Rugby and other lethal sports
Teachers were cruel.

They made ME play rugby. I was small and skinny in those days and often got used 'as' the rugby ball, and try to remember that our teachers didn't give it a shit if the soil was frozen and harder than granite, with the skin peeling texture of sand paper. Great days.

Running.
I was good at runnning.

Cricket.
Shit game, but something i was accidently seriously good at. Put most to shame.

Basketball.
Bust nose.

Football.
Get studded with a dog-shit ridden shoe. Spend next four days in a life-threatening fever.

I often had to get the ball when it went over the six foot heigh spikey metal railings.



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Playground sports.

'Tic'
Several variations, including beating up the person you want to be 'it'. "Tic, you're 'it' five beats you little shit"

'Bung off'
Hide in someones shed smoking cigs.

'Skillio'
Like 'tic' but gay.

'Bulldog'
Arguably the finest game ever invented.

One kid starts off as the bulldog, whilst 30 or 40 other youngster charge at him to an opposing line.
If he manages to grab or knock down another kid, they become another bulldog.
Repeat until everybody has a fat lip, broken finger, ripped hood, skinned knees, missing teetch.
Best played on tarmac (with loose shoe laces).

'Byew Byew Byew Byew Byew Byew peeow'
A game where me and my mate simon would walk along the painted lines of the playground (staring down the sleeve of our coat) pretending to be a robot.
Anybody crossing a line will get Peeowed by either me or simon.

Great days.
(mr-lizard Hell's teeth man!, Fri 30 Jan 2009, 18:24, 3 replies)

Bulldog was ace.
We once had three kids sent to A&E in one lunchtime in 'separate' Bulldog incidents.
(Galahad is out of his gourd on yellow bentines, Sat 31 Jan 2009, 15:41, closed)

:-)!!
They tried to ban us from playing Bulldog, after one of those lunchtimes... We just called it something else and carried on..
Have you ever seen Khabaddi played?

It's an official sport in India. Looks exactly the same, apart from the not breathing whilst you chase...
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Mon 2 Feb 2009, 10:53, closed)

Bulldog FTW!
Superb game, made even better when the playground was covered in thick ice.
( snee held his breath since, Tue 3 Feb 2009, 14:13, closed)