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frogmarch

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14. Stretch-em (also called Stick-em)

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Tue Nov 1, 2022, 02:46 PM

Nov 2022

In the early 1950s, when I was 9 and 10, my neighborhood pals and I took turns throwing knives into the ground, near each other's bare feet. The target kid of each game moved a hand or foot to where the knife was, and then it was his or her (ok, I was the only girl) to throw the knife. It was an early version of Twister.

Sometimes my mom's favorite paring knife was The Knife. A few times, it got bloody, so I rinsed it under the kitchen sink faucet, dried it on my shirt, and put it away. Mom never knew, but a time or two she wondered why I was wearing socks with my sandals, and why I was limping.

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What is your all time favorite game to play as a child or as an adult? [View all] debm55 Nov 2022 OP

"No laughing, no talking, no showing your teeth" whathehell Nov 2022 #1

As a kid, I liked Monopoly, then Euchre. LisaM Nov 2022 #2

Power grid adult JT45242 Nov 2022 #3

I suppose there is a new name for it now Effete Snob Nov 2022 #4

Kill the man with the ball... JT45242 Nov 2022 #6

Ah, you'd think it would be something more creative Effete Snob Nov 2022 #12

flag football? debm55 Nov 2022 #9

No, this is much less organized than that Effete Snob Nov 2022 #13

dog pile? When I taught 5th grade all grades were assigned different colored balls. There was a debm55 Nov 2022 #16

That was essentially the game play Effete Snob Nov 2022 #37

Keep-Away? Ocelot II Nov 2022 #18

Killerball or Bombardment? Ocelot II Nov 2022 #25

This was essentially a football running/tackling drill Effete Snob Nov 2022 #38

Played it many times. Baggies Nov 2022 #32

That was the fun aspect of it Effete Snob Nov 2022 #36

Chess as a kid and young adult Wicked Blue Nov 2022 #5

Semi ditto unweird Nov 2022 #7

Never got into chess, too hard for me, but I play checkers. debm55 Nov 2022 #10

It can be difficult to learn unweird Nov 2022 #11

Badminton GenXer47 Nov 2022 #8

Stretch-em (also called Stick-em) frogmarch Nov 2022 #14

Wasn't that dangerous? I'll stick with twister. debm55 Nov 2022 #15

My husband and his siblings Marthe48 Nov 2022 #29

Yep Effete Snob Nov 2022 #39

Dodgeball as a school kid... Harker Nov 2022 #17

Dodgeball was nasty at my school. Until, they made the rule--no hitting above the neck. debm55 Nov 2022 #20

I don't remember whether we had limitations (mid 1960s), but I don't recall anyone getting their Harker Nov 2022 #21

The girls in my gym class would throw that ball like a MLB pitcher.Even after the new rules. debm55 Nov 2022 #23

Ooh, a soccer ball sounds brutal. Harker Nov 2022 #26

It was. debm55 Nov 2022 #28

Lawn Darts Mr.Bill Nov 2022 #19

LOL Baggies Nov 2022 #34

as a kid in the 60s we played outside all the time with all the neighborhood kids... IcyPeas Nov 2022 #22

I remember the game and the song. Open the door for mystery date. Wasn't there a nerd date? debm55 Nov 2022 #24

Hide and seek Marthe48 Nov 2022 #27

As a kid - can't remember; as an adult - Taboo (Password-type game) Mad_Dem_X Nov 2022 #30

Help we here. please, What was the name of the game where you drew something and your partner had to debm55 Nov 2022 #31

Tough one Baggies Nov 2022 #33

Ask a kid: Chinese Jump Rope LeftInTX Nov 2022 #35

Oh yes, I remember Chinese jump rope. you could buy or do as we would do and cut a debm55 Nov 2022 #41

pick up basketball games at the rec center rurallib Nov 2022 #40

A few... LudwigPastorius Nov 2022 #42