carolinagirl wrote:Played Crack the Whip...
Don't forget Kick the Can.... (at least it wasn't Kick the Bucket
)
We did most of the aforementioned (waiting for lawn fork description) and a couple I don't see yet...
Spent many hours, many days, playing "chicken". You stood across from your opponent with a knife, and took turns stabbing eachother! Sorry - couldn't resist! You took turns throwing the knife into the ground, and where it stuck, your opponent had to put their foot. The object was to make them do the splits, then lose their balance to lose the game. If you stuck it in the ground between their legs, they had to turn around, keeping feet same width apart, and making it harder for them to throw. But when you're in grade school, every once in a while, a leg or foot might get it! (Yes, knives were allowed in school!
We also used to build large fires just past the bike ramps, but only remember 1 kid getting burned pretty bad - I think that ended that!
Don't know if it had a name, but my friend's bro showed us that if you hit your hand with a wire hair brush for a minute or so, then shake it, blood comes out of a bunch of the pin holes!
Gross!
We built a lot of forts in the weeds across the street... my brother used to burn them down, but we played many a game of truth or dare in them. (Not with my brother - he was older, and terrorized us) And yes, I was the 1st girl who didn't quit when dared to "french kiss"! Steve was in 7th or 8th grade, so I must have been in 5th. He was the "hot" oldest one in our bunch, and everyone thought I was the coolest kid ever after that!
(everyone wanted to, but were too askeered I guess!)
Speaking of weed, this wasn't a game, but my brother had a bunch growing in a former garden area by our back bushes. It was too funny when my mom decided to pull weeds, and layed about 40 4' high stalks across the trash cans at the end of the driveway! (before the days of yard waste.) She couldn't figure out why all the neighbor kids scooped them all up!
