Do y'all have Piñatas?

Flint · 08-28-2008, 02:59 PM

You know, like the cardboard thingee filled with candy...you hit it with sticks? You know what those are, right?

I mean, in Texas, having one of those at a birthday party is pretty normal. You don't think it seems like a "Mexican-themed" party, you just have a piñata, no big deal.

Have you ever been to a birthday party, where you live, and had a piñata?

lookout123 · 08-28-2008, 03:03 PM

Pretty much every party has a pinata, right? hell, even our funerals have pinatas. you have to close the coffin lid first though. the kids are a bit squeamish about digging for candy around the body.

Cloud · 08-28-2008, 03:21 PM

sure I have.

wait . .. I live in Texas . . . maybe I don't count!

As a girl growing up in California we occasionally had them for birthday parties. Don't know about other parts of the country.

glatt · 08-28-2008, 03:26 PM

Growing up in Maine in the 70s, we very rarely had pinatas. I can only think of one time. Here in VA, I'd say about a quarter of the birthday parties in our group have them. And nobody considers them to be "Mexican" parties, they just have pinatas at them. We've had them ourselves a couple times.

lookout123 · 08-28-2008, 03:26 PM

we had them in illinois, but then again my best friends lived on Hero Street.

binky · 08-28-2008, 03:36 PM

We have them fairly often for birthdays; My 12 yr old bought a basketball one last year, and was reallly disappointed that I would not let her repaint it as her least favorite teacher before her party.

HungLikeJesus · 08-28-2008, 03:52 PM

Where we grew up, no one could afford a real pinata, so we would just hang up a kid nobody liked.

lookout123 · 08-28-2008, 04:00 PM

no wonder the black kids never came to your parties.

Happy Monkey · 08-28-2008, 04:15 PM

Would you say you have a plethora of piñatas?

Griff · 08-28-2008, 05:32 PM

Kids hereabouts PA/NY borderland have them regularly. According to Lil Griff they age out at 9 years.

Clodfobble · 08-28-2008, 05:54 PM

Compared to my childhood, it seems like they've gotten less common for kids over 5 or so, though. By then it's less fun when the kids are old enough to be competitive about it, and someone always gets hurt in the mob rush to pick up the candy.

Elspode · 08-28-2008, 06:41 PM

Pinatas are a lot more fun if you're swinging a chain saw instead of a bat. Nothing says birthday like a blindfolded six year old flailing about with a chainsaw. Highlights on America's Funniest Home Videos are better, too.

SteveDallas · 08-28-2008, 06:45 PM

My kids always liked to have them, though they're growing out of them mostly.

DucksNuts · 08-28-2008, 06:55 PM

Pinatas were only available at specialty shops here (and they were still rare)....until the last few years, now they are the *norm* at parties and you can buy them anywhere...like Big W (Walmart) and Kfart.

We had a big pink penis at a Hens nite recently, it was filled with penis shaped lollies, edible condoms and the such.

Much fun!

Aliantha · 08-28-2008, 07:05 PM

We don't get them much up here. In fact the first one I saw was last Christmas when my cousins portugese wife made one for all the little kidlettes xmas night. They had lots of fun with it though.

08-28-2008, 02:59 PM	#1
Flint _______ Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Posts: 11,190	Do y'all have Piñatas? You know, like the cardboard thingee filled with candy...you hit it with sticks? You know what those are, right? I mean, in Texas, having one of those at a birthday party is pretty normal. You don't think it seems like a "Mexican-themed" party, you just have a piñata, no big deal. Have you ever been to a birthday party, where you live, and had a piñata? __________________ ************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

08-28-2008, 03:03 PM	#2
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,300	Pretty much every party has a pinata, right? hell, even our funerals have pinatas. you have to close the coffin lid first though. the kids are a bit squeamish about digging for candy around the body. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

08-28-2008, 03:21 PM	#3
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	sure I have. wait . .. I live in Texas . . . maybe I don't count! As a girl growing up in California we occasionally had them for birthday parties. Don't know about other parts of the country. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

08-28-2008, 03:26 PM	#5
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,300	we had them in illinois, but then again my best friends lived on Hero Street. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

08-28-2008, 03:36 PM	#6
binky all hollowed out Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ridgecrest, CA Posts: 982	We have them fairly often for birthdays; My 12 yr old bought a basketball one last year, and was reallly disappointed that I would not let her repaint it as her least favorite teacher before her party. __________________ The meanest Mom EVER!!!!

08-28-2008, 03:26 PM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 17,843	Growing up in Maine in the 70s, we very rarely had pinatas. I can only think of one time. Here in VA, I'd say about a quarter of the birthday parties in our group have them. And nobody considers them to be "Mexican" parties, they just have pinatas at them. We've had them ourselves a couple times.

08-28-2008, 03:52 PM	#7
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Where we grew up, no one could afford a real pinata, so we would just hang up a kid nobody liked. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

08-28-2008, 04:00 PM	#8
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,300	no wonder the black kids never came to your parties. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

08-28-2008, 04:15 PM	#9
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 10,861	Would you say you have a plethora of piñatas? __________________ _________________ \|...............\| That's right! I cut my hand off!!! What do you \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| say to THAT, you bubble-talking HYPOCRITE?!? \|_______________\| [homepage][pics]

08-28-2008, 05:32 PM	#10
Griff Hill-Biffy or HillWilliam Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 16,939	Kids hereabouts PA/NY borderland have them regularly. According to Lil Griff they age out at 9 years. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis ...how easily the learned give up the evidence of their senses to preserve the coherence of ideas in their imagination. - Adam Smith

08-28-2008, 05:54 PM	#11
Clodfobble Bitchin' Tiny Unicorn Jockey Wannabe Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 14,064	Compared to my childhood, it seems like they've gotten less common for kids over 5 or so, though. By then it's less fun when the kids are old enough to be competitive about it, and someone always gets hurt in the mob rush to pick up the candy. __________________ My cooking blog

08-28-2008, 06:41 PM	#12
Elspode Serve ice cold, add salt to taste Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,433	Pinatas are a lot more fun if you're swinging a chain saw instead of a bat. Nothing says birthday like a blindfolded six year old flailing about with a chainsaw. Highlights on America's Funniest Home Videos are better, too. __________________ Peas and Logic, Patrick "He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it." Douglas Adams

08-28-2008, 06:45 PM	#13
SteveDallas just open the dictionary to a random page, and pick a word. Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,598	My kids always liked to have them, though they're growing out of them mostly.

08-28-2008, 06:55 PM	#14
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,066	Pinatas were only available at specialty shops here (and they were still rare)....until the last few years, now they are the norm at parties and you can buy them anywhere...like Big W (Walmart) and Kfart. We had a big pink penis at a Hens nite recently, it was filled with penis shaped lollies, edible condoms and the such. Much fun!

08-28-2008, 07:05 PM	#15
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 14,928	We don't get them much up here. In fact the first one I saw was last Christmas when my cousins portugese wife made one for all the little kidlettes xmas night. They had lots of fun with it though. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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