The game where you take something from the weakling and toss it over their heads back and forth ...
Ah, in the midwest, the delightfully plebian named "keep away."
I always thought it was called "monkey in the middle"
Jayne: What're you gonna tell the others? Mal: About what? Jayne: About why I'm dead. Mal: Hadn't thought about it. Jayne: Make something up. Don't tell 'em what I did.
'Ariel'
Lost: OMGWTF POLAR BEAR
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beathen - Jan 08, 2005 2:11:02 pm PST #4516 of 10000
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
Nora Deirdre - Jan 08, 2005 4:45:05 pm PST #4517 of 10000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
"monkey in the middle"
That's what I remember it being called too.
§ ita § - Jan 08, 2005 5:44:30 pm PST #4518 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
A quick google suggests it's a Commonwealth thing.
Lee - Jan 08, 2005 5:45:23 pm PST #4519 of 10000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I've always called it keep away myself.
brenda m - Jan 08, 2005 5:55:12 pm PST #4520 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Monkey in the middle to me is a particular variety of keep away. Two (or more) tormentors, one object, tossed back and forth over the head of the monkey. Keep away is more of a free-for-all.
Lilty Cash - Jan 08, 2005 6:12:51 pm PST #4521 of 10000
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
See, in these parts, 'monkey in the middle' was more of an actual game. 'Keep Away' was when you had someone's stuff and were actually trying to, well, you know.
quester - Jan 08, 2005 6:15:50 pm PST #4522 of 10000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
oops! wrong thread!
beathen - Jan 08, 2005 6:16:39 pm PST #4523 of 10000
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
'Keep Away' was when you had someone's stuff and were actually trying to, well, you know.
In high school, we actually had rules with this about what you had to say. You would have to say "yoink" while taking the object with the (eventual) intention of returning it. "Gank" meant you were stealing it forever (such as a pen or a french fry).
SailAweigh - Jan 08, 2005 6:25:29 pm PST #4524 of 10000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
In high school, we actually had rules with this about what you had to say.
Rules, to keep away? What is this world coming to. We scoffed at rules. Keep away was a no-holds-barred free-for-all. Blood was often involved in a serious session. I won't even call it a game. And that was just with me and my two brothers.
Tamara - Jan 08, 2005 9:36:53 pm PST #4525 of 10000
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.