Games from our Youth
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I had several childhood games growing up:
Age
0-2: "Wet the Diaper" Practice seeing how many times you can soak a new diaper in one day.
2-4: "Ooopsie Poopsie" (variation on game above - I was a slow learner)
4-12: any drinking game
12-16: "Learn to Drive" Steal a car and try to drive it across town and back without hitting anything or getting caught. (Sometimes we won!)
16-20: "Card Me" - Try to buy alcohol, and actually get away with it.
Those are some of the ones I remember anyway....
Age
0-2: "Wet the Diaper" Practice seeing how many times you can soak a new diaper in one day.
2-4: "Ooopsie Poopsie" (variation on game above - I was a slow learner)
4-12: any drinking game
12-16: "Learn to Drive" Steal a car and try to drive it across town and back without hitting anything or getting caught. (Sometimes we won!)
16-20: "Card Me" - Try to buy alcohol, and actually get away with it.
Those are some of the ones I remember anyway....
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From: Port Huron, Michigan
My brother and I had two "Guns of Navarone" Army Mountains and we would set them up on either side of the room and then set up all 500 Army guys around the mountain. Our "ammo" was a roll of pennies each. We threw the pennies at each other's moutain and the last man standing one.
Now this guy was a lot of fun, Not only did he ride a motorcycle, but we used to tie a parachute to him and throw him off the roof!!!
Now this guy could really stretch, but we did eventually find his breaking point and he is filled with some really gross goo.....
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Joined: 07-21-2006
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From: Ft Walton Bch FL
I used to play most of those outdoor games. We were fortunate to have a large yard, an acre of cut field behind us, and six acres of woods behind that. With 5 kids in our family and few others in the neighborhood, we mostly played "3 grounders and a fly". I can't even remember the rules but we had fun. We also played Kick the Can, Hide and Seek, HORSE with the basketball.
GDZHHR, I forgot all about Jarts. That game was so much easier than horseshoes and we never sent anyone to the hospital! We also loved to catch lightning bugs after dark. We can't do that down here. There are no lightning bugs and the other bugs will eat you alive after dark!
GDZHHR, I forgot all about Jarts. That game was so much easier than horseshoes and we never sent anyone to the hospital! We also loved to catch lightning bugs after dark. We can't do that down here. There are no lightning bugs and the other bugs will eat you alive after dark!
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From: Hillsdale, Michigan
