Somehow I was reminded of the old show Vic's Vancant Lot the other day. It was a show that demonstrated games kids were playing in the street. What games did you "invent" in your neighborhood? 1) "egg ball" - We used to use those plastic eggs that little girls get as Christmas gifts. That was the "egg ball". We used a Tennis racket as the bat. The Hitter would throw the egg up to himself, and then hit it. The aerodynamics of the egg caused it to go straight up in the air about a mile high, and then flutter downward. It's almost impossible to catch the egg( flies like a Knuckle ball). If you caught the egg it was an out. If you hit the runner with the egg, he was out. The rest was just like baseball, but boy was it fun. Sounds dumb, but it was the best game I've ever played. 2) "a-Ha" - We played as soon as it got dark. Somebody was "it". Everyone else could hide anywhere on the block (or in the woods). As soon as a hidden person was seen by "IT", then "IT" would yell "a-ha John!"...and then John was "IT". Although you might think it was easy to find people, just by seeing them, trying to find people in the dark is next to impossible. It was scary to be "IT" because you'd be walking around all night trying to find people in creepy places. ------------------ humble, but hungry.
sewer soccer we would play soccer with pinecones and the sewers were goals. we played at the bus stop waiting for the school bus. ------------------ KD 12-21-99
Patio tennis...my brother and I would use tennis rackets and a tennis ball, but the patio presented special obstacles, such has hitting the cover was a point for the other guy, and hitting a plant was 3 points for the other guy (Mom hated that game). ------------------ Behad Sergeant at Arms of the Clutch BBS Asking the question: What is more dangerous, an AK-47 or a scooter?
Boys vs. Girls - Everybody at recess played it when I was in 2nd grade, even if they didn't want to. Basically, if a boy tagged a girl, she had to come with him back to "base." (even if she was playing another game, etc.) Base was basically a giant prison with all the captured girls crammed in. The only way to get out of the base was if one of the guys on the "rescue squad" came and bailed you out without getting caught himself. (they made fun of us for being on the "rescue squad" at first, but boy were they sorry a couple years later...) ------------------ "There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and STATISTICS..." - Mark Twain -
My friends and I invented this gamed called "Jump off the roof"...We would climb on this dude's house and then jump off his roof onto the driveway.... It was a fun game, but we only played it one time for some reason.... ------------------ If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding!!
Hey A-Train! I played that game once or twice.... or at least I think I did.... ------------------ "Of course, everything looks bad if you remember it!" Homer Simpson
I invented a game called "Jester" once. It involved two people. One person is a statue - they must stay completely still without smiling or laughing or moving. Another person is the Jester, who must do anything he can to make the other person laugh or smile or move. This usually involved telling jokes, but sometimes we opted to just start punching the other guy. Not as fun as "jump off the roof onto the driveway" but it was ours, damnit. ------------------ My dream job is to be a Houston Rockets towel boy. [This message has been edited by fadeaway (edited January 24, 2001).]
