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absolute_panic OP t1_je5i5cj wrote

Reply to comment by Major_Twang in Dammit! by absolute_panic

It’s an old game where you would make the hand gesture and get the attention of a friend. If they looked at your hand you got to punch them in the arm

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FistCookies t1_je5k4b4 wrote

Below the waist though..

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Tok3n- t1_je5ru7k wrote

If you poke it without them catching your finger, you get to punch them instead.

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FistCookies t1_je5z4zh wrote

Doubt that happened much unless someone in the wild caught your ass ha.. typically you have a target acquired..

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Tok3n- t1_je616pv wrote

Oh, I was fast…you pretend not to see, or use peripheral vision, then snap it in there before they know what’s what.

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FourAM t1_je77axn wrote

Weird, the rules I know were that you have to put your finger through the hole, without touching it, while never breaking eye contact.

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absolute_panic OP t1_je5kgyx wrote

That’s right! I forgot about that bit. It’s been a while lol…

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FistCookies t1_je5l32x wrote

I honestly still play it at 33 years old. I always win because nobody gets it. Just punching everyone..

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AffectionateDraw4416 t1_je66i7a wrote

My son is almost 30 and still plays this with his buddies. Little shit gets me with it now and then too.

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FistCookies t1_je6fkfr wrote

It totally ran wild through my schools years.. it’s like it was imbedded in a core memory ha.

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i_lurvz_poached_eggs t1_je5xkcp wrote

I thought it was below the knee

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FistCookies t1_je5ymaw wrote

Oh mannn.. that’s pretty low.. sounds like playing in chairs or something..

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FistCookies t1_je616yz wrote

You know what.. still below the waist righttt. I’m sure you are correct in a version by all means

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WheelsMan1 t1_je5tgx6 wrote

>Below the waist though..

No dick punches...

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FistCookies t1_je5yw2r wrote

Nah.. hold the circle below the waist inconspicuously

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FourAM t1_je77k69 wrote

Yeah this was literally in the rules. Its so you can’t just throw it in someone’s face and then punch ‘em

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DarkLordKefka t1_je73d4i wrote

Oh. I remember that game. Had always known it as Newfoundland Tennis.

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P12oooF t1_je60xte wrote

Its called upside down white power symbol....

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