British bulldogs

Seloth

Anyone remember playing this in Primary school,Have such fun memorys of it

It got band in my school once because the tarmac on the playground was full off holes and people kept falling((The class crybabey fell over 2-3 times and tbh at the time it was effin hilariouse)).But after they banned it we still played it and a teach came out askign what we were doing when one boy responded "Were playing Jimmity Cricket miss" :P,so we said that for a while till our new school next door was built..moved in there and was allowed play it officaly again.

Another time a guy was just aobut the reach the line and comicaly said "I'm gonna make it" then suddenly snagged with the dreaded "1-2-3-4 British bulldogs"

Anyone else have fun storys of it?

Biggins

Wot? Who? Eh???

MistyCheese

I have no idea what you're talking about.

starbelgrade

Must be a Cork thing.

Midnight_EG

Bulldogs run for us Dubliners (Y)

bonerm

What came to my mind was a wrestling tag-team from the 1980's.

One is dead now and the other is wheelchair bound. The glamour of the WWF!

alwaysadub

We didn't use the plural-it was British Bulldog.

Have no funny stories bout it, cos we played it properly, with no cry babies.

PirateShampoo

Used to play this in school in Wales all the time until they banned it.

Its called Red Rover over here though.

df1985

just called bulldog round where i live, if its the same game that i think you're on about.

kerbs and manhunt were my favourite childhood games though!

starbelgrade

Seloth wrote: »

Another time a guy was just aobut the reach the line and comicaly said "I'm gonna make it" then suddenly snagged with the dreaded "1-2-3-4 British bulldogs"

Anyone else have fun storys of it?

This one time, at band camp...

Biggins

Still don't have a flippin' clue!

Seloth

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_bulldogs_(game)


You knw theres two sides,each are bar/safe and in the middle it starts off with one or more on andthey try and catch you by saying "1-2-3-4-British bulldogs" and if that happens your on with them!

I know its not just a cork thing becuase I talked to peeps from other countys about it

Duggy747

Used to play this in our school, too. Crazy amount of us and serious damage (I think a few people lost some teeth )

Ah............memories *sniff*

MaybeLogic

Seloth wrote: »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_bulldogs_(game)


You knw theres two sides,each are bar/safe and in the middle it starts off with one or more on andthey try and catch you by saying "1-2-3-4-British bulldogs" and if that happens your on with them!

I know its not just a cork thing becuase I talked to peeps from other countys about it

We played it in Dundalk too, but I always thought it we called 'British Bulldogs 1-2-3'.

El Weirdo

I'm off to Spell Czechs.

Duggy747

Anyone ever remember the IRA game?

Biggins

Duggy747 wrote: »

Anyone ever remember the IRA game?

No but I remember Harry's Game!
Does that count?
(Oldies will understand )

MaybeLogic

Biggins wrote: »

No but I remember Harry's Game!
Does that count?

Not forgetting 'The Crying Game'.

Biggins

MaybeLogic wrote: »

Not forgetting 'The Crying Game'.

Yep, same territory too.

MaybeLogic

Biggins wrote: »

Yep, same territory too.

...with a bit of transgender love thrown in.

Duggy747

"Squash" was always a classic.

6 people on a bench crushing the person against the wall, a 7th person charges in to squash everyone, 5 people jump up and the person against the wall gets destroyed!

A fella lost his front tooth that way, back before the days of sueing people at the drop of a hat!

ejmaztec

PirateShampoo wrote: »

Used to play this in school in Wales all the time until they banned it.

Its called Red Rover over here though.

Was it banned in Wales after some sheep complained?

I played it in England, and for some reason it was called British Bulldog, which was a bit odd because there weren't many British people involved.

GirlatdRockShow

i vaguely remember playing this is school one day and my friend's skirt flying up in the air during it:P

ejmaztec

GirlatdRockShow wrote: »

i vaguely remember playing this is school one day and my friend's skirt flying up in the air during it:P

Wasn't that "Hunt the sausage"?

--LOS--

S'ok OP, I know what you're talking about, but we called it IRISH bulldogs!

partyatmygaff

Used to play that all the time back in primary school until it got banned when two people (And a teacher!) almost got trampled.
:pac:

Seloth

I can remember wondering why we didnt call it,but then I heard one one school that did..so that makes it two schools

honeybadger

shout bulldogs and ye could all run together and shout bulldog and ya did a solo run on your own ya wud be fit back then haha

brianthebard

PirateShampoo wrote: »

Used to play this in school in Wales all the time until they banned it.

Its called Red Rover over here though.

Ooooooooh.....


This doesn't deserve a thread.

--LOS--

does anyone remember hopscotch and skipping, back in the day :pac:

goose2005

We called it "polio", for some reason. Maybe a relic from the 1950s when children made fun of the kids with polio who couldn't play. Ah, them were the days.

Forest Master

Yeah, I played this game. Loved it. But we used to call it Bulldoggy Doo Da.

Capt'n Midnight

PirateShampoo wrote: »

Used to play this in school in Wales all the time until they banned it.

Its called Red Rover over here though.

'Red Rover, Red Rover we call YourName over'

TanG411

Bulldog and Rugby Tackles is instant fun.

Queen-Mise

I loved this game so much. Was always one of last to get caught. Have no idea what we used to call it though. Cant remember serious injuries either from it.

Used to also play to squashing game too. Great fun.

I also used to love the different ball games. Bounce of wall seven times...

--LOS--

goose2005 wrote: »

We called it "polio", for some reason. Maybe a relic from the 1950s when children made fun of the kids with polio who couldn't play. Ah, them were the days.

polio, that sounds familiar, that's a different game though no?