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huffdaddy
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 Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:59 am Post subject: What games did you play as a kid? |
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The story below made me think about the games I played as a kid. I'm guessing that most of them have all but disappeared from the playground landscape.
Smear the queer
British Bulldog
Red Rover
Dodgeball
Box Hockey (got my thumb smashed open playing that one)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070830/ap_on_fe_st/odd_tag_banned_3;_ylt=AhirA3hFyeOGqbYQnvQjsUgE1vAI
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - An elementary school has banned tag on its playground after some children complained they were harassed or chased against their will.
"It causes a lot of conflict on the playground," said Cindy Fesgen, assistant principal of the Discovery Canyon Campus school.
Running games are still allowed as long as students don't chase each other, she said.
Fesgen said two parents complained to her about the ban but most parents and children didn't object.
In 2005, two elementary schools in the nearby Falcon School District did away with tag and similar games in favor of alternatives with less physical contact. School officials said the move encouraged more students to play games and helped reduce playground squabbles. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:01 am Post subject: |
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i played doctor with the two girls my age on my street  ... we also played tea
(there were no boys my age in the immediate neighbourhood, which had its advantages as well as drawbacks) |
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bejarano-korea
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:05 am Post subject: |
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Wag  resulting in me going back to education at the age of 31!  it were good at the time though! |
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ChimpumCallao
Joined: 17 May 2005
Location: your mom
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:12 am Post subject: |
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| kickball, waterballons (not really a game, just throw water ballons at people), hopscotch, fireworks, barbies, and tag. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 7:22 am Post subject: |
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| When I was in high school we made an updated version of British bulldog. It was called Alaskan sled dog and it was played with crazy carpets on a steep hill and one person at the bottom trying to stop the others from getting down. |
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newton kabiddles
Joined: 31 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 7:31 am Post subject: |
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| ringalivio |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 7:45 am Post subject: |
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| Pitch..throw coins at a wall, one that land closest without hitting it wins all the coins. Great great game. |
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thorin
Joined: 14 Apr 2003
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| Kick the Can. |
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The Perfect Cup of Coffee
Joined: 17 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| When I was in high school we made an updated version of British bulldog. It was called Alaskan sled dog and it was played with crazy carpets on a steep hill and one person at the bottom trying to stop the others from getting down. |
Awesome too. That's basically where the early video games came from in some instances. Elementary school kids goofing around.
Used to play British bulldog until a classmate broken his arm and the teachers banned it. Damn you D. McGillen! You were weak! WEAK!
Crazy carpets and British bulldog. Good times. |
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LuckyNomad
Joined: 28 May 2007
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Tag was a favorite. But I hear its outlawed in schools these days. Too Competitive. ????
Hide and go seek. But I think that was discouraged after kids started hiding in old refridgerators.
Tug of War. I hear that it was either outlawed or changed to Tug of Peace.
Stick sword fighting was always fun. Toughened the skin.
Don't touch the ground, by jumping on the furniture. That was a fun way to piss mother off.
Dodge Ball. I hear that was outlawed too. |
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genezorm
Joined: 01 Jul 2007
Location: Mokpo
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:15 pm Post subject: Re: What games did you play as a kid? |
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| huffdaddy wrote: |
The story below made me think about the games I played as a kid. I'm guessing that most of them have all but disappeared from the playground landscape.
Smear the queer |
i don't know what this is, but it sounds like an awesome game
cowboys and indians was also amazing |
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faster
Joined: 03 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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| baseball, tennis, basketball |
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safeblad
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
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British Bulldog, the fat kids would always end up in the middle, such a brutal game
and of course...wembley
never played red rover but it looks pretty fun! |
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peemil
Joined: 09 Feb 2003
Location: Koowoompa
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| Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 1:00 am Post subject: |
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| Dad used to give me 20 cents to go and play in the traffic. |
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pest2
Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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| Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 1:10 am Post subject: |
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| tag, rubber band gun war. |
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