* Put your finger through the hole at the end of the string and hold Blinky in the palm of your (same) hand. Throw Blinky at someone's head, pretending that you are going to hit them with it. But--surprise! just as they flinch, the rubber string rebounds back, & Blinky lands back in your hand. Do it again--see if they flinch again. (This will make you very popular.)

* Push the blinky heart close to the surface so it's bulging out, surrounded by the skin. Say, "Oh, no, he has a tumor!" Or, "Alien baby bursting out!" (credit one of my clients for that one!)

* (good with Blinky caterpillars, AKA sea cucumbers)
Stick the thumb of your dominant hand into the loop on caterpillar's nose. Grab it's butt end with your other hand and stretch your hand wayyyyy back, as though Blinky Caterpillar was a bow and arrow. Aim the nose slightly high. Let go and Caterpillar self-propels across the room at your target.

* Blinky paddleball! good for hours of fun, for the manually coordinated!

* Poi Blinky (especially good with two or more Blinkys)

* Put thumb and finger into the ring at end of Blinky's rubber string. Find naked drunk male. Stretch out the ring by moving thumb and finger apart from one another. Place the ring over penis and testicles. Repeat with 2nd blinky, so he has a matched set. Then throw said naked male into the pool and see if he floats.

* (good with Blinky caterpillar) Pocket pussy! Mmm!!

* Squeeze Blinky so that his internal air pushes out a bubble in his rubber flesh. If you align the bubble with the eye, the eye grows large. He is looking at you!!! If you need a big smile--position the air bubble over the smile! He loves you so much!

* Blinky wars! Obtain as many Blinkies as possible. Throw, shoot, and hurl them at your opponent as hard as you possibly can. For added fun, turn out the lights. This will diminish the number of hits (you can't see opponent, but opponent can see Blinky coming!) but will increase the fun.

* Blinky wars are particularly good late at night, when you are in someone else's house and they are trying to sleep. Be sure to knock over some of their possessions while you're at it.

* Blinky as metaphor: You are Life. Blinky is you. Smack Blinky around, a little too hard and too often. Suddenly--his beating heart breaks in two! And yet--it still continues beating. Even when broken. Life goes on!!

* Blinky earrings

* If the top comes off (as it sometimes does), and the heart comes out (another metaphor!) you can use the empty Blinky shell to hold your long hair in a bun. There are a few other uses as well!

* Inconvenient safety devices on open playa (they blink, but you have to keep hitting them every minute or so)

Now remember: Just like it says on the box when you buy a dozen Caterpillar Blinkys:
"The fun just keeps going!
Don't stop the fun!"

Okay, okay, we won't!!!

Anyone else wanna share their special rites of Blinky Fun?