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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
 Posted - 12/21/2004 : 21:09:26
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Did anyone ever play it??
Man I loved it!! We had it at recess in elementary school.
Can you tell I am watching N. Dynamite on Letterman? |
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dayanara
* Dog in the Sand *
Australia
1811 Posts |
Posted - 12/21/2004 : 21:11:16
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I was just about to say... someone else is watching Dave with me. I dislocated a finger playing teatherball last year. Didn't love that.
If you really want to know, look in the Frank |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
Posted - 12/21/2004 : 21:13:31
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Ouch!!
Where to you find teather ball these days??
I would love to kick my husbands butt at it... i think i still have my game. |
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dayanara
* Dog in the Sand *
Australia
1811 Posts |
Posted - 12/21/2004 : 21:18:51
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They actually have a permanent teatherball set-up at my friend's apartment complex, if you can believe it. Luckily, I was drunk enough to reset the finger without incident.
If you really want to know, look in the Frank |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2004 : 08:15:15
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| When I moved to L.A. at the age of 9, I was introduced to two schoolyard games I had never known in Baltimore-- tetherball and caroms. Anyone else play caroms? |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2004 : 09:24:16
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2 words;
4 square!
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Godfather of nothing, ancesters of none.
Black glasses and feedback took my sense of fun.
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2004 : 10:01:58
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we used to play all the time. the movie NAPOLEON DYNAMITE has some funny teather ball scenes in it. made all nostalgic.
i'm still partial to dodgeball though
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
2002 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2004 : 10:19:07
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Oh sakes alive!!! I was THE tetherball king in elementary school! Back in 1980, I found my niche in the sportsworld with this particular game (four-square and dodgeball too! I excelled in those too!), having been a terrible failure in 'regular' sports such as baseball and football. Keep in mind, it was still acceptable to play tackle football back then in a school setting. Anyway, each recess period we had tetherball tournaments. I mean, we took it to the Nth degree...headbands, wristbands, fingerless gloves...and I would KICK ASS!!! Oh, to be nine again. Oh yeah...we thought we were really cool too, because we would roll fake cigarettes in class, usually cut from blank pages of our text books. We would glue pencil shavings in the tip to look like ash, and color the filter blue as we only had access to blue markers. We would have these faux ciggies dangling from our lips while we tethered...needless to say, our lips would be blue for days afterwards. We were so fucking cool. About 6 months later I switched to the real thing (cough cough!), and have since given up tetherball to master the sport of nicotine wrestling.
Ahh, the memories.
Catchin' blue in his eyes that were brown
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2004 : 11:44:21
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Tethercat.
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Maze rats dreamed of mazes, according to the latest studies. Maze rat scientists dreamed of rats. I was dreaming of cheese. |
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2004 : 20:01:24
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| me and my roommate are thinking of organizing a monthly dodgeball game at a local gym, boo ya! |
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2004 : 20:02:51
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teatherball is kind of like 2-man dodgeball if you play it right.  |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2004 : 20:54:32
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What's caroms and Tethercat?
Ooh I so want to play... alas it is twenty below.
How cool would it be to have a forum teatherball tournament!! |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2004 : 08:50:03
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| Caroms was a poor man's billiards. You use a stick to shoot disks around a wooden table. |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2004 : 10:10:19
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did you guys ever play "rocks"?
where you go out in a field and throw rocks at each other?
i didn't like that game
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2004 : 10:11:23
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What's the difference between dodgeball and murderball?
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Godfather of nothing, ancesters of none.
Black glasses and feedback took my sense of fun.
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2004 : 11:02:05
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| How about "smear the queer"? |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2004 : 13:04:13
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| I don't know what that game is BLT but it sounds mean and homophobic. |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2004 : 13:30:19
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Dodgeball was the best. We actually played dodge penball (or is it pinball) where you had to protect bowling pins from being knocked down.
And, yes we played smear the queer. We also did "nigger knocking" (knocking on doors and running), which didn't sound so awful when I was 8 years old. I remember saying that to my parents and them looking at me with blank stares. |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2004 : 13:46:48
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Let me be the first European to ask - What the hell is Teatherball!?
Help me! He keeps making me post!
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2004 : 13:53:55
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it's funny... it's a ball tied to the top of the post
two people play at once. They play opposite of each other.
Picture an imaginary line right down the middle that separates the two players... they can't cross this line.
The first player thows up the ball and serves it by hitting it. Hopefully above the other player's head. However the other player tries to hit the ball back and get it going in the opposite direction.
The first person to completely wrap the teather around the poll wins.
It's so much fun. Haven't played in ages tho.
Homer, if you come to the US to visit, we can play if you want. |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2004 : 13:58:13
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we used to also play a variation of "rocks" called "throw rocks at Tommy"
while it was fun, in retrospect, it does seem kind of meanspirited now
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2004 : 14:03:57
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| when my bro and I were little... less than 10 we would throw rocks and smoke bombs at cars... like you Floop, that was so cool at the time but now seems so ... well ... mean. |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2004 : 14:05:33
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actually i don't have any regrets about throwing rocks at cars. that still seems funny
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2004 : 14:07:30
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| gotta admit it still makes me crack up. i still have this image of this one guy who doubled back and started chasing after us and was shaking his fist. man, that's still funny even today. |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2004 : 14:14:04
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i've almost been killed and/or beaten up many many times as a young lad. we were a pretty mischievous bunch.
more notable than rock or berry or waterballoon throwing was our "cardboard cat" trick. cut out the profile of a cat (actual size), color it black with black marker, make aluminum foil eyes (reflective side out), and a small, hidden stand.
go out at night and put it in the road: let the fun begin..
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2004 : 18:07:56
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we played "push off the wall" - on a slanted grassy surface with about a 6ft drop (seemed like more when your 9 years old) onto another grass field. 1 point for each person you push off, -1 point for every time you get pushed off. the trick was to push somebody off without putting yourself in a position to be pushed by someone else or pulled by the guy you were pushing - no score for or against if two guys go down at once, if two guys were fighting on the edge and a third pushed both off he would get 2 points and so on. we usually played with about 10 guys and it usually ended in a dogpile.
trip-tag was another one, we made it interestring by playing on a gravel field, usually ended in someone bleeding and/or crying. |
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Perk
- FB Fan -
USA
210 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2004 : 20:07:24
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BLT
"smear the queer"
Rough game, I loved it !
Best played on a muddy field.
I never played football in school.
Don't sweat the petty things
and don't pet the sweaty things |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
Posted - 12/24/2004 : 11:44:07
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quote:
Originally posted by floop
i've almost been killed and/or beaten up many many times as a young lad. we were a pretty mischievous bunch.
more notable than rock or berry or waterballoon throwing was our "cardboard cat" trick. cut out the profile of a cat (actual size), color it black with black marker, make aluminum foil eyes (reflective side out), and a small, hidden stand.
go out at night and put it in the road: let the fun begin..
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee!
I thought of a few more... but I really don't rember doing stuff that was that bad. Licking DOTZ candy and throwing it up and having it stick on the school bus roof. Having races with your friends in grocery cars pre Jack*ss by 16 years or so. |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 12/24/2004 : 12:57:07
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| Favorite memory: shooting bottles rockets and roman candles at cars and then running from the police and stampeding cattle |
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
2002 Posts |
Posted - 12/24/2004 : 22:54:20
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Me and my friends also loved 'Stab your Parents' and 'Rape the Orphans'. Those were the days!
Catchin' blue in his eyes that were brown
-bRIAN |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 12/25/2004 : 14:56:39
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quote:
Originally posted by TRANSMARINE
Me and my friends also loved 'Stab your Parents' and 'Rape the Orphans'. Those were the days!
Catchin' blue in his eyes that were brown
-bRIAN
I knew TRANS would appreciate a mention of "smear the queer." |
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 12/25/2004 : 15:04:18
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btw, I watched Napolean Dynamite last night, funny but overrated, IMO.
funniest part: when uncle rico picks kip's steak off his plate and throws it at Napolean and then kip say "that's what i'm talking about" and then uncle rico says (in all seriousness) "give me a pigskin, i bet i could throw it over those mountains" - ROFLMAO
it seems to me that they had so much more planned for some of the scenes and perhaps filmed a lot more, like the chicken scene one for instance, or anything to do with the llama, if they do an extended director's cut or something i think it could be a lot funnier.
Rat: do you have any regrets?
Pig: no, but i had a parrot once
Rat: that made absolutely no sense
Pig: well, it made sense to me until i learned he couldn't talk
Rat: i wish you couldn't talk
Pig: you would've liked my parrot |
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4894 Posts |
Posted - 12/25/2004 : 15:12:09
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we used to play "look I got roadkill" figured if it was dead it was fair game. Once we had the coolest pigeon that had frozen to a fence and rigorised with it's wings out, impale it on an breadknife and play roadkill aeroplane and thats your fun right there.
We played a game similar to the rocks game with the pigeon with this girl who screamed a lot, we had a lot of fun with that pigeon. We realised sadly we couldn't keep it forever so planned to post it in a Jiffy bag to the headmaster. We stored it as usual in the salt grit box overnight for preservation but the salt grit man stole it. Being posted to the headmaster would have been pigeon the roadkills crowning glory. Tragic, true story.
Teatherball is swingball then?
Frank Black ate my hamster |
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 12/25/2004 : 15:27:13
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teatherball:
Rat: do you have any regrets?
Pig: no, but i had a parrot once
Rat: that made absolutely no sense
Pig: well, it made sense to me until i learned he couldn't talk
Rat: i wish you couldn't talk
Pig: you would've liked my parrot |
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 12/25/2004 : 15:27:55
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| except i remember the pole being taller |
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