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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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 Posted - 01/09/2005 : 12:33:03
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Is Over the Line a national game? It's pretty big in San Diego. It's basically people hitting softballs and you get runs based on hitting the ball past various lines without the ball getting caught. Often played on the beach.
http://www.ombac.org/over_the_line/
I think broomball is pretty wide spread. We played it in San Diego. Surprising how much that ice hurts when you fall with no padding. |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 01/10/2005 : 13:17:17
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| This topic died too early a death. How about kid's games, what did people play? Me: kick the can, capture the flag, ice cream tag, statue tag. I love capture the flag. Running in the woods, jumping over logs, crawling up to the flag. Good times. |
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Sir Rockabye
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 01/10/2005 : 14:59:59
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My favorite childhood games, while not perhaps considered niche sports, were Out (or for the sadist in every child, Peg) and man hunt. All these games pretty much implied bodily injury, so they satisfied my friends and I.
I will never say the word procrastinate again, I'll never see myself in the mirror with my eyes closed. |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/10/2005 : 15:03:06
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Man hunt. The king of all games. Awww, fond memories.
"All music if folk music. I ain't never heard no horse sing a song."
Louis Armstrong |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
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Posted - 01/10/2005 : 15:51:31
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All hail the glory of the mighty wiffle:
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
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Posted - 01/10/2005 : 19:06:21
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Thanks Darwin... I didn't know broomball was so big. 
The kids games are interesting.... anyone remember ghosts in the graveyard, bloody murder or sardines?
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therewererumours
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1240 Posts |
Posted - 01/10/2005 : 19:27:14
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Sorry, going back to regional sports topic. There's a sport in Ireland, I can't even begin to think of the name of it, thats played in the county, where men hurl metal balls down winding country roads. It's sort of bizzare, people stand at the side of the road while this cannonball hurtles down the road and try and jump out of it's way. I think you win if you finish the stretch of road with the least throws? Strangly, theres a clip of it at the start of The Super Furry Animals video for 'Northen Lites'.
An upset stomach made him omit everthing he'd eaten. |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 01/10/2005 : 20:24:47
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| Wiffleball - good call, and if Tom Tresh approves who can argue with it, damn Yankees |
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
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Posted - 01/10/2005 : 20:36:01
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wiffleball and paper football got me through my pre-teen years
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
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tisasawath
= Cult of Ray =
Wallis and Futuna Islands
783 Posts |
Posted - 07/06/2013 : 22:36:50
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in case anyone here enjoys flying too (especially rucksack aviation, or just flying in general), you might like to follow this, the biennial event of my favouritest sport begins today in Salzburg and ends in about two weeks in Monaco; the X-Alps - hiking and flying over a 1000 km route across the Alps http://www.redbullxalps.com
short video summary from 2011 http://vimeo.com/27141302
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 07/07/2013 : 05:40:10
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Hide and go seek in the dark? (watch out for basement pillars)
 "If we hit this bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate." |
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
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pot
> Teenager of the Year <
Iceland
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2013 : 17:22:08
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| Sir rockabye, wonder where he is. |
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