Barney & Clyde by Gene Weingarten; Dan Weingarten & David Clark for February 18, 2021

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    some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member over 3 years ago

    I feel the name is pretty much the entire ruleset.

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    dsatvoinde Premium Member over 3 years ago

    It’s hide and seek with a twist. One person can free all the captives just by running up and kicking the can (preferably far enough from base) so they can all go hide again before the person who is “it” can grab said can, return to base, and call “One, two, three on (insert name)”. We played for hours sometimes….this was, of course, before the internet, ubiquitous cable, and equally ubiquitous video games, mind you.

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    RussHeim  over 3 years ago

    There’s also Australian rules Kick the Can which, as with all Australian rules sports, is somewhat, um, rougher.

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    e.groves  over 3 years ago

    There is a Twilight Zone episode about playing that game to stay young.

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    John9  over 3 years ago

    I’m sorry, accidentally downloaded “kick the bucket” rules sir.

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    uniquename  over 3 years ago

    It can be the secret to staying young as long as you don’t confuse Kick the Can with Kick the Bucket.

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    Ubermick  over 3 years ago

    Kick the Can (Irish flavour) – one kid was “it” and the others would hide, and the can would be placed somewhere out in the open. Whoever was “it” had to find the hidden kids – once one was found, whoever was “it” had to get back to the can, pick it up, and bang it on the ground a few times announcing they had found “whoever,” who was now out of the game. Meanwhile, all the other kids’ jobs were to try and make it to the can without being spotted, and if you kicked the can off it’s spot without “it” registering you, you won. (Basically it would always boil down to a footrace to see who could get to the can first. I remember a kid got a broken wrist when they were it, and got to to the can at the exact same time a boot was swinging towards it…)

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    Cactus-Pete  over 3 years ago

    Uh, bars indicate signal strength, not bandwidth.

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    paullp Premium Member over 3 years ago

    “Acting young ain’t what keeps you young . . . but if you have some memories — some good memories — of when you were young, that’s what keeps you young.”

    — Ralph Kramden on The Honeymooners episode, Young at Heart

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