For my observation art assignment i went to Common Grounds coffee shop in downtown Apex, I am a frequent customer and good friend of all the employees there, including the manager, so when i asked if i could place an old Stretch Armstrong toy on one of their coffee tables for a school assignment, they thought it was a great idea and encouraged me to do so, i sat across the coffee shop for about an hour watching the toy, the only attention it ever got was the occasional toddler testing its renowned elasticity in an attempt to break the toy. one toddler got very frustrated and proceeded to dunk the toy in the melted, soupy liquid of what was once his ice cream, his mother saw this, recognized the toy, and went to the bathroom to clean it off. then when she returned, she explained to her son how she had a toy very similar to this one when she was younger and proceeded to play a game of tug-a-war with her son.