Thrill Seekers & Playground Games

[Arcadia]

I loved dodge ball! And what was the one where several kids linked arms, then another kid ran at them and tried to break through? Was that Red Rover? Oh, and there was Crack the Whip! And we played these games unsupervised. Holy cats, it's a wonder we weren't all killed!!!

[SherlockedCAMPer]

Yes the breaking through was red rover. Agreed on the killed part. We want kids to be more active then take away all the activities that promote them being active. Go figure.

[Carol the Dabbler]

I loved Red Rover -- it was just about the only active game I was any good at.  My secret (which I will pass along, now that my Red Rovering days are apparently over) is to head straight for one spot with (and this may be the key) a very determined look on my face -- and then at the last possible second change course.  Since I generally played with the exact same bunch of kids, you'd think they'd have caught on, but Nooooo.

 

Question:  Was it legal in your area to do a double-hold -- i.e., instead of you and me holding hands, I hold your wrist and you hold mine?  (In my neighborhood that was considered very poor sportsmanship.)

 

I would go into a long description of all the playground equipment we survived, but I've already done that earlier on this thread.

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

P.S.: That's a really cool GIF, Bendy -- which episode / scene is it from?

[Bendydoodle Cantaloupe]

 

P.S.: That's a really cool GIF, Bendy -- which episode / scene is it from?

 

I think it's from season 2, probably A Scandal in Belgravia.

[Arcadia]

I loved Red Rover -- it was just about the only active game I was any good at.  My secret (which I will pass along, now that my Red Rovering days are apparently over) is to head straight for one spot with (and this may be the key) a very determined look on my face -- and then at the last possible second change course.  Since I generally played with the exact same bunch of kids, you'd think they'd have caught on, but Nooooo.

 

Question:  Was it legal in your area to do a double-hold -- i.e., instead of you and me holding hands, I hold your wrist and you hold mine?  (In my neighborhood that was considered very poor sportsmanship.)

 

I would go into a long description of all the playground equipment we survived, but I've already done that earlier on this thread.

My recollection is that what you call the double hold is the only one we used, but, y'know, it's been awhile. I was pretty good at it too, but I'm afraid my technique when charging was to target the smallest kid.

[Bendydoodle Cantaloupe]

I remember playing Steal the Bacon a few times. Basically you split a bunch of crazy kids into two equal groups, make 'em count off so that both teams had people numbered one through whatever, and then when you called that number those two people from the opposing teams would try to steal the 'bacon' in the middle of the room. Once, a camp counselor shouted, "Everyone!" and I ended up getting dragged across the floor and ripping part of my t-shirt sleeve. Well, I guess one consolation would be that the guy who dragged me around -- his ankle kinda tasted like chicken! :lol: :P

[Carol the Dabbler]

[Carol the Dabbler]

P.S.: That's a really cool GIF, Bendy -- which episode / scene is it from?

 

I think it's from season 2, probably A Scandal in Belgravia.

 

If only I was better at lip-reading -- that should narrow it way down.

 

[sfmpco]

Well, this wasn't exactly a playground game per se, but you have to understand that were I grew up, we had hilly woods to play in. and when it would snow fairly good, my brother and his friends and I would go into the woods, pack down some sledding runs, including placing some logs in the paths (snow packed down, of course) for some jumps... needless to say, the boys called these runs "nut crackers," but the sled runs gave the girls a pretty hard jolt too. It's a miracle none of us ever smacked into a tree and broke something.

[SherlockedCAMPer]

 

I loved Red Rover -- it was just about the only active game I was any good at.  My secret (which I will pass along, now that my Red Rovering days are apparently over) is to head straight for one spot with (and this may be the key) a very determined look on my face -- and then at the last possible second change course.  Since I generally played with the exact same bunch of kids, you'd think they'd have caught on, but Nooooo.

 

Question:  Was it legal in your area to do a double-hold -- i.e., instead of you and me holding hands, I hold your wrist and you hold mine?  (In my neighborhood that was considered very poor sportsmanship.)

 

I would go into a long description of all the playground equipment we survived, but I've already done that earlier on this thread.

My recollection is that what you call the double hold is the only one we used, but, y'know, it's been awhile. I was pretty good at it too, but I'm afraid my technique when charging was to target the smallest kid.

 

 

Playing that game, the double hold was frowned upon as well.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Well, this wasn't exactly a playground game per se, but you have to understand that were I grew up, we had hilly woods to play in. and when it would snow fairly good, my brother and his friends and I would go into the woods, pack down some sledding runs, including placing some logs in the paths (snow packed down, of course) for some jumps... needless to say, the boys called these runs "nut crackers," but the sled runs gave the girls a pretty hard jolt too. It's a miracle none of us ever smacked into a tree and broke something.

 

The world was your playground!

 

I take it that you did not grow up in San Gabriel.  ;)

[sfmpco]

The world was your playground!

 

I take it that you did not grow up in San Gabriel.  ;)

 

 

Nope.... Colorado Springs

Edited March 25, 2015 by Carol the Dabbler
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[SherlockedCAMPer]

What little I've seen of Colorado (from a plane landing in Denver then some of it's SW suburbs & numerous pictures from Colorado Springs [i know some people there]), it's a beautiful state.  Definitely makes a good playground.

[sfmpco]

I grew up on a military base, and we had woods all around... great for summer and winter play.  My mother would open the door in the morning, and off we'd go, and no one thought anything about it.  Every house had kids in it, but as I grew older, the families that moved in still had young kids, so pretty soon I was not around kids my age.  At least I had my brother.  I wasn't exactly tomboyish, but adventure play was always more interesting to me.  I even quit Girl Scouts one afternoon because I preferred to be playing with my brother and his friends.

[SherlockedCAMPer]

Sounds a little like me growing up only without the military base, the mountains, and most of the trees.  During the summer, my brother and I could be found either playing with Legos, his trains, or his Matchbox cars in a house with no air conditioning and a boat load of windows (aka felt like the tropics in Minnesota) or we would be outside playing sometimes with friends.  There were only a handful of boys in our neighborhood and my brother was one of the older ones and didn't really connect with them.  Most of the girls in the neighborhood were my age, but I only hung out with 3 of them.

[sfmpco]

Ooooh legos!  I could play with those for hours...and that was before they had all the specialty kits.  Just don't step on one in the dark... gah!

[SherlockedCAMPer]

My brother and I would spend hours on end in my parents' bedroom (upstairs facing south, so 1 of the warmest rooms in the house and no carpeting so structures could stand stable) playing with the Legos and listening to Hooked On Classics on vinyl.  We did that so much that a scratch developed on side B causing the record to skip.  We continued to play the record so much that the skip ended up being corrected.

 

agreed don't want to step on the Legos in the dark (let alone the day time when you should be able to see them).

[Bendydoodle Cantaloupe]

My dad stepped on a Lego once, and he screamed "I'M DYING"

[Bendydoodle Cantaloupe]

Also, who else thinks of Martin Freeman while reading this?

 

 

Honestly, I would have done the same thing! xD

[Carol the Dabbler]

Turns out there's a very good reason why this sounds like something straight out of the miniseries -- it's fiction too.  But on the other hand, that method of snow removal apparently has been used in real life -- just by the government, which of course makes it perfectly safe.  ;)