There was a game where you made a cirle with your fingers,and if anyone looked at it,they got three punches in the arm,if you didnt wipe it off,the other guy got 52 punches in the arm, it think it was called option.Anyone remember this or something like it.1950/60 Queens.P.S.186 .I remember this on the school bus in the mid 1960’s when we moved to SETAUKET,way out on long island.
Hey does anyone remember JOhnny On The Pony. I grew up in The Bronx. It would usually take 4 or 5 players on each side. One team would line up against the wall. One player would face the others with back against wall and the rest of team would face him and would bend from the waist one behind the other holding the waist of the one in front of them. The other team would run and jump on the backs of the team trying to land as far forward as he could. The object was to make the team holding them to break under the weight of the jumpers.
OK, well, I’ll stand up for West Oak Lane and for girls, ’cause we played chink (OMG–I shudder at that name now!), wallball, pimpleball (broomstick and whole ball), halfball, and, oh Lord, who could forget Buck, Buck–a totally terrifying game if you were a girl. Also dodgeball, baby in the air, kickball. If anybody still plays any of these or other “playground” games as an adult, anywhere in the U.S., please let me know ’cause I’m writing an article on the subject (deadline: Dec. 31, 2008) We played in the streets of West Oak Lane(Tulpehocken, Rodney, Thouron, Wynsam), at the corner store, in the rowhouse driveways, in the schoolyard (Pennypacker) and at Simons Playground (where we also ice skated). The owner of the Flyers (Ed Snider) just saved Simons and 2 other rinks that were gonna close due to budget cuts. The smell of a pimpleball is like the smell of bright yellow mustard and a fresh pretzel–you can never get it out of your soul!
One player was singled out standing out in front of line of other players. One task was to leap frog over the singled out player yelling “Stuck in the mud”, while landing. Another task was to jump over the singled out player yelling “Telephone Pole”. The last task was to run past the singled out person hit them, not hard and say “Chase The White Horse”. The last person to run past the singled out person would be chased, if caught they would be the singled out person of the next game. What’s the name of this game?