British Bulldog

[ghoti_mhic_uait]

This is the game where lots of children line up in two lines, then a child from one team runs at the other line with an aim to breaking it. If you break through the line, then you rejoin your team, and your team gets another go. If the line holds firm, you join the other team, and it's their go. Many schools have banned this, and had when we were at school, but I think from anecdotal evidence that it was mainly C of E/other protestant schools that did this, whereas RC schools still allow the game. So, a test:[Poll #271314]

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[kiaransalyn.livejournal.com]

We used to play British Bulldog in the cubs. However, one of our Cub Scout leaders, Steve was a proper sadist, or should that be improper sadist? No matter, the way we played it was to have one person who was the Bulldog and the rest of us had to be caught. The crowd gathered at one end of the Scout Hut and the Bulldog was in the middle, then we would all charge to the other side. The Bulldog had to catch somebody and then he would have a fellow to help assist in the capture of others.

If you're still with me you're probably wondering about the sadism. Simple, the Bulldog was tied up!

Jolly good character building! Oddly all of Steve's 'games' involved violence and bondage. The worse one was..well a story for another time perhaps.

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's more like the version I played, though without the tying up, just rugby-tackling and holding to the ground.

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

That's more like the one I played, too ... sometimes there were advantages to being a large chap who can build up serious inertia when moving ... [grin]

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

There's also plenty of advantages to being small and nippy too (as long as you don't start the game as 'it', or you'll spend your whole time running around and never being able to hang on to anyone long enough to get anyone on your side!).

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

[grin] My sheer bulk occasionally meant that the catchers avoided me as well, as they didn't fancy trying to get in my way once I was moving ...

[emperor]

Yes, that's what I think of as "British Bulldog". We did it at scouts, but it was banned at school

[atreic.livejournal.com]

What, complete with tying up?

Boy am I glad I was in guides....