I was thinking the other day about the 'fun' we had in the school playground.
Does any one remember the 'chinese burn' If you where the victim, the perpretator would grasp your forearm tightly with both hands, then rotate his hands in opposite directions, stretching the skin ...ouch! (this one was a sadistic bully tactic)

'Deadleg' was easy, that involved a knee aimed at the top outside thigh of the victim, this seemed to hit a spot that rendered you unable to walk properly for a while, limping along muttering 'oyer'
Less of a sadistic bully tactic, even I would indulge this one in self defence....

And 'british bulldog' from what I remember, a line of lads would span the width of the plaground, another lot on the opposite side, and on the shout of 'british bulldog' would all run at each other with the aim of 'getting to the other side...' a lot got knocked over when the two teams met in the middle (I think thats when you where 'out'
I think this excersize was repeated untill only one member was left standing...

Has anyone else got any 'playground antics' memories?

not playgroung exactly, but i dreaded going to the loo, 'cos everyone would try and open the door . Number of times everyone saw my knickers and knees. So embarrassing when your between the ages of 8 and 13. Used to have to get your best friend to 'do the door':rolleyes:

Tiggy/Tag:

Tiggy off the ground

Tiggy lampost (got a bit embarrassing when you got older....didn't want to be climbing under boys legs!)

Sinking in the mud

Sticky Toffee

skipping ropes, trying to get in without tripping yourself up or stopping the rope.

When i was a kid we were all horse mad and used to run around the playground with scalfs around our waists shouting 'Giddy up'..

no-one smoking behind the bike sheds?;)

i remember british bull dog- i also remember one called scabby queen- where you played cards and the one with the queen of spades at the end got wrapped on the knuckles-lol

Bumper Cars was the best.

Basically you crossed your arms and ran into people if you uncrossed your arms from pain you were out! :D

Oh and Jail Tag, which was basically like tag except when you were tagged you had to stand in a square box known as the Jail, but non-tagged people could break you out of jail if you tagged them.

Due to RPG sounding confused, here is a brief outline of Sticky Toffee, aka Sinking Lemons - a very long winded and pointless game I used to play.

1)One person holds out their hands, secretly chooses the 'magic' finger and all the other people have to hold onto a finger

2)The person then tells them which was the magic finger and whoever was holding onto it is 'it' (how they know the first person isn't lying I'll never know.) This person is 'safe' and can run away wait for the next stage, getting an advantage over the others,

3)The first person then tells a stupid and pointless long-winded story, and when they say 'sticky toffee' s/he chases all the others in 'tag' fashion.

4)If a person is caught, they stand like a lampost and gradually sink (hence, sinking lemons), until the 'safe' person runs underneath their legs, they are then free, and can release other people too. If a person sinks all the way, they become 'it' and can catch other players.

5)Game end when everyone is 'it'








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