Silly Sports - i used to play

We played tackle football on the beach last saturday. it sure was fun, girls tackling guys, guys dropping their shoulders into girls... well, the game almost didn't happen b/c no one brought a football. luckily tanya saved us.

but, That reminded me of the times in junior high when the twins Nick and Ted would come over after school and we would play a form of football w/ a round ball. We called it Cyber Ball; because it looked a lot like this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOMAy0A3yZQ but with a pink, squishy pool ball and a large trampoline in the middle of the field that was by no means off limits to receivers.

Innertube waterpolo - its like real water polo, but all the dirty stuff like kicking, punching or giving titty twisters that usually happens underwater in the normal sport occurs in stealth when the poorly paid BYU referees were flirting. My little sister the mutant and i won 2 intramural golds for this sport. She is tough.

Brawl - 2.0 calls this watermelon football. The crusaders simplified its name by the battle cry at the beginning of each point "braaaaaaawl." The purpose of the game is to push the watermelon to the othe side of the pool before the other team does. there are no rules except that if the Brawler holding the duct taped watermelon is still under water AND has not yet released the watermelon you should let them up for air... AND then pry the watermelon form their fingers. Injuries include Brother Atom having popped his eardrum, Callipygian getting kicked in the face that required stitches and 1 awesome city member pledging never to step foot into a pool with a crusader or watermelon ever again.

my house growing up was on a 2.5 mile rectangle block. there were only 5 houses on it and no houses across the street for 4 straight miles. i didnt have many friends to play ball wth, so i spent a majority of my time completing 1st down passes to the trees in our orchard and pitching a perfect game to the duct tape strike zone on our garage door. when i learned how to jump i played Roof Ball (which, to my surprise, the internet tells me i am not the only one).

All shots must hit the roof, return across the gutter(sides of roof are out), and be hit before the ball contacts the ground. Of course, i would play Right hand versus Left hand because there was no one else to play with. Usually the right hand one, but i did develop a certain animosity towards the Left Hand during it's 6 game winning streak in '91.