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re: In the Old Days We had Dirt Clod Wars.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:43 pm to Bamafig
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:43 pm to Bamafig
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“tackle the man with the football.“
The perfect phrase for childhood in the 60s and 70s LOL. Imagine the simplicity of that single activity. Tackle the man with the ball. If you can. If you can't hold him best you can and 20 others will be there to help directly LOL....
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:44 pm to Palantir
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Single pump BB gun wars all summer long
Right up until Melvin with his dumbass went 100% a-hole and did double pumps without telling anyone. frick Melvin.
Always a dumbass like Melvin. frick the Melvins of the world....probably all fast food managers today.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:45 pm to Lsupimp
you know you’re from the south with a lot of red clay with dirt clod wars
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:46 pm to Lsupimp
Crawfish mounds hurt like a bitch
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:47 pm to Lsupimp
My dad would have one of his subs come dump one or two dump truck loads of dirt in the back yard at the beginning of each summer. Our dirt clod wars were epic.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:48 pm to AwgustaDawg
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How we did not get pink eye or worse is beyond me. That shitty mess also made for one hell of a go-cart track LOL....
I remember once there was an old golf cart in the woods near our house and me and a friend thought we could modify it into a go kart. We hooked a trailer to the 4 wheeler and went and got the thing out of the woods, then walked to the farm shop and got the service truck with a torch and welder on the bed. I had an old go kart with a good engine but the frame had broken. Took the gas engine off, torched up the golf cart and removed the batteries and electric motor and were trying to install the gas engine behind the seat. My dad came home from work to 13 year old me running the welder on the service truck trying to weld a giant steel homemade bumper to this old golf cart. I got a “what the frick do you think you’re doing” from him
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:48 pm to Lsupimp
My dad would make firecracker guns for me and my brother. It was some iron pipe with a cap on one end. He drilled through the back of the cap to insert the wick. Add some wadding and a small pecan and you had a pretty serious weapon for an 8 year old. My neighbor had a tree house that was near our fence and he'd get in the tree house and throw mud clods at us, we broke out the pecan guns. They shot out with so much force, the pecans would shatter when they hit the plywood side of the tree house.
Unfortunately, my brothers potato gun never worked, or else we'd have some artillery to employ in our little wars.
Unfortunately, my brothers potato gun never worked, or else we'd have some artillery to employ in our little wars.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:54 pm to AwgustaDawg
how else were you supposed to build your club house?
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:57 pm to Old Character
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And used to hold four corners of a bed sheet and parachute out of the hay loft. Spoiler alert……that shite don’t work.
We used to have contests to see who was brave enough to jump out of trees/off the roof of the house. Along with launching yourself out of a swing
And don’t get me started on the dangers of a merry go round. My joints are hurting just thinking about this
Posted on 12/6/23 at 1:01 pm to FightinTigersDammit
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Dirt clods, pine cones, sweet gum balls, and cow or horseshite. Whatever was handy.
bottle rockets, when available. Hold by the stick, light it, look down and watch the fuse. When it was 3/4ths burned, throw it at your target like a lightning bolt.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 1:06 pm to Lsupimp
Shoot, my high school used to "welcome" the 9th graders with a mud war at the end of Freshman torture week. Those were the days.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 1:07 pm to Lsupimp
Bottle rocket and Roman candle wars were more fun. It was essentially paintball with with fuses and fire.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 1:07 pm to TigerCoon
bottle rockets. Hold by the stick
---in your mouth, then get that cool red line across your face
---in your mouth, then get that cool red line across your face
Posted on 12/6/23 at 1:09 pm to Lsupimp
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This post was edited on 12/6/23 at 2:14 pm
Posted on 12/6/23 at 1:11 pm to Lsupimp
Include wars with chinaberries off a tallow tree.
And bamboo spears….one stuck in my calf and my father dug out the splinters with his pocket knife.
And bamboo spears….one stuck in my calf and my father dug out the splinters with his pocket knife.
This post was edited on 12/6/23 at 1:21 pm
Posted on 12/6/23 at 1:11 pm to Lsupimp
We did this. We threw lawn darts at each other, shot BBs at targets we held in our hands and somehow survived.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 1:12 pm to OlGrandad
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First time I tried out for baseball, age 9, I got cut.
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My mom saw the coach at church
I thought you were about to explain how you made the team after all.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 1:16 pm to Lsupimp
Posted on 12/6/23 at 1:27 pm to Lsupimp
Those were the days. I was in 5th grade and my brother was in 7th and we were having a dirt clod war. This 11th grade prick just came up and started beating the shite out of my brother. I did what any good brother would do and that's the day I learned that a brick sized dirt clod thrown down hill will knock an a-hole flat out.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 1:30 pm to AwgustaDawg
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Magnolia blooms make a pretty good projectile also.
Had a magnolia tree in front of my house, they make a good grenades when you play army.
This post was edited on 12/6/23 at 1:41 pm
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