Nanny State Bans Tag
Nanny State Bans Tag
Nanny State Bans Tag#0
Posted: 10/18/06 at 11:25am
Elementary school bans tag.
http://www.thesunchronicle.com/articles/2006/10/18/features/feature37.txt
re: Nanny State Bans Tag#1
Posted: 10/18/06 at 11:26amWell, some little noses are sensitive to that overly harsh body spray.
re: Nanny State Bans Tag#2
Posted: 10/18/06 at 11:28amYou mean the game? That's been since 2002...
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
re: Nanny State Bans Tag#3
Posted: 10/18/06 at 11:29am
HA!
I initially read this as "Nanny State Bans TANG" and thought of JerseyGirl2 and her au pair from hell.
re: Nanny State Bans Tag#4
Posted: 10/18/06 at 11:30am
YOU'RE IT!
**runs away**
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
re: Nanny State Bans Tag#5
Posted: 10/18/06 at 11:32amI went RIGHT there, blue!!
re: Nanny State Bans Tag#7
Posted: 10/18/06 at 11:33amUmm, that's not base.
re: Nanny State Bans Tag#8
Posted: 10/18/06 at 11:48am
Does that mean you touched my boob, Calvin?
Rath and BR, let it go!
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
re: Nanny State Bans Tag#9
Posted: 10/18/06 at 11:48amNEVAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!
re: Nanny State Bans Tag#10
Posted: 10/18/06 at 12:58pmMy magic stretchy arm was touching base but you can't see it because you are just a mortal!
re: Nanny State Bans Tag#11
Posted: 10/18/06 at 1:11pmMan... for how many years did kids play tag without major incident? And so what if a kid falls and gets hurt. That's what kids do... this is ridiculous.
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
re: Nanny State Bans Tag#12
Posted: 10/18/06 at 1:31pmIt's the age in which we are living. If a kid falls on the playground and breaks a bone, the parents look for someone to sue. Meanwhile, no running means chubbier kids.
re: Nanny State Bans Tag#13
Posted: 10/18/06 at 1:48pm
"Meanwhile, no running means chubbier kids."
I also feel sorry for the teachers. For us, playing tag on the playground meant that we burned a lot of energy. So when we went back into the classroom, the teacher didn't have to deal so much with pent up energy.
re: Nanny State Bans Tag#14
Posted: 10/18/06 at 1:48pmI totally thought this was about the body spray, and I was all prepared to say "Good, that stuff reeks." But alas...
re: Nanny State Bans Tag#15
Posted: 10/18/06 at 1:52pmYeah, but the teachers also get to avoid that funky little boy smell that hit the room around 1:30...lol.
re: Nanny State Bans Tag#16
Posted: 10/18/06 at 2:05pm
We played tag on cement. After hanging upside down on the metal bars over the cement.
re: Nanny State Bans Tag#17
Posted: 10/18/06 at 2:08pmAll our injuries usually came during Red Rover. The linemen-to-be would always go for my spindly little arms.
re: Nanny State Bans Tag#18
Posted: 10/18/06 at 2:09pmI know it's a sign of the times. A very sad sign of the times. Where kids can't be kids because parents will sue. Where all kids have to make it in the team for self-esteem reasons... I could go on.
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
re: Nanny State Bans Tag#19
Posted: 10/18/06 at 2:10pm
I would just let go when they came at me, Calvin.
You've seen me - imagine what sports were like for me as a skinny kid a foot shorter than the rest (yes, I was skinny then - shut it).
re: Nanny State Bans Tag#20
Posted: 10/18/06 at 2:13pmI put what my proportions used to be on the latest Brendan Stryker thread -- 29 waist and 36 inseam. I would always fake a sprained ankle on football days during gym.
re: Nanny State Bans Tag#21
Posted: 10/18/06 at 2:13pmI am reminded of the pageant girls I competed against who were not allowed to play outdoors. Their parents would over cook their food so that it was super soft and their baby teeth would stay in longer. My mom had to put concealer on my knees and elbows. heh Scrapes and scratches are a part of childhood.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/04
re: Nanny State Bans Tag#22
Posted: 10/18/06 at 2:14pmThat is just APPALLING. I mean, first dodgeball, and now tag? TAG???? Good lord. What about msucial chairs? Duck, duck, goose? Ring around the rosie? All of these games seem pretty "dangerous" by these new standards. UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
re: Nanny State Bans Tag#23
Posted: 10/18/06 at 2:15pm
Just another attempt to guarantee that we'll never get injured, never get sick, never grow old and never die.
Delusion born of fear is a terrible thing - and is leading us to the point of not living the lives to which we desperately cling.
re: Nanny State Bans Tag#24
Posted: 10/18/06 at 2:16pmActually, erika, dodgeball was always pretty dangerous!! I HATED it.
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