Even more pussification...at school

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Originally Posted by TFOGGER

Hunh...we played "Smear the Queer", rode bikes without helmets, played full contact basketball, and a million other things, and nobody got maimed or killed. No spree shooters in my class, either...what a coincidence

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Basketball with the "No blood? No Foul!" is a great game.

Nobody lost an eye in my neighborhood !!!

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Originally Posted by flyingcouch

For the most parit I agree with what has been said in this thread. But I believe the real root cause is our litigious society. Schools are more afraid of parents sueing the schools when their kid gets hurt than the actual injuries the kids might sustain.

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Winner/thread.

I have a cousin that sits in front of a TV screen damn near 5-6hrs a day watching crap programming, his Mom is a single parent and she wont allow him to cross the street and play at the park because she is afraid he will get hurt, molested,kidnapped ect. Growing up I didnt have television and very few toys, I read books, shot guns, blew shit up with potato cannons, firecrackers/ works, model rockets, had epic dirt clod wars, shared my huffy bike with my 2 younger brothers and scarred myself up with pocket knifes. Most boys today would be dead if they tried living the way I did the first 17 years of my life, at 16 I had a job, at 7 designated household chores. And im sure my Dad considers that I had it easy lol.


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You knew this photo was coming.....

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...-we-rolled.jpg

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Originally Posted by rondog

You knew this photo was coming.....

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...-we-rolled.jpg

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I shudder to think of the quantity of big wheels, not always our own, that we destroyed as a kid. The chopped ones were fun too.

And in other school related news, Common Core teaches kids that the Constitution is outdated and asks them to trim two of the amendments from the Bill of Rights. http://twitchy.com/2013/10/07/sixth-...-constitution/

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Originally Posted by tmleadr03

Basketball with the "No blood? No Foul!" is a great game.

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That was our 'reward' for a good wrestling practice when I was in High School!! "No rules basketball" is what we called it. Although, we did still leave the wrestling mats on the floor, so you know, we could practice a takedown or two while "playing basketball"!

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Originally Posted by GilpinGuy

Yeah, I'm continuously asking about what they learned today so I can see what's up and give them my side if necessary.

When I gave my 8yo a .22 for his birthday, he told everyone he could see the next day at school. That didn't go over well...and I didn't give a shit.

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Originally Posted by TFOGGER

Hunh...we played "Smear the Queer", rode bikes without helmets, played full contact basketball, and a million other things, and nobody got maimed or killed. No spree shooters in my class, either...what a coincidence

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What he said. [Beer]