The 'official' ones are OK â but is that what watching football is really all about? Most of the time what we see are missed sitters, giving away possession in dangerous areas, butterfingered keepers, silly cards, even sillier refs and all sorts of off-pitch tabloid shenanigans. Which is why http://www.fantasyfwit.com/ gets my vote as the only fantasy football that tells it like it is â the hilarious reality, with no spin.
One that I could never work out was "stoat the baw". I know the "baw" is ball, and I know it something to do with the shagging jailbait birds, but what's the thinking behind the phrase?
Is that the same as Kick The Can? It was a sort of take on hide and seek or hidey as we called it. Colditz was my favourite.
It's pretty fantastical to imagine that the players are virtually paralysed and only able to stand up and rock about, and that they are flicked at an oversized ball by a giant finger. Don't want to be pedantic ER, but it's "per se"
Kerby - one of the simplest and best games ever. Now kids just want to blow peoples heads off, virtually.
No, it's not a game, it's a crime. It gets mentioned in Irvine Welsh's books a few times. For example, when Renton shags that schoolie in Trainspotting, it's a "stoat the baw situ". Isn't Colditz a castle? Is that the one where you have to hit the street kerb with the ball so it bounces back and you catch it?
Christopher Brookmyre did a brilliant piece about the rules for playing football as kids in Scotland. It'll be on line somewhere and doubtles a few will have read it. There's also a great account of a game in "A Tale Etched in bllood and Hard Black pencil".
Stoat the baw means to bounce a ball or hit it. I suppose it makes sense in an Irvine Welsh kinda way. Colditz was a game where you split into two teams and made up a corresponding word and then each person got a letter. Then the other team had to hunt you down and beat the letter out of you until they had all the letters and then work out the word. It was violent and educational at the same time British bulldogs - now that was a game!
Originally Posted by 1980EasterRoad Kerby - one of the simplest and best games ever. Now kids just want to blow peoples heads off, virtually. Is that the one where you have to hit the street kerb with the ball so it bounces back and you catch it? That's the one. Hours of endless fun.
Back in the day we did most of life's learning on the outside and took horrendous risks on a daily basis. Not arguing the toss which was the better lifestyle but I certainly know which was the more healthty and character building and how to make an inordinate amount of friends. Maggie Thatcher did her best to eliminate "social values" and it is continuing apace.
So in Scotland, even the geeks and nerds end up scrapping We had British Bulldog, though for some reason, in my primary school, and no others I ever heard of, it was called "Moggy"
Cowboys and Injuns was another favourite. Nicking apples as well was always good for a laugh. Not that I'm promoting theft of course.
Tap door run was popular where I grew up because there were about 30 gardens in a row and you could all get away as fast as hell. All you had to remember was which garden was the one with the pond in it.
The old empty milk bottles on the door handles. Never did that one myself but saw it plenty of times. Disgraceful behaviour.