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My family is claiming that I am making up Cup or Cut ball
Posted on 6/17/22 at 10:52 pm
Posted on 6/17/22 at 10:52 pm
Invented is completely made up or full of bullshite.
When we were young in 70s you would take a paper cup tear it up and wrap it with masking tape or something and make a ball out of it and use a wiffle bat, or those little souvenir baby baits they gave away at game, and play cup or cut ball.
This was done at lot at little league games or Minor leagues games etc. Surely someone else remembers this.
When we were young in 70s you would take a paper cup tear it up and wrap it with masking tape or something and make a ball out of it and use a wiffle bat, or those little souvenir baby baits they gave away at game, and play cup or cut ball.
This was done at lot at little league games or Minor leagues games etc. Surely someone else remembers this.
This post was edited on 6/21/22 at 1:40 am
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Posted on 6/17/22 at 10:56 pm to TutHillTiger
U didnt invent shite
This post was edited on 6/17/22 at 10:56 pm
Posted on 6/17/22 at 10:59 pm to TutHillTiger
Mingo about to come in here and frick you up, fam
Posted on 6/17/22 at 10:59 pm to TutHillTiger
Must have made it all the way to California in the early 80s. Although we used our hands as bats and was done in the parking lot at a restaurant whilst our parents took too long talking.
Thanks TuthillTiger!
Thanks TuthillTiger!
Posted on 6/17/22 at 11:01 pm to TutHillTiger
when I was about 10 we would go to Jr Hi football games, mash our coke cups together into a "football", and play on the field during halftime
Posted on 6/17/22 at 11:06 pm to TutHillTiger
A staple at elementary school recess. Mid to late 80s
Posted on 6/17/22 at 11:39 pm to TutHillTiger
Apparently you’re proud of making a paper ball and taping it up? Congratulations on your paper ball.
Posted on 6/18/22 at 1:11 am to TutHillTiger
Posted on 6/18/22 at 1:33 am to TutHillTiger
Man I grew up pretty poor. But I, or at least someone I knew, had access to a baseball and something resembling a bat.
Posted on 6/18/22 at 5:56 am to TutHillTiger
We did it with newspaper, its called yard ball
Posted on 6/18/22 at 6:02 am to TutHillTiger
I invented Post-It notes.
One of the first trial runs…
One of the first trial runs…
Posted on 6/18/22 at 7:02 am to TutHillTiger
Started playing it in 1974
My brother played the same game at the same age. He is 9 years older than me. So, it’s been around since at least 1965. I’m sure he learned it from older kids.
My brother played the same game at the same age. He is 9 years older than me. So, it’s been around since at least 1965. I’m sure he learned it from older kids.
This post was edited on 6/18/22 at 7:03 am
Posted on 6/18/22 at 7:45 am to OldCat55
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I’m sure he learned it from TutHillTiger.
Posted on 6/21/22 at 12:28 am to bayourougebengal
You guys totally missed the point, I didn’t claim I invented shite. They were just saying that:
i was full of shite and this didn’t happen, or
If it did happen that was only me and a bunch of idiots that did this and it wasn’t widespread at all.
We used our hands sometimes too at little league games etc, sometimes those wiffle bats would split in half in the middle of the game.
We weren’t poor, this was 70s bro, 3 TV channels, No cell phones, etc. You went outside after breakfast and showed up back home right at dusk at eat. We had to invent shite to do, and we had more 100x more fun than kids today.
Fort building, snake hunts, bottle rocket wars, trail hiking, skinny dipping in the river, messing with girls, putting up rope swings in the river, playing war, throwing rocks at hornets nest to see who would get stung, playing Evel Knievel with bike Ramps, jumping contest, building rafts and boats for fishing, messing around with girls, any kind of feat of strength or bravery you can imagine. i bet you want stand in the fire ant mound for one whole minute. i bet you can’t grab that moccasin by the tail, the dog won’t really bite you, pet it, pouring seabreeze on an open cut until someone screams, car surfing, you name it. Having a hard cast from doing something stupid was a huge badge of honor.
i have many scars and a bunch of concussions from all this but wouldn’t change a bit for it for the ducking world. That was a golden age for being a kid, we were all free range kids then
i was full of shite and this didn’t happen, or
If it did happen that was only me and a bunch of idiots that did this and it wasn’t widespread at all.
We used our hands sometimes too at little league games etc, sometimes those wiffle bats would split in half in the middle of the game.
We weren’t poor, this was 70s bro, 3 TV channels, No cell phones, etc. You went outside after breakfast and showed up back home right at dusk at eat. We had to invent shite to do, and we had more 100x more fun than kids today.
Fort building, snake hunts, bottle rocket wars, trail hiking, skinny dipping in the river, messing with girls, putting up rope swings in the river, playing war, throwing rocks at hornets nest to see who would get stung, playing Evel Knievel with bike Ramps, jumping contest, building rafts and boats for fishing, messing around with girls, any kind of feat of strength or bravery you can imagine. i bet you want stand in the fire ant mound for one whole minute. i bet you can’t grab that moccasin by the tail, the dog won’t really bite you, pet it, pouring seabreeze on an open cut until someone screams, car surfing, you name it. Having a hard cast from doing something stupid was a huge badge of honor.
i have many scars and a bunch of concussions from all this but wouldn’t change a bit for it for the ducking world. That was a golden age for being a kid, we were all free range kids then
Posted on 6/21/22 at 12:44 am to TutHillTiger
Fort building
-Yep
snake hunts
-nope
bottle rocket wars
-Yep
trail hiking
-Nope
skinny dipping in the river
-lake yes, river nope
messing with girls
-not sure what this means.
putting up rope swings in the river
-didn't much time by a river
playing war
-definitely
throwing rocks at hornets nest to see who would get stung
-never
playing Evel Knievel with bike Ramps
-you betcha
jumping contest
-did track so sure
building rafts and boats for fishing
-nope
messing around with girls
-again, not sure what this means
any kind of feat of strength or bravery you can imagine
-lots of stupid stuff
i bet you want stand in the fire ant mound for one whole minute
-never saw a fire ant
i bet you can’t grab that moccasin by the tail
-maybe
the dog won’t really bite you, pet it
-never messed with a dog
pouring seabreeze on an open cut until someone screams
-nope
car surfing
-did lots of this - friend in the passenger seat would grab the wheel, put his foot on the gas pedal and I'd climb out the driver side window onto the top of the car doing 30 mph.
I can't believe I'm still living.
ETA - I also never played cup/cut ball - grew up in the 70s and 80s. I did however break someone's finger during a pickup football game when he tried to tackle me - I still remember it because I couldn't stop laughing at how it looked.
-Yep
snake hunts
-nope
bottle rocket wars
-Yep
trail hiking
-Nope
skinny dipping in the river
-lake yes, river nope
messing with girls
-not sure what this means.
putting up rope swings in the river
-didn't much time by a river
playing war
-definitely
throwing rocks at hornets nest to see who would get stung
-never
playing Evel Knievel with bike Ramps
-you betcha
jumping contest
-did track so sure
building rafts and boats for fishing
-nope
messing around with girls
-again, not sure what this means
any kind of feat of strength or bravery you can imagine
-lots of stupid stuff
i bet you want stand in the fire ant mound for one whole minute
-never saw a fire ant
i bet you can’t grab that moccasin by the tail
-maybe
the dog won’t really bite you, pet it
-never messed with a dog
pouring seabreeze on an open cut until someone screams
-nope
car surfing
-did lots of this - friend in the passenger seat would grab the wheel, put his foot on the gas pedal and I'd climb out the driver side window onto the top of the car doing 30 mph.
I can't believe I'm still living.
ETA - I also never played cup/cut ball - grew up in the 70s and 80s. I did however break someone's finger during a pickup football game when he tried to tackle me - I still remember it because I couldn't stop laughing at how it looked.
This post was edited on 6/21/22 at 12:54 am
Posted on 6/21/22 at 12:45 am to TutHillTiger
Cup ball was played with the small wax cups from the concession stand. You wad the cup up after drinking the soda. The bat was your open hand. Pegs counted as an out.
You didn't invent anything. The announcer would say, "please return that foul ball to the concession stand for a free Coke."
You didn't invent anything. The announcer would say, "please return that foul ball to the concession stand for a free Coke."
Posted on 6/21/22 at 1:39 am to Le Tenia
Again not saying I invented it my idiot family is
Posted on 6/21/22 at 2:07 am to Le Tenia
quote:
Cup ball was played with the small wax cups from the concession stand. You wad the cup up after drinking the soda. The bat was your open hand
Yep. Also played at recess.
Posted on 6/21/22 at 3:23 am to TutHillTiger
My brother and I played this for hours growing up with the mini Zephyrs bats
Eta I grew up 80/90s
Eta I grew up 80/90s
This post was edited on 6/21/22 at 3:25 am
Posted on 6/21/22 at 3:37 am to TutHillTiger
Why was this so hard to read?
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