My sister and I would take turns sitting in front of the fan and "talking funny".

I missed that one.

I put a baseball card on the spoke of my bike.

We didn't have AC, just a huge window fan mounted on 2x4s. Every spring when my parents put it in the window, my Mom warned us not to put our fingers in the blades. But it was okay to sing and talk into it.

And back then, we had some heavy duty fans.

...but it ruined my voice....

When I heard Darth Vader on the big screen for the first time, I was transported back to the ersatz physics lab of my youth.

I'm going to try it now!

lady waving it beat me bloody! 😢

Also, when I was a scientist teacher in the 80s, I had a desk fan in my classroom. I picked up a strobe light at a garage sale and used it when we were studying "waves". By adjusting the speed of the strobe, I could make the fan "slow down", reverse or even freeze!

We took it outside and, in the dark, lit up a reciprocating sprinkler with the strobe.
It doesn't stop the spray, but it looks like the water is in slow motion!

Never heard of this. i better try it.

I think every Boomer as a kid did that.

In the summer, I would tie a sheet to the handle of our floor fan and create what I called a 'wind tunnel,' and would lie on the carpet under the fluttering sheet trying not to sweat. Sometimes it worked.