Apple on a stick just makes me sick. Makes my tummy go 246, not because it’s dirty, not because it’s clean, just because I kissed a boy behind the magazine. Hey girls, how bout a fight? Her comes (girls name)with her pants on tight. She can wiggle, she can wobble, she can do the splits. But most of all, she can kiss, kiss, KISS!
Dear French person, I remember there was a fancy that you played with Jacks saying the little rhyme. You threw up the ball and said jack be nimble, touched the ground and caught the ball. Then you threw up the ball, said “Jack be Quick,” touched the ground again and caught the ball. Then you threw up the ball, said “Jack jumped over,” and touched the ground on the two sides of the jack like your finger was jumping over and caught the ball, finally, threw up the ball said “the candle stick,” picked up the jack and caught the ball. It was an easy fancy
Dear French person, Thanks for writing. The “Jack” in the “Jack be nimble” rhyme refers to a fictional person named Jack. “Jacks” is a game played with little metal things (a “jack”) and a ball. It is described in detail at the top of this discussion. A brief translation dictionary: “One-zees”, “two-zees”, etc., refers to the number of jacks you need to pick up. Non-standard English numbers like this is used in many street games. I don’t know if there’s a French equivalent (“trois-cize”?); it’s probably roughtly equivalent to “premiere, deuxieme, troisieme”, etc. Do they play anything like this in France? Let us know! -Hugh McNally hmcnally [at] streetplay [dot] com
By denise woncisz on Monday, January 24, 2000 – 01:49 pm: Hello- fellow Brooklynites, Remember the dangerous games (toys) like Click-Clacks (guaranteed concussion, or spiritual revelation), and the digestibly lethal Super Elastic Bubble Plastic (that we all chewed)? Did they even have federal agencies to stop these things before they came to the market back then? We lived through them, so I guess all is well. Peace-out, Denise
To clumsy at double-dutch: Fret not. The key is to keep the beat (time) with your right (or left) foot. Shake your hips to that beat from left to right. When you’re doing this, it helps you to swing first the left rope then the right. Also those double-dutch songs were made for a reason… to help you keep the beat. When you have to stop suddenly in the song both rope-turners jointly swing both the ropes over like a single jump rope then pull them apart to continue in double dutch. The best and least painful rope to use was clothes line. The more painful (for mistakes) and easiest to get tangled in was telephone wire. To Chinese jump rope flashbackees: Yes I remember playing that, too. IS 62, where it seemed like a game of Twisters with rubber bands. It was a cool game.