Streetplay Discussions
How about this one: China…
How about this one: China man he had a wife wife Let her live such a miserable life life Let her sit at the top of the hill hill Let her roll like a rolling pill pill Chicka lacka chee chi cho chicka lora Bung lora chiddy witty pack pack Hoco poco hit him in the coco citterbug chitterbug chee chi ccho cho China man he had a daughter…. This went with a hand clapping routine… It had about 5 verses…played it in camp in Quebec,Canada. It was great!
I loved chinese jacks! I…
I’m really not too adept…
I’m really not too adept at navigating through websites (plus I’m kind of impatient), but I’ve been unable to find any mention here of a card game we used to play which we called Brisk. You would take the 8’s,9’s and 10’s out of a regular deck. Two teams, two kids to a team, shuffle well, top card becomes trump,three cards per player to start —two rounds per game, 120 points per round—total points wins—anyone remember?
Up in PLP Penn., we play…
Up in PLP Penn., we play a game each month called Posy or Possy not sure. It consists of two team. One team called the bandits (normally a group of college students) would hide out in the woods in a bunch of camo on this 8,000 acre preserve. The other team called the pos(s)y would have to catch the bandits by tackling them and yelling “caught caught caught!” When this was done, the pos(s)y member would bring the bandit back to the jail. The jail was protected by pos(s)y members. The Bandits were trying to raid the jail. Which meant charging the jail as fast as they could and getting to the ropes marking of the jail. Each capture by the pos(s)y was 5 points and each jail raid by the Bandits was worth 15. The Bandits team is usually smaller. A time limit of at least one hour is recommended. Now it doesnt have to be so detailed (with the camo and such), but it adds a certain fun to it. Oh, and one of the most interesting part of the game is the Bandits make up a strange story about how they are taking over and you need to regain the land. This brought hours of fun!
I grew up in Queens and…
I remember spending many…
I remember spending many a summer playing in Brooklyn near the “safety zone” between Amersfort Place and E. 27th (?) Street near Brooklyn College. The “big boys” painted at least one, and possibly more, boards in the street on that bend – now, if anyone knows that neighborhood you can imagine how many times we had to get up to let cars pass in their search for the elusive thing known as a “parking spot” near the college. One thing no one else has mentioned is the sodder cap. We evlolved from empty caps to wax ones (I can still hear my mom yelling at me for using her good candles) to wax and penny ones and finally – the ultimate – sodder! What a blast you could get from that!
I grew up in Long Beach…
I grew up in Long Beach on Long Island in the fifties, where we played the fast pitch version of stickball…a “strike zone” chalked on a wall and a long asphalt school yard to blast away at. We used the distance demarkation method for single-double-triple etc, and the same strikeout, caught grounder or caught fly for outs. There was no base running; stickball in Long Beach did little for aerobic fitness. We used broomsticks and two brands of pink rubber balls. Preferred was the Spaulding version, prenounced “Spauldeen.” Amazingly, “SPAULDING” was imprinted on the ball, we could all read, yet swore by that pronunciation. The other ball was the less desireable Pensy Pinky, which didn’t bounce as well, and also a had greater propensity to be disassembled by a solid top-spin whack. Two halves flew from the bat. Was that a single or a double? I was not a good hitter because I developed a tendency to flinch very early on. In my first game, as a fifth grader, I ducked a close pitch but stood up too quickly. The rebound off the wall whapped me right in the ear. Talk about sting! I can still feel it.
August 2-2000 Update on my…
August 2-2000 Update on my comments of 6-30-99 In the time since my last comments on the subject of jumping or skipping rope & my web site being named jetomatic.com on matters of the jump rope & my product of a water spraying automatic jump rope that requires no hands to spin the rope & is regulated by a means to controll the speed of the rope, I woul”d like to ask your visitors to your site to look at my site that has pictures & explanations of & give me their opinions as to what they think of this unique one of a kind toy. After they have looked at this item I woul”d appreciate hearing from any and all of the public.The sites have several sheets on it, & have good offerings if you look at it & read it well. Thank You Site once again is jetomatic.com the E.mail address is . This is a secured site Ernest Craven.
I remember throwing the…
I remember throwing the ball against the wall and catching it, then throwing against the wall and letting it bounce once. We would throw the ball and have to spin around once and catch it. I also remember an under the leg throw. Maybe we did throw and clap before catching it on one. I wish I could remember it more clearly! For how much we played this I really should remember!