I assume Lawn Darts with actual points were mentioned on page one. We would even sharpen ours as the points would dull. We used to toss them straight up and see who could stand still the longest.
We also played Murderball in gym. The teachers even called it that.
I worked at Safeway in the late 80s and one of the older cashiers got on the intercom one day and asked for a price check on Brazil nuts. The problem was she didn't say Brazil nuts, she used the other, non PC version "____ Toes". The entire store stopped for a few seconds and you could almost hear everyone thinking "she said what?!?!" Lucky for her there was a union.
Our teachers not only called it murderball, but they participated. We had one teacher in Junior High, and he had the science of murder ball down. You'd see him rear back and then fire that ball, and it would literally vanish, then you'd hear the sound barrier break. And then the ball would materialize 3 inches in front of your face like it dropped out of hyperspace before smashing your nose clean through the back of your skill, while your body went thought a 360 degree spin in the air in slow motion while you cried out "Nooooooooo" in slow sound and your ear picked up every single girl that you had a crush on giggling, while all of your clothing materialized in orbit around mars.
then you woke up in the nurses office and learned that having your nose super accelerated through your skull isn't enough of an excuse to miss your math exam that you now had to write with more bandages on your face then the mommy
The lesson of this story kiddies
F%%% Gym class on rainy days.
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Our teachers not only called it murderball, but they participated. We had one teacher in Junior High, and he had the science of murder ball down. You'd see him rear back and then fire that ball, and it would literally vanish, then you'd hear the sound barrier break. And then the ball would materialize 3 inches in front of your face like it dropped out of hyperspace before smashing your nose clean through the back of your skill, while your body went thought a 360 degree spin in the air in slow motion while you cried out "Nooooooooo" in slow sound and your ear picked up every single girl that you had a crush on giggling, while all of your clothing materialized in orbit around mars.
then you woke up in the nurses office and learned that having your nose super accelerated through your skull isn't enough of an excuse to miss your math exam that you now had to write with more bandages on your face then the mommy
The lesson of this story kiddies
F%%% Gym class on rainy days.
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I wish millennials would stop forcing their kids into liking things they liked as kids. When little snotty Johnny and smelly Sally find Star Wars on their own they'll probably love it.
I convinced my daughter to watch Ducktales as a cartoon and she loves it. Now we can both enjoy the adventures together. Much better than having to watch Caillou or some other junky TV show
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I remember the strap when I was in Junior High School...I never got it but a couple of my friends did.
I come from rural Alberta, our school used to run "slave days" as a fundraiser for trips etc. where kids from the school would go out and do manual labour in the community and the people they worked for would give the school money. Without fail the boys would always get stuck picking rocks for some farmer for the day.
In the winter we used to always wax up an old car hood, I believe it was a buick, and pull it behind a snowmobile. Was a blast actually, you could fit 4 people easy on the hood and the ole Arctic Cat Panther had plenty of power to pull them all....
Back home in the cub scouts, we had a thing called "A bob a job" (a bob being old British slang for five pence, though by this time, the payment amount was usually a pound) where we went on our own knocking on doors to stranger's houses to ask if they needed chores performed for them. I can't imagine this happening today at all.
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Given the fact corporal punishment is still the norm among most immigrant groups to Canada, I guess we'll find out if it results in a generation of monsters. I doubt it.
Is the argument that it turns kids into monsters? It seems moreso to me that it's just a ####ty thing to do to kids. I was on the receiving end many times as a child, and like 4x4 mentioned, I cannot imagine intentionally hurting my son like that. I'd feel like the monster.
I can't believe Thrills gum was around for so long, just the worst gum ever made. I would be better off eating a bar of Irish Spring.
I actually just had some the other day! I love it.
Also the best variation of "Red Ass"
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In the "Blue Gooch" variation of the game, the player who is "out" must keep their legs apart, so the thrower has a chance at shooting them in the perineum.
I wish millennials would stop forcing their kids into liking things they liked as kids.
I do too.
Of course, putting an old movie on for your kids doesn't necessarily constitute 'forcing them into liking' something. It's the parents (who are we kidding - dads) who use their kids as an excuse to spend $400 a year on Star Wars lego and figurines, or dress their kids up as their favourite Marvel character for Halloween every year, who might want to take a step back. And for the record, my kids actually liked Star Wars. Zulu (1964), on the other hand...
But that's another angle to this - I loved Zulu, even though it was already 15 years old before I saw it on TV for the first time, and hardly a kid's movie. Most of the movies I watched when I was a kid were 10-25 years old, including loads of old war movies and westerns. Parental geek obsessions aside, I don't think kids today are exposed to nearly as many older movies, which seems like a needless limitation. I made a point of watching the old Alastair Sim version of a Christmas Carol with the kids this year - not because I wanted them to love something I loved, but to expose them to a style of film they won't come across if they restrict themselves to contemporary movies.
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Of course, putting an old movie on for your kids doesn't necessarily constitute 'forcing them into liking' something. It's the parents (who are we kidding - dads) who use their kids as an excuse to spend $400 a year on Star Wars lego and figurines, or dress their kids up as their favourite Marvel character for Halloween every year, who might want to take a step back. And for the record, my kids actually liked Star Wars. Zulu (1964), on the other hand...
But that's another angle to this - I loved Zulu, even though it was already 15 years old before I saw it on TV for the first time, and hardly a kid's movie. Most of the movies I watched when I was a kid were 10-25 years old, including loads of old war movies and westerns. Parental geek obsessions aside, I don't think kids today are exposed to nearly as many older movies, which seems like a needless limitation. I made a point of watching the old Alastair Sim version of a Christmas Carol with the kids this year - not because I wanted them to love something I loved, but to expose them to a style of film they won't come across if they restrict themselves to contemporary movies.
Isn't exposing them to the classics of our youth the same thing. So Alien, Star Wars, etc. These were the westerns and war movies of our day.
I think current kids love Star Wars because it's very Disney like. Heros fighting against evil to live happily ever after.
In the winter we used to always wax up an old car hood, I believe it was a buick, and pull it behind a snowmobile. Was a blast actually, you could fit 4 people easy on the hood and the ole Arctic Cat Panther had plenty of power to pull them all....
Yup - we did this as well. Small city Alberta
I just told my wife about the wall ball game as I never heard of it - she immediately said "Oh Red Ass, yeah we played that" She is from Ontario.
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In the winter we used to always wax up an old car hood, I believe it was a buick, and pull it behind a snowmobile. Was a blast actually, you could fit 4 people easy on the hood and the ole Arctic Cat Panther had plenty of power to pull them all....
In my youth we'd grab onto the bumpers of cars and buses and slide behind on our boots
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I wish millennials would stop forcing their kids into liking things they liked as kids. When little snotty Johnny and smelly Sally find Star Wars on their own they'll probably love it.
Millennials have kids already? Christ, they are starting early. I don't even know what they liked as kids? Dora and Hannah Montana, probably not Star Wars.
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It's still a thing, licking envelopes. You literally take your spit, apply it to a sharp paper edge with a dried glue, slobber/moterboat all over that tab, smack it together and send that to someone.
