Reply to: Strange things we used to do when we were kids

[Old Greg]

Aaaah, good old Joey.

Our playground would ring out with dozens of kids crying "Muuuuuuuuuuh Joeeeeey, Joey Deacon, Muuuuuh" with everyone doing the full spack-hands/tongue pushing bottom lip combo.

Heady days. Guess those actions would warrant a comment from the teachers these days as being slightly non-PC.

In retrospect a bit more of that in those days wouldn't have been a bad thing.

[Durbs]

Joey vs Deacon vs one-shoe vs Joey Deacon vs Jo A, Jo B, Jo C, Jo D Jo E, A-con, B-con, C-con, Deacon

Aaaah, good old Joey.

Our playground would ring out with dozens of kids crying "Muuuuuuuuuuh Joeeeeey, Joey Deacon, Muuuuuh" with everyone doing the full spack-hands/tongue pushing bottom lip combo.

Heady days. Guess those actions would warrant a comment from the teachers these days as being slightly non-PC.

[zara_backdog]

Blocky 123 was what it was called down our way...

it was called Hockey 123 were I was, stange as hockey sticks not used in it ?

[original PM]

Blocky 123 was what it was called down our way...

[Old Greg]

No ping pong 1 2 3 was a hide and seek/'It' hybrid.

I'm not sure that's helping.

[mudskipper]

Were you educated in Thailand?

No ping pong 1 2 3 was a hide and seek/'It' hybrid.

[Old Greg]

I'm sure I've posted this before, but we used to play 'rabies'. One person would have rabies and the rest would be doctors and nurses. The doctors and nurses would tend the rabid patient, who would suddenly go mad and start chasing them, biting the first person they caught. So then you'd have 2 rabid patients - repeat until everyone has rabies. There was, of course, a lot of spitting and smearing of dirt on skin, and progressive removal of clothing. Great fun. Recommended.

Made a change from 'Ping Pong 1 2 3'.

Were you educated in Thailand?

[BrilloPad]

You could have saved the Friday story for Friday.

[Sysman]

We used to play kirby - making the scoring system up as you went along.
two people standing either side of the road and the aim was to hit the kirb - 1point. catch the rebound more points and enabled you to move to the center of the road and throw from there.
more points were awarded for backward throws and catching.

We had a variation on that. The houses on our road all had garden walls and you could bounce the ball off those too. Extra points for double bounces.

Oh,

kerb

[mudskipper]

I'm sure I've posted this before, but we used to play 'rabies'. One person would have rabies and the rest would be doctors and nurses. The doctors and nurses would tend the rabid patient, who would suddenly go mad and start chasing them, biting the first person they caught. So then you'd have 2 rabid patients - repeat until everyone has rabies. There was, of course, a lot of spitting and smearing of dirt on skin, and progressive removal of clothing. Great fun. Recommended.

Made a change from 'Ping Pong 1 2 3'.

[Bunk]

We used to play kirby - making the scoring system up as you went along.
two people standing either side of the road and the aim was to hit the kirb - 1point. catch the rebound more points and enabled you to move to the center of the road and throw from there.
more points were awarded for backward throws and catching.

Yep, and lots of points for bouncing it off one kerb and hitting the other.

[FiveTimes]

if we got bored of that then we would play 60seconds - headers and volleys.
the amount of goals increased every 60 seconds if you reached the previous target.
However if the keeper caught the ball then last person to touch it went in goal .

[FiveTimes]

We used to play kirby - making the scoring system up as you went along.
two people standing either side of the road and the aim was to hit the kirb - 1point. catch the rebound more points and enabled you to move to the center of the road and throw from there.
more points were awarded for backward throws and catching.

[TestMangler]

And I thought getting someone to say 'x' quickly so it sounded like sex and then run off laughing was the cool thing to do...

Or even push the boat out to a red lorry yellow lorry competition :|

And failing that, a bit of 'Pheasant Plucker'

[Sysman]

Or even push the boat out to a red lorry yellow lorry competition :|

Or:

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Or:

Constantinople is a very long word. Spell it.

Correct answer: Eye Tee.