1. Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo."
2. Mistakes were corrected! by simply exclaiming "do over!"
3. "Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
4. Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening.
5. It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.
6. The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was "cooties."
7. Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot.
8. A foot of snow was a dream come true.
9. Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute ads for action figures.
10. "Oly-oly-oxen-free" made perfect sense.
11. Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles.
12. The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
13. War was a card game.
14. Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.
15. Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.
16. Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin
17. "Kick The Can" and "Stick Ball" were games played after school
18. If you can remember most or all of these, then you have lived!!

QUOTE (emmy @ Feb 28 2003, 08:58 PM)

11. Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles.

I actually still do this...

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1. Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo." 9. Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute ads for action figures. 10. "Oly-oly-oxen-free" made perfect sense. 5. It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends

Ummmm I still make decisions by number one

same here, you can't beat a good eeny meeny miney mo

I remember most of them and more. We used to take ten deep breaths and hold the last one till we almost fainted. That was getting high. Great post, you brought me back***JOY***

how about

one potato, two potato, etc.

or i am just too old

No I remember that one....

I remember bits of that one as well

one potato, two potato, three potato four.....

Another game I have just remembered 'Bulldog'

Lordy I remember those

Oh yeah I remember Bulldog, we used to play it at school, there were about 100 kids playing at one stage....

We also had this one game which was a bit mischevious, we would stick a coin to the pavement and then watch as people tried to pick it up...

13. War was a card game.

i used to play war with my little brother and my grandma. being the competitive guy i am, i always won. every single game of war i played, i won. i remember once that my grandma stacked the deck in favor of my brother and it was the first time i tasted defeat. i cried. i tossed a hissy fit and called my grandmother a cheat. i jumped around screaming about the principles cheating and how she wasn't teaching my brother anything but how to be a failure. my grandmother declared that at 5 years old i was the world's worst loser. i guess some things never change

QUOTE (emmy @ Feb 28 2003, 08:58 PM)

6. The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was "cooties." 11. Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles. 14. Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.

o, and i think we had 2 whole years playing british bulldog once