dkeage
Saturday, October 24, 2020 10:25:24 PM

did you guys do Indian sunburns?

frankj1 wrote:

How about Dutch rubs?

frankj1
Saturday, October 24, 2020 10:27:37 PM
can we still talk about this stuff after this thread dies?
ZRX1200
Saturday, October 24, 2020 10:44:41 PM
Dutch rub?

Hmmmmm......

Is that like a “Dutch Rudder”??

Smooth light
Saturday, October 24, 2020 10:59:08 PM
Pink Belly with the girls was fun too🍅.
BuckyB93
Sunday, October 25, 2020 12:02:51 AM

I always thought that a game called Kill the guy with the ball was pretty harsh.

Then I learned that some of you called it smear the queer.

I know kids will be kids, but wow.

When playing kickball or whiffle ball were you able to produce an OUT by throwing the ball at the runner?

If so, did you call it Indian Rubber?

tailgater wrote:

Typical team was 5 kids on either side. Pitcher, two infielders and two outfielders. Beaning the guy with the ball before he touched base was an out. The same rule applied if you caught them leading off tiring to steal a base or if you got caught them between bases - a "hot box" also called "pickle in the middle." You'd have to tag them with the ball or bean them. Head shots count the same as a body shot.

We also had "pitchers hand." If you could return the ball to the pitcher before the hitter made it to first base, it was an out.

tailgater
Sunday, October 25, 2020 8:31:56 PM

did you guys do Indian sunburns?

frankj1 wrote:

Before or after the noogies?

frankj1
Sunday, October 25, 2020 10:41:33 PM
lemme check my notes...
BuckyB93
Sunday, October 25, 2020 11:10:19 PM
Indian sunburns don't ring a bell. It must be a New England term. Wisconsin territory was friends with the savages and the French fur trappers from Canada.

I grew up in Indian head country: the north western part of WI, border between WI and MN. The Mississippi River carves out a profile of an Indian head similar to the NH's crumbled Old Man on the Mountain.

http://www.wisconsinindianhead.org/ 

Most of us had farmer's tans though. Is that close to an Indian sunburn?

BuckyB93
Sunday, October 25, 2020 11:10:47 PM
Four-tee NINE!
delta1
Monday, October 26, 2020 4:41:26 PM
it was during a game like this in high school, when all three P.E. classes were turned loose on the football field while the P.E. teachers filled out report cards, that I suffered a severe broken left wrist that has caused me pain and limited mobility for more than 50 years....

I was reaching with my left hand to grab the bouncing ball when an opponent kicked at the ball and struck my wrist instead...broke a bone that never healed correctly...the two broken pieces of the trapezoid are still there, held together by a metal plate and bone grafts...wrist is fused solid, so I can't bend or twist it...

I think the real name of the game is "cluster fluck"

frankj1
Monday, October 26, 2020 7:09:37 PM

Indian sunburns don't ring a bell. It must be a New England term. Wisconsin territory was friends with the savages and the French fur trappers from Canada.

I grew up in Indian head country: the north western part of WI, border between WI and MN. The Mississippi River carves out a profile of an Indian head similar to the NH's crumbled Old Man on the Mountain.

http://www.wisconsinindianhead.org/ 

Most of us had farmer's tans though. Is that close to an Indian sunburn?

BuckyB93 wrote:

to properly administer an Indian sunburn, you take the victims forearm in both of your hands and, while gripping firmly, twist your hands in opposite directions. If done correctly, it hurts a bit and leaves the tell tale red sunburn on the victim's skin.

Absolutely no idea why it was called that though.

HockeyDad
Monday, October 26, 2020 7:11:27 PM
It was prolly the red skin.

Sounds racist. You need to write a check for reparations.

frankj1
Monday, October 26, 2020 7:32:05 PM
but, but...I'm a Member of the Tribe!
HockeyDad
Monday, October 26, 2020 7:34:49 PM
Wrong tribe. Pay up!
frankj1
Monday, October 26, 2020 7:38:43 PM
HA!
BuckyB93
Monday, October 26, 2020 10:51:44 PM

to properly administer an Indian sunburn, you take the victims forearm in both of your hands and, while gripping firmly, twist your hands in opposite directions. If done correctly, it hurts a bit and leaves the tell tale red sunburn on the victim's skin.

Absolutely no idea why it was called that though.

frankj1 wrote:

We called that a snake bite. Just like you, I have no idea where the name came from.

A titty twister though... the name accurately describes the action: pinch the nipple and twist as hard as you can but back away in a defensive stance before retaliation.

frankj1
Monday, October 26, 2020 11:18:38 PM
this is just further and unnecessary proof that males stop maturing after 8th grade.

that works for me.

BuckyB93
Monday, October 26, 2020 11:37:04 PM
Yeah, we are a strange species.
BuckyB93
Monday, October 26, 2020 11:37:25 PM
Fitty NINE!
rfenst
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 7:14:37 AM
"waffle belly". A summer-camp classic.

Lift up the victim's shirt and cover that person's belly with a tennis racquet. Then, rub a hairbrush over the tennis racquet across the belly, back and forth in a scrubbing motion...

Ouch!