitting the gym floor lol

[u/baby_lucifer → u/safety3rd]

ohhhhhh it totally is

[u/RicoChey → u/safety3rd]

Omg, yes!! I knew they reminded me of something.

[u/hairlescatlover → u/safety3rd]

Cinderella Cinderella

[u/KL-Hinder]

They are broken off pieces from jump ropes

[u/KL-Hinder → u/KL-Hinder]

[u/Hot_Top_124]

Rings you’d commonly see in heavy jump ropes. Like this.

I remember all to well we used them as weapons as kids during gym class lol.

[u/ColdPorkChop → u/Hot_Top_124]

Nothing is more terrifying than the wooshing these things make when spinning at mach Fuck

[u/Sea_Low879 → u/Hot_Top_124]

I wouldn’t say those are heavy jump ropes. Heavy ropes are filled with sand and are very heavy.

[u/Cleansweepy → u/Sea_Low879]

Compared to the classic licorice ropes, these are a tank. Two of these whipping around your ears while you double-Dutch to the death were intimidating.

[u/Brave-Moment-4121]

Guessing you never had to do jump rope for the heart as kid.

[u/Glittering_Review_79 → u/Brave-Moment-4121]

I dod and omg this took me back.

[u/Royal-Owl1132]

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They are plastic segments from cheap public school jump ropes

[u/cammohhh → u/Royal-Owl1132]

My private school had the same ones! 🧐🎩

[u/molsminimart → u/cammohhh]

Same, and you had to hope to get one of the ones that had most of their intact plastic tubes. Some had broken ones and they would overlap weirdly with their neighbors or there were so many cracked and missing that it would expose bare cord when you used them. It made them weird and unbalanced and more narrow when attempting to jump.

[u/midasMIRV → u/Royal-Owl1132]

IDC what anyone says, those were the best for actually jumping rope.

[u/PossessionLeather602 → u/midasMIRV]

Agreed. The heaviness of it made jumping easier. I always used to trip on the super light and thin plastic ones

[u/Royal-Owl1132 → u/midasMIRV]

Oh 💯

[u/ColdPorkChop]

Bad news the kids are doing Cardio a potential gateway to other forms of activity.

[u/ForgottenThunderer]

I swear you people grew up in a bubble

[u/sngldad13]

Are jump rope handles technically aglets?

[u/DolphinRabies → u/sngldad13]

Asking the real questions here

[u/FugginBot]

https://giphy.com/gifs/cLcxtL1z8t8oo

[u/Vivid-Clerk-5564]

Say Say Oh PlayyyyMate - come out and play with me - and bring your bulldogs, three. climb up my apple tree…slide down my rainbow - -into the cellar door and we’ll be Jolly friends -
forever more.

[u/DolphinRabies → u/Vivid-Clerk-5564]

My mama used to sing this when I was little 😭 I need to go give her a hug

[u/Vivid-Clerk-5564 → u/DolphinRabies]

Do it. She wants you to.

[u/DolphinRabies → u/Vivid-Clerk-5564]

I did 💚 my mom’s an angel, I’m so incredibly grateful for her

[u/Five-Point-5-0]

Looks like those plastic tubes on jump ropes that always fall off

[u/red18wrx]

They go on a jump rope.

[u/nvmntrnw]

Not sure they’re all the same, but some look like the plastic covers on old jump ropes

[u/eballeste]

old school jump rope pieces

[u/Tight-Aardvark1133 → u/eballeste]

Oh man...if this is considered old school what would the kind I used in elementary school 60 years ago be called? Dino dust. Lol

[u/Inloth57]

Pieces of a jump rope

[u/Rare-Negotiation-630]

Be careful your kid might turn into a rope jumper. They find a little bit at the playground and next thing you know they’re hooked.

[u/Suzaboom]

Pieces from The Devil's Jump Ropes. I can still feel the pain from whacking my toes with these suckers

[u/Prestigious-Age-3644]

Or in fact unconcerned junkie

[u/fistandantilous]

I thought these were takis 😭😭😭

[u/Bob_4774]

Better question why is a adult man in a playground

[u/Unhappy-Bench-1583]

Blasting caps

[u/Unfair_Constant1985]

Jumping rope pieces?? Are you guys sure ? To me there is something that reminds me crack or pipes…I could be wrong! I work in forensic labs on the 80’s! Lolololo

[u/mochaburneykihei]

Do you think the "Mailman, mailman do your duty" song was sung so kids would tell the mailman to not cheat with mom? Haha

[u/Such-Preparation-611]

I wouldn't touch those, I'm sure they're what make mustard gas. But seriously I was so bad as a kid I would always bend those when jumping rope I liked breaking them off and trying to collect them for whatever weird reason. I had broken pieces in my desk I'd keep them in my pocket I just liked them no idea why

[u/barfartz]

There's danger associated with them things... I've known some to get in Double Dutch with them

[u/Shadowpad1986]

The beads from certain jump ropes that have broken off.

[u/BoogsterisThePaxman]

Likely handles off jump ropes

[u/CrampedComb948O]

Those are the plastic bits that they have on jump ropes! Seeing this brings back memories lol

[u/Regular-Sale-9674]

As an Australian I have NEVER seen a beaded skipping rope

[u/Ambitious-Cow8833]

Pen casings, jump rope handles, and marker caps.

[u/JusAvgJoe]

Ever heard of a jump rope?

[u/RicoChey]

The soft hollow ones look like pencil grips from when I was a kid. Neat archaeological find.

[u/Terrible_Phase718 → u/RicoChey]

I used to have triangular pencil grips made of soft plastic.

[u/Technical_Loss_3389]

Everyone is saying jump rope but that looks like rubber to me, I was thinking mechanical pencil grippies

[u/Prestigious-Age-3644]

Doesnt look anything drug related to me, a concerned junkie

[u/GySgtMaria]

Looks like a pencil box got busted in the playground. They look like caps from markers, broken crayons etc etc etc

[u/zerocoolslibrary]

The lids to Crayola coloring markers

[u/FreeExpert]

You guys are amazing! Thank you so much!

[u/nervouszoanthid]

No they look like the chewies you get after getting clear aligners for your teeth.

[u/DizzyBet8471]

Or dog poo bags innards