British Bulldog

[john_p]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/759264...

"The Campaign Against Political Correctness has suggested changes for the game of British Bulldog:

- Name is far too patriotic and aggressive, change to International Poodles
- Safe 'home' areas called on each side to be renamed. Home is not always safe for children
- No winners or losers - must be non-competitive
- Children to wear full protective body gear, including knee pads, helmet and gum shields
- Catching friends is too violent - instead players to shout "poodle" when they get within one foot (or the metric equivalent)"

I think the BBC have been succesfully trolled!

[Simond001]

I used to love this game. But to be fair it was in the days before neck breakers and WWF!

[illmonkey]

tennis ball bulldog equally as good!

[Jasandjules]

illmonkey said:

tennis ball bulldog equally as good!

Is that sort of like Danish Longball?

.. Mind, we used to play Bulldog on concrete, I guess kids don't really think of the consequences.

[Rupert Da Fridge]

kids are just getting softer these days, bring it back, even put it on the curriculum........

[Poledriver]

When we played it you had to either lift the person off the ground, or grapple them down TO the ground! Kids these days are wimps!

[chris_w666]

Jasandjules said:

illmonkey said:

tennis ball bulldog equally as good!

Is that sort of like Danish Longball?

.. Mind, we used to play Bulldog on concrete, I guess kids don't really think of the consequences.

Bulldog on a concrete playground was loads of fun.

Danish longball was a vicious sport that bloody hurt.

[Snake the Sniper]

Poledriver said:

When we played it you had to either lift the person off the ground, or grapple them down TO the ground! Kids these days are wimps!

Yup, always easier to just rugby tackle someone down from a (small) distance. Less chance of getting punched that way!

[shadowninja]

john_p said:

The Campaign Against Political Correctness

Against? Definitely trolled, then.

[WestYorkie]

BBC said:

We were all banned from playing British Bulldog at my school in the 80s when a friend was tackled, fell on a bag, and ended up with a Thundercat stuck in his head.

Edited by WestYorkie on Thursday 4th September 00:53

[Digby]

This game was banned at our Jr school too in the 70's, so the name was changed (no idea who made up the new name) to cat-spring.I'm not sure how simply changing the name allowed us to continue playing, but it worked.I was regularly one of the last remaining to be caught and even made it through a field of around 25 people once - those whizz kid trainers ruled! I then got tackled and smacked my head into one of the concrete fence posts at the side of the playground and almost cut off the bottom of my ear and that was when they banned cat-spring

Edited by Digby on Thursday 4th September 02:12

[Howitzer]

Poledriver said:

When we played it you had to either lift the person off the ground, or grapple them down TO the ground! Kids these days are wimps!

Gravity Dog

Played at the Warina on roller skates, Bladers versus the world, ahh, happy neck back and shoulder destroying memories.

Also don't forget "Tiggy on the lines" as if someone was in your way, you simply went straight on through.

Dave!

[illmonkey]

Jasandjules said:

illmonkey said:

tennis ball bulldog equally as good!

Is that sort of like Danish Longball?

.. Mind, we used to play Bulldog on concrete, I guess kids don't really think of the consequences.

Not like that, its just bulldog, but you have a tennis ball to get people out.

We used to play on a concrete netball/basket ball layout. The end half circles were safe...

Edited by illmonkey on Thursday 4th September 08:33

[john2443]

Digby said:

This game was banned at our Jr school too in the 70's

...banned mid 60s at my school after someone broke his arm.

Anyone have it banned earlier than that!

John

[rex]

My eldest who is 9 still plays it at school. Thankfully there are still schools who still allow it.

[Sgt Bilko]

It was great fun. Dislocated my hip once. Was still laughing on the way to hospital, though that might have been due to the gas.

[Shaolin]

We used to play it until someone was "seriously" hurt, i.e. couldn't go on, and then we'd stop. Was banned on a regular basis at school, but then the teachers would forget and we'd be off again.

[AndrewTait]

OK, whose playground had bits of fine gravel on it?

Made it all the more painful when hitting the ground, as any resulting cuts got filled with tiny stones.

Great fun though!

[londonbabe]

There's a lovely unintentional cock in the BBC's hopscotch picture too.

[steveo29]

only got banned at my primary in 1994 i think....

was great fun, although we had concrete it did hurt when you got tackled.
but that was part of the fun.