Did other people play Elastics?
French Skipping, with a loop of knicker elastic? Yes. If that's not what it is, clearly not.
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Am-Chau Yarkona - Feb 27, 2003 8:16:58 am PST #2269 of 9843
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
Hil R. - Feb 27, 2003 8:19:22 am PST #2270 of 9843
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
French Skipping, with a loop of knicker elastic?
We called that Chinese Jump Rope. It was a fad for awhile when I was about 10, and they sold already-made elastic loops in different colors for about a dollar or two. Never thought of just using regular elastic.
Sue - Feb 27, 2003 8:21:17 am PST #2271 of 9843
hip deep in pie
French Skipping, with a loop of knicker elastic? Yes. If that's not what it is, clearly not.
Ours was a bunch of rubber bands joined together, and people would hold it at different heights (ankles, knees, arms-length, hips, waist, underarms, shoulders, arms-length) and other people had to jump over them without letting the elastics touch the ground. Up to about hips, you had to clear the elastics without touching them at all.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Feb 27, 2003 8:23:19 am PST #2272 of 9843
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
We called that Chinese Jump Rope.
I figured it probably wasn't from France.
I can't remember the rhymes we used, which is odd, because when I knew them I thought I'd know them forever.
P.M. Marc - Feb 27, 2003 8:23:33 am PST #2273 of 9843
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
But have you seen the UK equivalent, Bulldog? 30 kids each side of a "pitch". They run at each other and try and force the other side back. No rules
We had to play this in gym class in elementary school. Only with fewer kids, because we had a class of 20 or 21. Still. (shudder)
Sue - Feb 27, 2003 8:24:45 am PST #2274 of 9843
hip deep in pie
Am-chau, I can only remember one right now...
Am-Chau Yarkona - Feb 27, 2003 8:26:02 am PST #2275 of 9843
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
Ours was a bunch of rubber bands joined together, and people would hold it at different heights (ankles, knees, arms-length, hips, waist, underarms, shoulders, arms-length) and other people had to jump over them without letting the elastics touch the ground. Up to about hips, you had to clear the elastics without touching them at all.
That's different-- ours depended on jumping on the elastic with your feet: two people would put the elastic round them (again, starting with ankles and moving up), and you had to land on it in specific patterns, saying the silly rhyme to help you remember what you where doing.
Dammit, now I want to stand up and see if I can use the lines between the cork floor tiles to see if I can remember any of them. I'd get some strange looks.
amych - Feb 27, 2003 8:26:29 am PST #2276 of 9843
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
We had to play this in gym class in elementary school.
Yeah, bulldog and dodge ball both. I find it interesting that the really shudder-inducingly brutal games were the ones the gym teachers imposed on us, not the ones that we kids came up with ourselves.
Sue - Feb 27, 2003 8:29:18 am PST #2277 of 9843
hip deep in pie
That's different-- ours depended on jumping on the elastic with your feet: two people would put the elastic round them (again, starting with ankles and moving up), and you had to land on it in specific patterns, saying the silly rhyme to help you remember what you where doing.
Oh, we used to play this too. We called that "In & Out" because the first two were "Inside and Outside"
Am-Chau Yarkona - Feb 27, 2003 8:33:04 am PST #2278 of 9843
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
We called that "In & Out" because the first two were "Inside and Outside"
Yeah, that's right. "In, on, out..." and then a lot of stuff about bananas and granny's knickers.
There may have been stuff there I missed last time I heard it.