4. KICKBALL
"dfosterf" wrote:
I have never actually played that, nor has anyone over here. Seems kinda weird as everyone is into soccer.
Sound like alot of fun though. I'll fly over to the States once and we'll have a big pick-up basketball/baseball/kickball game. :p
"djcubez" wrote:
It's baseball except you use a rubber ball instead of a baseball, you roll it on the ground instead of throwing it, and you kick it instead of hitting it with a bat. Everything else is pretty much the same. Also, to get someone out you can chuck the ball at them along the baselines.
"Rockmolder" wrote:
The first thing that comes to mind is the Rock having to explain this to his classmates. The second thing is a sport that is (I believe) not only unique to Wisconsin, but probably unique to Madison, and probably something that few, if any have seen. In my neighborhood in Madison, these guys would race full size automobiles down a hill. No big deal, you are probably thinking. The cars had no engines. Still no big deal... as mentioned, they were racing down a hill. Here is where it gets a little interesting. The cars had plywood bodies, instead of metal ones. (The steering, suspensions, tires, frames were as original). They would start at the top of the hill, my memory was approximately five-wide, and ist to bottom wins. Now, if you are thinking soap-box derby, you don't fully appreciate how just not right us folks from Wisconsin truly are. You see, the hill was in the friggin' woods. These guys HAD to have plywood bodies on their cars, due to the constant head-on collisions with trees due to the absolute inability to "give-way" while hurtling down the hill, neck-and-neck, with their fellow red-neck. I distinctly recall the impact against a tree sounding much like a small explosion, and it sure looked like one. As stated, we ain't right where I come from. :thumbleft:
"djcubez" wrote: