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In the Old Days We had Dirt Clod Wars.

Posted on 12/6/23 at 10:20 am
Posted by Lsupimp
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 10:20 am
Each group claimed a pile of earth and violent chaos ensued. Blood was drawn and tears were shed. Occasionally Badeaux or Butler would shoot a pellet at you just to keep you aware that being a pussy was not an option. Spitale would wander up and both teams would train our best throws on him and he’d laugh and run to whatever side I was on. Shea would stand on the top and beg you to throw at him and then laugh at you as he karate kicked your dome. Badeaux usually ended up as King of The hill and we were good with that natural hierarchy. Then Spillman ( RIP ) would explain to us how babies were made and Day Day would beg us to see an old Playboy.

Then we’d play baseball and football for 6 hours and hunt for snakes.

If you know this childhood , you know.
Posted by IAmNERD
Member since May 2017
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 10:24 am to
We had pine cone and bottle rocket wars in my neighborhood. I came pretty close to getting seriously burned when my Umbro shorts went up in flames from a bottle rocket to the thigh.

But I wouldn't trade those memories for anything now.
This post was edited on 12/6/23 at 10:25 am
Posted by greenbean
USAF Retired
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 10:25 am to
Then bang Badeaux's older slutty sister.
Posted by TIGRLEE
Northeast Louisiana
Member since Nov 2009
31493 posts
Posted on 12/6/23 at 10:27 am to
It wa just like hurling golf ball to baseball sized rocks at each other

It’s a miracle me or one of several padnuhs didn’t get killed doing this
Posted by AwgustaDawg
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Member since Jan 2023
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 10:27 am to
Magnolia blooms make a pretty good projectile also.

We used to have bb gun wars. How none of us got seriously injured I do not know but we shot one another with BB Guns. Imagine an unaccompanied kid with a gun today...folks would have a stroke
Posted by Topwater Trout
Red Stick
Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 10:28 am to
quote:

we’d play baseball and football for 6 hours and hunt for snakes.



good times. football games we really tried to hurt each other...to the point people from the other side of the neighborhood didn't play lol
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 10:28 am to
God, I remember dirt clod wars. We would have Mountains of dirt with which to build forts and endless ammo.

It was glorious
Posted by ThePoo
Work
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 10:28 am to
I see you are talking about king of the hill

but from the title I thought you were talking about taking the clumps of mud from the crawfish holes and pegging them at each other
Posted by Buck_Rogers
Member since Jul 2013
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 10:29 am to
Homemade slingshots and bow and arrows were some other weapons of choice.
Posted by BhamBlazeDog
Birmingham
Member since Aug 2018
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 10:31 am to
We used to play tackle football where both goal lines were literal concrete sidewalks, one of the sidelines was the street, and the other was the landscape shrubs up against one of the houses. It's a wonder no one was impaled by one of the shrubs, or knocked out cold on the concrete. There were plenty of skinned up knees and elbows though.
Posted by Elblancodiablo
Member since Sep 2023
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 10:35 am to
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my Umbro shorts


quote:

IAmNERD


checks out
Posted by Lsupimp
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Member since Nov 2003
78364 posts
Posted on 12/6/23 at 10:37 am to
It was a dirt clod War that always devolved to King of the hill. A red blood American kid combo.whatever we had to do to have fun and establish the hierarchy. Brothers in child arms.
Posted by Aubie Spr96
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Member since Dec 2009
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 10:37 am to
Used to have pine cone fights with the Carson boys. They couldn't cross the street and neither could we. So we hurled pine cones at each other from across the street in between cars.
Posted by OlGrandad
Member since Oct 2009
3487 posts
Posted on 12/6/23 at 10:39 am to
First time I tried out for baseball, age 9, I got cut. That was before pay , play and get a trophy days.

My mom saw the coach at church and he
told her I would pick up a dirt clod and when I caught a ground ball I would throw the clod to first base. He said I did this every day and he thought I needed to wait until next season to try out again.
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
58108 posts
Posted on 12/6/23 at 10:40 am to
Dirt throwing wars were common for us. I smacked one friend in the nose once and he had problems with a bleeding nose for years afterwards.

I’m so glad my kids had better things to do than throw dirt and rocks at each other. LOL
Posted by terriblegreen
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 10:40 am to
Ours always ended with "Don't tell your mom.... It's not that bad!"
Posted by AwgustaDawg
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 10:41 am to
quote:

God, I remember dirt clod wars. We would have Mountains of dirt with which to build forts and endless ammo.

It was glorious


We would rob construction sites BLIND. I do not know how we didn't tossed in jail but we did not think twice about toting entire sheets of plywood off and loads of 2X4s and blocks / bricks. I could run through the woods on a moonless night with a 4x8 sheet of plywood and never fall....twisting and turning and leaping over roots and ditches. I can't hardly get a 4X8 sheet of 3/4 inch plywood on my truck now LOL and need a beer and a nap when I get it home and get it unloaded.
Posted by AwgustaDawg
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 10:42 am to
quote:

We used to play tackle football where both goal lines were literal concrete sidewalks, one of the sidelines was the street, and the other was the landscape shrubs up against one of the houses. It's a wonder no one was impaled by one of the shrubs, or knocked out cold on the concrete. There were plenty of skinned up knees and elbows though.


We would play tackle football with 2 - 100 kids. A lot of times the ball carrier would be tackled by 30 kids, about half of them were supposed to be on the same team LOL.
Posted by Swamp Angel
Georgia
Member since Jul 2004
7251 posts
Posted on 12/6/23 at 10:42 am to
quote:

We used to play tackle football where both goal lines were literal concrete sidewalks...


Our neighborhood football field was our back yard. Concrete sidewalk for the north end zone, three to five foot drop off a retaining wall for the south end zone, west sideline was another five to seven foot drop off a retaining wall, northeast corner of the field had a chestnut tree that would shed needle-sharp burrs in the fall so no one wanted to get tackled there (or tackle anyone there), and the dog was usually tied out at the north end during a portion of every day so there was dog poop to avoid as well.

Still, it was fun as hell. Tackle football at full speed with no pads and no one cried or whined when they got tagged real good.
Posted by sidewalkside
rent free in yo head
Member since Sep 2021
1614 posts
Posted on 12/6/23 at 10:43 am to
Half of us would be in the Tree House and the other half would be behind various objects/shields and we would throw sticks at each other and we called it "stick wars" and it was glorious
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