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Games We Played

Tag Hide-and-seek Duck-duck-goose Jump Rope Hula hoop Hopscotch Pitcher-catcher Running bases Steal the bacon 500 Whiffle-ball Kill-a-ma-roo Games we played ~ Me and you

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Bill Baker

Date: 7/21/2022 2:05:00 PM

I'll add, capture-the-flag, Red-Rover and a favorite, Ping Pong. :-) thanks for bringing up some of my favorite memories ... childhood. Bill

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 7/19/2022 3:41:00 AM

I am dying to know what kill-a-maroo is.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 7/19/2022 7:05:00 AM

Ha, ha! Kill-a-ma-roo is a brutal version of football where you try to kill the guy who has the ball, who tries to run away from everyone -- and never succeeds. Once you have him down, you literally gouge and (almost) dismember him until he coughs up the ball, and the next sucker/'hero' picks it up. I played it until about age 10. When it got seriously dangerous, I stopped (chicken that I truly am).

Linda Alice Fowler

Date: 7/18/2022 6:08:00 PM

Oh what a trip down memory lane - very cool Gershon! Linda

Panagiota Romios

Date: 7/18/2022 9:39:00 AM

I did not play any baseball games. The others, oh yes! I really love the ending on this. It draws the reader in. I like it, ***** 5 stars! Panagiota xxx

Michael Tor

Date: 7/17/2022 9:34:00 PM

They are the games of our lives Gershon. Thanks for sharing my friend...

L Milton Hankins

Date: 7/17/2022 9:10:00 PM

and the last one was the most fun of all. Did you never play "red light, green light?"