Quote from Tsing Tao:
Heh, as I sit here remembering the games we invented as kids, I remember one in particular that injured each one of us in turn. Talk about stupid.
It was designed like kickball, except you used a basketball and had to hit the basketball with a metal pole that was used as a bat. Ever try to hit a basketball with a bat? The extreme pressurization causes the pole to come back violently and hit the batter, and not in a gentle manner.First guy up broke his nose. Did that stop us? Of course not. Second guy, same pole, black eye. Still, we pressed on, convinced that the guys before us were pussies and didn't know how to do it properly. Third guy, knocked a tooth out. And on it went until everyone had an injury and we all agreed, finally, what a stupid idea it was.
Good times.
LOL. Sounds like some of the games we played. We enjoyed picking sides, getting on our bicycles with garbage can lids for shields, sticks for swords or lances, and then charging each other at full speed. It was completely acceptable, and quite frankly expected, to run over the wounded as they lay in the street. Prisoners were never taken.
First guy up broke his nose. Did that stop us? Of course not. Second guy, same pole, black eye. Still, we pressed on, convinced that the guys before us were pussies and didn't know how to do it properly. Third guy, knocked a tooth out. And on it went until everyone had an injury and we all agreed, finally, what a stupid idea it was.