by TottyMcGee » 22 Jun 2006, 20:31
For me, as a young whippersnapper aged about 7-8, it was Stuff I Found In The Bathroom, in an attempt to recreate the gunge and messy games I saw on the TV shows of the time (this was the mid-80s, just after Tiswas, when it was the fashion for every kids' show to have gunge in somewhere - even the Really Wild Show felt the need to include a messy quiz section). The most common was swirling up as much foam from a bubble bath as possible, then trickling green foam bath over to make it look all gooey and icky, like the foam based gunge tanks producers used to use. Many times I'd also use shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste (now there's something to feel on yer nads), shaving foam or anything else slimy I found.
Before that I remember loving being buried on the beach or elsewhere, so I suppose you could count sand, mud and decomposing leaves too.