grateful zed
Footballguy
we had one univeral rule in our neighborhood.
DONT PLAY IN THE STREET !!!
DONT PLAY IN THE STREET !!!
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Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
We played every sport in the street.
Mors Venit
Footballguy
I only had one.
Dont spill moms beer.
Dont spill moms beer.
grateful zed
Footballguy
Mors Venit
Footballguy
Scoresman
Footballguy
grateful zed
Footballguy
while not technically a rule, more of a repeated warning.
park your bike in the back yard.
park your bike in the back yard.
Mors Venit
Footballguy
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
'I better know where are if you're not within shouting distance'
grateful zed
Footballguy
the power lines above the badminton net were O.B.
Zegras11
Footballguy
Mors Venit
Footballguy
Mr.Pack
Footballguy
Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
Oh #### yeah! Had forgotten all about that.
Also "pitcher's hand" for all force outs and/being able to throw the whiffle ball at the runner to get him out if it wasn't a force out (mostly 3-4 guy teams).
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
5 minute rule:. If you leave your chair or spot on the couch it is free game after 5 minutes.
Jules Winnfield
Footballguy
In our house, if you got up you had to call "savies" or your chair or spot on the couch was free game
Otis
Footballguy
No bat loading.
We played with whiffle ball bats and tennis balls, except dudes started taping up their bats with electrical tape (remained legal) and other materials, an arms race that culminated in one dude cutting open the bottom of the handle and filling the bat with pennies, resulting in automatic home runs in every at bat. The home run contests were pretty epic, but we did ultimately ban the penny-loaded bats in actual game play.
We played with whiffle ball bats and tennis balls, except dudes started taping up their bats with electrical tape (remained legal) and other materials, an arms race that culminated in one dude cutting open the bottom of the handle and filling the bat with pennies, resulting in automatic home runs in every at bat. The home run contests were pretty epic, but we did ultimately ban the penny-loaded bats in actual game play.
comfortably numb
Footballguy
We had a permanent banning from our street wiffle ball league cause a guy corked his bat.
Was a controversial moment in our leagues history.
comfortably numb
Footballguy
Home run was over that skinny wire. In between the skinny and the fat wire was a triple.
Touch down was the telephone pole.
It's 10 Mississippi NOT Missipi!!!!
Touch down was the telephone pole.
It's 10 Mississippi NOT Missipi!!!!
Super King
Footballguy
Puff, puff, pass.
Stop politicking on that blunt, senator.
Stop politicking on that blunt, senator.
Mjolnirs
Footballguy
Bring back a good switch.
Playing in the street was ok, as long as you remembered the rule, "Car!" meant get out of the street.
Yep. Don't start a fight, but finish it.
belljr
Footballguy
Shankopotamus
Footballguy
Eat it or go hungry.
Poke_4_Life
Footballguy
No guns (toy or fingers shaped like guns) at the dinner table.
Eat what was cooked or go hungry.
When mom rang the dinner bell we had 5 minutes to be home.
Wash up before dinner and don't use the fancy towel to dry your hands.
Kids can't get up before 6am on Christmas day.
Eat what was cooked or go hungry.
When mom rang the dinner bell we had 5 minutes to be home.
Wash up before dinner and don't use the fancy towel to dry your hands.
Kids can't get up before 6am on Christmas day.
E-Z Glider
Footballguy
No aiming for the face in BB gun battles
Parrothead
Footballguy
invisible runners can't steal or score from 2nd on a single..
E-Z Glider
Footballguy
General Malaise
Footballguy
"When Sue Sue Diggle starts backing out of her driveway in her giant white Cadillac, run as fast and as far away as you can."
##### ran over my cat, Oglethorpe, backing up. Couldn't even see over the steering wheel towards the end. RIP Ogie.
##### ran over my cat, Oglethorpe, backing up. Couldn't even see over the steering wheel towards the end. RIP Ogie.
TheAristocrat
Footballguy
These were from varying sports or kick-the-can type games:
All - Watch for cars and assume they aren't looking for you. It was a private cul-de-sac but sometimes you had that lost person who didn't know we'd be there.
Kick The Can - Mr. Booker's yard was always out-of-bounds for everything. Getting caught there made you IT.
Kick The Can - Eventually went to 15 minute rounds as some of us would really wait out the IT and waltz in unchallenged.
Baseball - You could run the bases twice for two runs. But the second time around needed to go all the way. No takebacks, original run did not count if you were caught.
Football - No touchbacks.
Football - The tree line on the south side was out of bounds. The other boundary varied. Boundaries were always a source of contention.
Football - Tom couldn't face screen and had to play the ball (Tom was 4 years older than us).
All - If Phillip was playing (very rare), make him feel accepted (he was mentally challenged).
Basketball - Three pointers were behind the second sidewalk crack and were determined on a case-by-case basis in the driveway (remarkably, there was large agreement on this)
Basketball- The garage was out of bounds.
Hockey (roller, pond, rink) - There are no rules. Man up.
Post 1991 (if I remember correctly) - No giant snow forts, hills, whatnot in the middle of the cul-de-sac (that one came from the city of St Paul). That was an epic winter snow hill for king of the mountain.
All - Watch for cars and assume they aren't looking for you. It was a private cul-de-sac but sometimes you had that lost person who didn't know we'd be there.
Kick The Can - Mr. Booker's yard was always out-of-bounds for everything. Getting caught there made you IT.
Kick The Can - Eventually went to 15 minute rounds as some of us would really wait out the IT and waltz in unchallenged.
Baseball - You could run the bases twice for two runs. But the second time around needed to go all the way. No takebacks, original run did not count if you were caught.
Football - No touchbacks.
Football - The tree line on the south side was out of bounds. The other boundary varied. Boundaries were always a source of contention.
Football - Tom couldn't face screen and had to play the ball (Tom was 4 years older than us).
All - If Phillip was playing (very rare), make him feel accepted (he was mentally challenged).
Basketball - Three pointers were behind the second sidewalk crack and were determined on a case-by-case basis in the driveway (remarkably, there was large agreement on this)
Basketball- The garage was out of bounds.
Hockey (roller, pond, rink) - There are no rules. Man up.
Post 1991 (if I remember correctly) - No giant snow forts, hills, whatnot in the middle of the cul-de-sac (that one came from the city of St Paul). That was an epic winter snow hill for king of the mountain.
TheAristocrat
Footballguy
BB Gun battles in the woods: No aiming for the face. No crossing the two major roads north and south. No leaving the woods otherwise. Only one timeout per person was allowed.
Granted timeouts gave the "dead" man 5 seconds to run, if accepted. Eventually there were no timeouts.
Granted timeouts gave the "dead" man 5 seconds to run, if accepted. Eventually there were no timeouts.
Cold Dead Hands
Footballguy
"I don't care what time you come home, but if you wake me up I will kick your ###."
My Dad loved me.
My Dad loved me.
Jeremy
Footballguy
Our word was "reserved", but same deal.
Take a bite to be polite.
Parrothead
Footballguy
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