yeah, i remember that game. once this guy got tackled up against a tree, and as he lie there writhing in pain, the dude that hit him whipped it out and pissed on him. yep, those were the good old days.
Softness must be changing our DNA. http://news.yahoo.com/s/kprc/20060804/lo_kprc/9629034 A 6-year-old boy died after he played outside Thursday, KPRC Local 2 reported. The boy's mother called 911 after her son stopped breathing at the La Quinta Gardens Apartments on Aldine Mail Route near Gloger Street at about 7 p.m. "She went and checked on him several times throughout the day, from the time he went to bed," Sgt. Noel Araguz said. "At 7 o'clock she realized he had passed and immediately ran out the apartment holding him, screaming, looking for some type of assistance." The mother said her son told her he was not feeling well when he went inside. She tried to give him food and water, but all he wanted to do was lay down, deputies said. The boy complained about having a headache for several days, officials said. Deputies said they are investigating the death as being heat-related. An autopsy will determine the boy's exact cause of death. The boy's identity has not been released
I was at a minor league baseball game in North Dallas watching from the outfield grass. I was making similiar observations that this thread has, watching these 2 fat spoiled brats. And then this group of kids came by and totally restored my faith, they were a bunch of little leaguers about 10 or 11, they came around the corner and had a football, and were like this is a perfect place to play smear the queer. I was like flippin sweet. There's still some hope left.
The reason I asked about smear the queer is that not only does it seem too "violent" for today's kids, but I doubt their parents would let them play a game with such an un-pc name...although I called it "kill the man" when I was a kid. Kill the man still sounds pretty violent, though... Do kids still pee outside on the side of the house? I remember my parents used to always complain about me going back inside and outside the house to use the bathroom, so I just started whipping it out and taking a whiz outside...
My 4 year old nephew does. He had to come home with a "Code Of Conduct" letter form his pre-school because of it. He's my hero.
my kids pee all over brooklyn, i mean, if you are out and about what are they supposed to do. if the city allows dogs to do their business in the streets, my kids will damn well do the same.
We use to call it Killaman or Hot Ball It was incredibly fun game OH YEA they outlawed dodgeball too Rocket River
Well, I'm SURE it wasn't because he was peeing outside as much as the other kids looking at it and becoming jealous.
I heard an interview with a PE coach, who made sure the audience knew that he was very conservative and not some hippie tree hugger, who defended the decision at his school because dodgeball was doing nothing for the physical education (the actual point of the class) for a vast majority of students. Instead of spending that hour exercising, they were spending it sitting it on their butts after being pegged out immediately. I think there are probably 25,326 problems that are worse for this country than banning Dodgeball at some schools (AFAIK, it's not a law or anything). What a p***y.
For the Record . .the kid had a headache for a couple of days? I will be interested in what was the cause of death I mean . . . If I have an inner ear infection and have no balance then I fall off the cliff while rock climb . . it is 'technically' a Rock climbing accident . . . but the rock climbing was not the cause IMO Rocket River
I think that story is a little irrelevant to the discussion. its not like rocket river saw the story and said, "kids are p*****s, no one died of heat exhaustion in my day". I mean if there was a warning that it was too hot, I don't think people would say that parents are making their kids soft. as rr pointed out, that story isn't just about some kid dying of heat exhaustion anyway, he had some problems for a few days. the dodgeball however I understand, but does it have to be outlawed? have bullies taken advantage of it before, sure? but bullies will take advantage of any situation to get over on other kids. the problem isn't dodgeball, the problem is bullies. and rr didn't start this post by saying, kids are soft because we don't want them to deal with bullies. I thought outlawing it was extreme. bullying is a problem in today's schools, probably moreso than we were younger or our parents. but at the sametime there have always been bullies, we used to make fun of it, see "A Christmas Story", or "Our Gang" skits. but our society evolves, sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse, and sometimes to an extreme. there's arguments for both sides, on one hand, do we really want to expose our kids to cuts and bruises, and broken limbs in some of the things we use to do? its really an interesting subject, because one can argue that the cuts and bruises you get on the playground prepare you for the obstacles of life. one could also argue that they teach what to avoid. and then one could argue that there is no reason to put your kids in avoidable circumstances.
you just quoted me see, there's a reason there is an option to quote. just admit you made a mistake and don't try to make some ridiculous analogy.
I quoted the story so I could make my response. I read the story and decided to make a smartass reply. I didn't post the story not knowing it hadn't been posted. Congrats on your new position as Thread Policeman, though!
