Do you just mean ball games? Stick ball, box ball, Russian Ball, War, punch ball, stoop ball, hit-the-stick, dodge ball, basketball, hand ball, catcher-flyer-up...
Oh my gosh...we played so many games...hard to remember. We had 2-block it, freeze tag, kick the can, all the sports--football, softball, baseball--then the politically incorrect games...N-word pile. That's where we'd yell that so and so was the n-word and then everyone would jump on top of that person. Unbelievable, isn't it? Don't tell anyone I was so politically incorrect in my youth, please.
Grace, that is a regular compendium of ball games. I think I played only three of these.
Chuck, that was one of my favorite games. To be played after sundown.
Lin, different day and age. The best thing about those games-- it did not require a long list of rules and adult supervision. I seem to recall that we kids worked out our difference.
Vee, I wast thinking of that very game when i wrote this. I shall never forget and shall always be sorry. But it was accidental.
Do you just mean ball games? Stick ball, box ball, Russian Ball, War, punch ball, stoop ball, hit-the-stick, dodge ball, basketball, hand ball, catcher-flyer-up...
ReplyDeleteKick the can.
ReplyDeleteJacks. We had tournaments on the playground during recess. I was pretty good. I also liked to hula hoop.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh...we played so many games...hard to remember. We had 2-block it, freeze tag, kick the can, all the sports--football, softball, baseball--then the politically incorrect games...N-word pile. That's where we'd yell that so and so was the n-word and then everyone would jump on top of that person. Unbelievable, isn't it? Don't tell anyone I was so politically incorrect in my youth, please.
ReplyDeleteI remember one stick ball game really well. But maybe I shouldn't remind you of that.
ReplyDeleteGrace, that is a regular compendium of ball games. I think I played only three of these.
ReplyDeleteChuck, that was one of my favorite games. To be played after sundown.
Lin, different day and age. The best thing about those games-- it did not require a long list of rules and adult supervision. I seem to recall that we kids worked out our difference.
Vee, I wast thinking of that very game when i wrote this. I shall never forget and shall always be sorry. But it was accidental.
Vanilla, at least you panicked and were upset. That made me feel loved.
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