

Not only do the Chinese have no idea how English works, apparently they have no idea how jump ropes work either.

Although it is usually the young boys that are entangled by them in that manner. Usually.
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Sun 30 Aug 2009, 7:14,
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but there really is a jumping game that's played with an elastic rope:
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_goma_(juego)
www.juegostradicionalesaragoneses.com/juegos/goma.htm
In spanish, but you get the idea.
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Sun 30 Aug 2009, 7:48,
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es.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_goma_(juego)
www.juegostradicionalesaragoneses.com/juegos/goma.htm
In spanish, but you get the idea.

We have the same game in Holland, called "elastieken" (lit: elasticing).
But it's really not supposed to tangle up your legs that badly...
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Sun 30 Aug 2009, 8:11,
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But it's really not supposed to tangle up your legs that badly...

& her mates used to play this when they were about 10. They called it elastics.
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Sun 30 Aug 2009, 12:22,
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In Australia, we called it 'elastics' too!
Spent many a lunchbreak doing all the odd, complex moves required. This or yo-yo, handball, marbles, practicing handstands and backbends etc like all the trendy gymnast girls.
No Wii or playstation or PC to sully our young minds. Ah, those were the days. Now get off my lawn.
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Sun 30 Aug 2009, 13:26,
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Spent many a lunchbreak doing all the odd, complex moves required. This or yo-yo, handball, marbles, practicing handstands and backbends etc like all the trendy gymnast girls.
No Wii or playstation or PC to sully our young minds. Ah, those were the days. Now get off my lawn.