Nostalgia
Oct 31st 2012 | 4:48 pm
#31
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Re: Nostalgia
She burst in through the door and said, "I just wanted to tell you that I was in the park just now and this man exposed his penis to me. So I pointed at it with the end of my umbrella and said, 'Is that the best you can do' and he ran orf."
She then rushed out of the office again.
Oct 31st 2012 | 4:50 pm
#32
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From: England
Re: Nostalgia
Elastics- which we called French Skipping. Skipping (under the moon and over the stars) but the best one was making jumps in the back garden out of dustbins and brooms, or whatever we could get our hands on, and then be horses and jump over them.
Also seasonal games like conkers and snowball fights ( the latter was rare as we lived in Wiltshire, which isn't generally snowy.)
Also seasonal games like conkers and snowball fights ( the latter was rare as we lived in Wiltshire, which isn't generally snowy.)
If it wasn't nailed down it became a jump.
Oct 31st 2012 | 4:51 pm
#33
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Re: Nostalgia
Talking of flashers, I was on duty at the front counter one day in the 80s and this very posh woman came in. She was dressed in a tweed skirt-suit, a twinset and pearls and wore an alpine hat. She also had an umbrella.
She burst in through the door and said, "I just wanted to tell you that I was in the park just now and this man exposed his penis to me. So I pointed at it with the end of my umbrella and said, 'Is that the best you can do' and he ran orf."
She then rushed out of the office again.
She burst in through the door and said, "I just wanted to tell you that I was in the park just now and this man exposed his penis to me. So I pointed at it with the end of my umbrella and said, 'Is that the best you can do' and he ran orf."
She then rushed out of the office again.
Oct 31st 2012 | 5:06 pm
#34
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From: Geelong
Re: Nostalgia
'Stuck in the mud', one person was 'it' they had to tag people, if you got tagged you had to stand with your legs open and to free you one of the others had to crawl through your legs
Oct 31st 2012 | 5:17 pm
#35
Cup of tea, Father?
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Re: Nostalgia
British Bulldog, which had some rhyme about picking someone to be on your side and then a kind of tug of war, using the last two people to be picked. IIRC.
Kick can. That was kinda like hide and seek - one person was it, everyone else went to hide. It had to find everyone while, at the same time, stopping the others from coming out of hiding and kicking over the can. This sounds crap, but used to be awesome fun. Honest.
Kick can. That was kinda like hide and seek - one person was it, everyone else went to hide. It had to find everyone while, at the same time, stopping the others from coming out of hiding and kicking over the can. This sounds crap, but used to be awesome fun. Honest.
Oct 31st 2012 | 5:48 pm
#37
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Re: Nostalgia
We've got a space hopper - great for bouncing into a pool
I have a video somewhere if ROMFT doing this into the paddling pool. Wonder how much it would be worth for me NOT to post it
Oct 31st 2012 | 6:24 pm
#38
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Oct 31st 2012 | 6:31 pm
#39
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Oct 31st 2012 | 9:21 pm
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Re: Nostalgia
...Then in my early 20's we graduated to "quarters" where we took it in turn to try and bounce a coin off the table and into a glass of beer. If the coin landed in the drink you got to nominate who must down the beer and catch the coin between their teeth. 
Oct 31st 2012 | 9:26 pm
#42
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Re: Nostalgia
All of the above.
Oct 31st 2012 | 10:00 pm
#44
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Re: Nostalgia
Yes. I had my own from a early age (and still have the double decker bus) then my young bro went mad for them and had over 200. I remember the first Corgi coming out. Don't forget Matchbox toys.
Also hula hoop, Meccano, Airfix kits, click-clacks. Lots of skipping, tag, one called 'What time is it Mr Wolf?', hand-stands against the wall and walking on hands, climbing poles and swinging round them, ice slides.
Also hula hoop, Meccano, Airfix kits, click-clacks. Lots of skipping, tag, one called 'What time is it Mr Wolf?', hand-stands against the wall and walking on hands, climbing poles and swinging round them, ice slides.
Oct 31st 2012 | 10:32 pm
#45
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Re: Nostalgia
Spent a whole summer playing on a nearby new estate. 30 houses all being built at the same time and all open. We had a ball, none of us got hurt or damaged anything and no one told us to sod off.
