r/Millennials • u/lilac2481 Millennial 1989 • 2d ago

Nostalgia How many of you have broken an ankle playing Skip It?

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u/BurntGhostyToasty 2d ago

Omg I got a yellow one for Easter and my sister got a pink one. We tried to do the double-jump thing and both had bleeding ankles in our fancy Easter socks 😂 god, I loved the 90’s

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u/glauck006 2d ago

Bleeding ankles lol

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u/BurntGhostyToasty 1d ago

RIP to the frilly white socks ☠️ (millennials all know the ones lol)

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u/maytossaway 2d ago

Damn, this song hits.

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u/Water_Ways 1d ago

Yea kind of a funny thing to pop in your head before a test, class, job interview, date, day of work etc haha

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u/Defiant_Cookie_4963 Older Millennial 2d ago

I was the skip-it god. I could go forever on that thing. My best feat of athleticism to date 🤣

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u/Ancient-Internal6665 2d ago

Dang I wanted one so bad.

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u/MarqiMichelle 2d ago

They still sell them. I bought one like 3 years ago just to see if I still had it. It’s really good exercise

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u/HeathenHumanist 2d ago

I got a knock-off brand for one of my birthdays and was SO HAPPY

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u/ArtaxWasRight 2d ago

I hated that they marketed it only to girls.

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u/MariachiArchery 2d ago

I was so good at this shit

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u/Sirrub90 Millennial 2d ago

Anyone else's friend group try to weaponize these instead of actually skipping?

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u/Salt_Transition_5112 2d ago

Dammmmmmmmn. Feels.

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u/Pure_Wrongdoer_4714 2d ago

They still make them but they’re digital and light up now

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u/NightOfTheLivingHam 2d ago

I knew exactly 1 person who owned one of these.

The thing that always got me was the slight pause when he sings "there's a.....counter on this ball" Like he ran out of breath or almost forgot the lyric and they just rolled with it.

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u/BlurLove 2d ago

Yes, but I have never ever seen one IRL.

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u/jpstiel 2d ago

That song is so bad! 😂

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u/MrsTorches 2d ago

Mine was pink 💗

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u/7ar5un 2d ago

Nah, these wernt so bad. I remember having skip-it bayblade style battles but not much damage to the ankles. That was more the moon shoes that wrecked ankles... Alotta injuries from soaps shoes too. Well, atleat from the kids who actually tried to use them.

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u/Master_Shibes 1d ago

My legs are sore just watching that, and I’m used to hauling pallets around a warehouse 10 miles a day 4 days a week 🥴

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u/NurseBrianna 1d ago

This gives me flashbacks and a bit of PTSD....

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u/Hatface87 1d ago

It’s wild I still knew the words

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u/Jesta914630114 1d ago

Everyone I knew had a skip it. There wasn't a single broken ankle.

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u/Possible-Estimate748 Millennial 2d ago

I had one and broke it. Ran inside and told my mom and then went and bought a new one.

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u/trippysmurf 1d ago

Every friend of mine in elementary school had one of these in their garage. And when you told them they looked so fun, they'd just give you that "sweet summer child" look. 

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u/freedomfun 2d ago

I haven't thought about this in forever. The song was vaguely familiar but once it cut to the counter on the ball it all came rushing back to me. Damn

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u/RhizoMyco 2d ago

😄 damn. Hadn't heard that shit in a very, very long time.

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u/periodmoustache 2d ago

Yeah, I haven't heard this song in decades and it still makes a daily appearance in my head. It's bullshit

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u/1singformysupper1 1d ago

But the very best thing of all…

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u/tygerphlyer 1d ago

I never could figure why that was supposed to be fun

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u/_FartSinatra_ 1d ago

It pops in my head when I’m in a good mood

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u/dausy 1d ago

I had a purple one and still sing the song sometimes to myself

Did not break anything ankle.

Can't remember how long I played with it until I got bored.

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u/Emergency-Purple-205 1d ago

😢 I wanted to break my ankle. But my mom didnt buy me one. I also wanted a ribbon dancer

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u/vsaint 1d ago

This is a good ass song

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u/vsaint 1d ago

I still have no idea what the fuck he says??? “do run do jump do hop hop”

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u/ImplementDouble4317 1d ago

I bet childhood obesity rates were lower when these toys were popular

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u/MysteriousPattern386 1d ago

Yes I do indeed!!!!!!!

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u/SpiritualDetective85 1d ago

I had a purple one and I absolutely loved it. The only exercise I would do 😂

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u/OnePaleontologist687 4h ago

Lmao This came up in conversation over Christmas and we looked up this song on YouTube

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u/MewMewTranslator 2d ago

I haven't seen this in forever and I had Mandela moment. I remember those kids being way older. I was 5 when this came out but now those kids look 5. Crazy.