CB's Question of the Day

[cabenson]

What was your favorite outdoor game as a child?

My answer: Lawn darts (my eye!) and a game we made up called "Butt Beater" which was similar to tag but involved a wiffleball bat.

Comments

[lostingeekdom.livejournal.com]

The outdoor games were seasonal. We played cricket pretty much round the year except during the monsoons, when we were restricted to indoor games.
There was also 'Gilli-Danda', a very simple but old game, reputed to have been played even during mythological times. Fun, but if you're not careful, it can take your eye out. And just after the monsoon season, around October-November, when the winds were good, we'd be flying kites. Kite battles are entertaining. I even learned to make my own kites.

[cabenson.livejournal.com]

We played with crickets...does that count? I bought a XENA kite a few years back...maybe I should try flying it.

[lostingeekdom.livejournal.com]

How do you play with crickets? And yeah, dust off the Xena kite, and add some of the glass coated strings .. and she'll kick ass at the kite battles.