Violent childhood games

Jahfin · Post by **Jahfin** » April 12, 2005 1:03 pm

Lawn darts. I few years ago a friend brought us one of the first water balloon slingshots and it made the Most Dangerous Toy List at Christmastime.

PHBeerman · Post by **PHBeerman** » April 12, 2005 1:03 pm

I think this is why some kids are so screwed up today. They don't get to release their pent up frustration and establish a ligitimate pecking order so they shoot up schools instead.

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » April 12, 2005 1:04 pm

We also used to use those water balloon slingshots to fire fruit over the school building to the area where the band rehearsed. Almost felt bad about doing that, but then realized it was only the band

Hahaha. Wasn't highschool great. Son's cross country team took a boat out and threw water balloons at the crew team.

rednekkPH · Post by **rednekkPH** » April 12, 2005 1:06 pm

Jahfin wrote:Lawn darts. I few years ago a friend brought us one of the first water balloon slingshots and it made the Most Dangerous Toy List at Christmastime.

Lawn darts were great! I need to stumble across a set of those at a yard sale or something.

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » April 12, 2005 1:11 pm

I think this is why some kids are so screwed up today. They don't get to release their pent up frustration and establish a ligitimate pecking order so they shoot up schools instead

Ya know you might be right. And I hate that we try to put our kids in bubble wrap today. I have been criticized for my parenting style. My sons have surfed since they were 7, both paintballed, they've ridden dirt bikes, shot shotguns, spent hours building semi-dangerous ramps for their bikes and skateboards. There were some close calls but they've survived so far. I worry constantly but I don't want them to be afraid to try things.
I'm actually more afraid of them driving which they will be doing in another week or two.

AlbatrossFlyer · Post by **AlbatrossFlyer** » April 12, 2005 1:12 pm

model rockets can be turned into shoulder fired RPGs

school window, what school window?

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » April 12, 2005 1:13 pm

I always used to have those ball-cracker things. I'm not trying to be a pervert...but they were these big balls on the end of like 8" of string and connected with a little paddle/handle thing. You tried to get the balls to smack eachother really hard.

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » April 12, 2005 1:13 pm

My brother and his friends used to use M-80's and model rockets with GI-Joes to practice real warfare. There was always somebody who put firecrackers in frog mouths.

rednekkPH · Post by **rednekkPH** » April 12, 2005 1:14 pm

rednekkPH wrote:
Jahfin wrote:Lawn darts. I few years ago a friend brought us one of the first water balloon slingshots and it made the Most Dangerous Toy List at Christmastime.
Lawn darts were great! I need to stumble across a set of those at a yard sale or something.

Holy sh!t! Looked up lawn darts on Ebay...$122!!!

citcat · Post by **citcat** » April 12, 2005 1:16 pm

AlbatrossFlyer wrote:dodge ball

in a class with a couple of kids that had been held not once but twice talk about taking a beating

Yep...we had to play this at recess. There were some sicko peckerheads (who were probably abused themselves by parents) who made me (and everybody) cry and have big round red booboo's on our bodies.

I prayed for rain.

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » April 12, 2005 1:16 pm

Holy sh!t! Looked up lawn darts on Ebay...$122!!!

You gotta be kidding. I remember when clackers and lawn darts were banned. My grandmother had lawn darts for ever that we would play every family bbq.

ToplessRideFL · Post by **ToplessRideFL** » April 12, 2005 1:16 pm

buffettbride wrote:I always used to have those ball-cracker things. I'm not trying to be a pervert...but they were these big balls on the end of like 8" of string and connected with a little paddle/handle thing. You tried to get the balls to smack eachother really hard.

Klackers? They were pretty dangerous! Mine had crystaled balls

Jahfin · Post by **Jahfin** » April 12, 2005 1:16 pm

tater guns

AlbatrossFlyer · Post by **AlbatrossFlyer** » April 12, 2005 1:17 pm

buffettbride wrote:I always used to have those ball-cracker things. I'm not trying to be a pervert...but they were these big balls on the end of like 8" of string and connected with a little paddle/handle thing. You tried to get the balls to smack eachother really hard.

then where were the hard red rubber tennis balls on rope you could throw and they'd wrap around what ever the rope caught on. like somebody's neck.

balcony girls · Post by **balcony girls** » April 12, 2005 1:17 pm

did anyone ever play " doctor " ? ? ?

rednekkPH · Post by **rednekkPH** » April 12, 2005 1:18 pm

Jahfin wrote:tater guns

Yup. The most fun you can have with PVC pipe and hairspray!

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » April 12, 2005 1:18 pm

My sons have a tater cannon, but even better is their tennis ball one. I remember when they tried to shoot a tater thru a chain link fence to see if they would get french fries.

PHBeerman · Post by **PHBeerman** » April 12, 2005 1:18 pm

balcony girls wrote:did anyone ever play " doctor " ? ? ?

still do.

AlbatrossFlyer · Post by **AlbatrossFlyer** » April 12, 2005 1:19 pm

balcony girls wrote:did anyone ever play " doctor " ? ? ?

i specialized. OB/GYN

rednekkPH · Post by **rednekkPH** » April 12, 2005 1:19 pm

OceanCityGirl wrote:My sons have a tater cannon, but even better is their tennis ball one. I remember when they tried to shoot a tater thru a chain link fence to see if they would get french fries.

I would think chicken wire would make great fries.