Lore and language

[ladyofastolat]

When you were a child, what was the main method you used to decide who was "it" in a game? Just curious...

(Will add mine when not typing laboriously on a phone.)

Comments

[philmophlegm]

Since nobody's mentioned this one, I'll add it to the list:

Ibble obble
chocolate bobble
ibble obble out
O-U-T spells out.

[ladyofastolat]

We said "Ibble obble, black bobble, ibble obble out." Though I'd completely forgotten about that one until I read your comment.

[segh]

Oh goodness, so did we!
I was never in any doubt about what a tinker was. I think we still had a few around the Old Kent Road.

[king_pellinor]

You all stand round in a circle with your feet apart. A tennis ball is thrown in the middle, and you have to keep it away from your feet using only fists. If it goes between your feet you're out; last one in wins.

I think there was a variation in which you stood with both feet in the circle until one was hit, and which point you shifted so one was in the circle and the other one out; you weren't out until they both went.