They Want To Turn Kids Into Pansies

[Mtn.man]

We always played full contact basket ball KMO it is the only way bb should be played.

And when we played steal the bacon we ate it.

[Mazin]

The object of Steal the Bacon is take the "bacon" back to your own side without being caught.

In this game, two teams are chosen, and one umpire is selected. One object is required to the bacon. (a glove is a common choice)

The members of each team are numbered. They form two opposing lines and place the bacon in the exact center between them.

The umpire then calls out a number. The players on each side who are assigned that number are the players for that round. No other team members leave their side of the field.

Neither player may touch the other until someone touches the bacon. Once a player touches the bacon however, the other player may tag him/her.

If a player is able to grab the bacon and carry it back over to his/her own side, that team scores a point. (VARIATION: in some games, points are scored by carrying it to the other teams side or either team's side)

If a player is tagged after touching the bacon and before he/she returns their own side, the team that tagged him/her scores a point.

Note that the sequence of play usually involves the two kids running out and hovering over the bacon, waiting for a slight advantage to grab it and run back before the other player can react.

The game is over when a predetermined number of points are scored, or when all numbers have been called.

Damn thanks for the debrief!

[Ed_S]

We used to play steal the bacon as a tackle game, Smear the Queer, flag football ALWAYS turned physical, same with soccer. It just wasn't a good game if people weren't getting tackled, their eyes poked, and if at least one person's shirt was torn and/or someone was bleeding, then it was a good game. I don't get what is the point of letting our kids grow up in a bubble? When I have kids, they're going to be no stranger to physical contact.

WTF is 'Smear the Queer'?

Can't see that one being allowed by the libtards

[Elhuero]

WTF is 'Smear the Queer'?

Can't see that one being allowed by the libtards

aw man, you had a deprived childhood if you never played smear the queer.

it's reverse tag.

one guy is 'it' (the queer) and instead of him trying to tag someone, everyone else is trying to take him down and he has to stay on his feet.

good old fashioned roughhousing.

if no bones are broken, and blood is not gushing, then you dust off and keep going~

I was a tubby little kid and couldn't run fast, but it'd take every one of them to tackle me.

[Ed_S]

Don't get me wrong we had multiple games of beating the crap out of each other, we just had different names for them e.g. 'British Bulldogs'.

Never did me any harm!

If you want to go one step further into being 'soft' one of the Eurpopean Armies does not allow NCO's to shout at recruits!

Hell I can remember when I was in the Army a Glaswegian NCO screaming at someone (not me) for f'n up something and all I coudn't understand a single word. Knew the guy was getting a beasting though.

[Jumpstart]

aw man, you had a deprived childhood if you never played smear the queer.

it's reverse tag.

one guy is 'it' (the queer) and instead of him trying to tag someone, everyone else is trying to take him down and he has to stay on his feet.

good old fashioned roughhousing.

if no bones are broken, and blood is not gushing, then you dust off and keep going~

I was a tubby little kid and couldn't run fast, but it'd take every one of them to tackle me.

We played "Smear the Queer" with a football, you pick the football up and away you go with everyone trying to tackle you.

[Lex_Luthor]

We played "Smear the Queer" with a football, you pick the football up and away you go with everyone trying to tackle you.

Yeah, same. I was always small growing up, but fast. So when they did finally catch me, I got nailed pretty good. But it was always fun. We also played a pretty aggressive game of Wall Ball.

You throw a racket ball at the wall and after it bounces back, then bounces on the ground, you are allowed to catch it. If you bounce off the ground first, or catch too early, or miss your catch, you have to go up against the wall and get "pegged" (they throw it at your back, HARD).

[Irving]

We played "Smear the Queer" with a football, you pick the football up and away you go with everyone trying to tackle you.

+1

[rockhound]

We played "Smear the Queer" with a football, you pick the football up and away you go with everyone trying to tackle you.

that is how the game was played at my school, kind of like rugby with no rules

[Elhuero]

We played "Smear the Queer" with a football, you pick the football up and away you go with everyone trying to tackle you.

yeah, that's how it's played.


I always played it on church activity night and there was never a football around.

fun stuff~