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Chinny reckon...

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Caramellattelady · 23/08/2016 22:47

I have seen that phrase on MN several times since I started lurking around on here, despite never having heard it in real life. But from context and similarity, I guess it means the same as "itchy chin" which we used to say as kids to mean "yeah, right". I'd be willing to bet the accompanying hand gesture was the same too!

It got me thinking cos I'm a loser about other (possibly regional?) differences in sayings or games. One example I always remember cropping up when we were kids is the hide & seek game known either as 40-40 or 50-50 (obviously the 50-50-ers were just wrong..)

I find this kind of thing fascinating and would therefore like to open the MN floor to other examples....anyone?

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Ookmybanana · 23/08/2016 23:10

We had several versions where I spent most of my childhood: Chinny reckon, Jimmy beardy, chin spin (which came with an action of pointing your finger to your chin and doing a loop the loop with your finger away from your body).

YesItsMeIDontCare · 23/08/2016 23:10

Stormina - that was "Acky 123". You had to hit the "Acky Post" and yell "ACKY 123 SAVE ALL" so everyone who'd been found could hide again.

WrappedInABlankie · 23/08/2016 23:11

We had stuck in the mud. Duck duck goose and kurby that was my favourite! 23 and south east here never heard of any of the ones so far Blush

WrappedInABlankie · 23/08/2016 23:11

Fast I think we called that line line, dot dot, electric shock

FastWindow · 23/08/2016 23:12

Ah, elastics! You had to be pally with the one girl in school who owned the elastic though.

'England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales. Inside, outside, inside, ON! '
The width got narrower and the difficulty increased, until the bookends were standing with just one leg in the elastic. Also some twisty moves that Wayne Sleep might have performed. Certainly I'd do a knee in, trying that on now.

glitterwhip · 23/08/2016 23:13

We had one called stuck in the mud ..which was pretty much like tag except when you got caught you had to stand with your arms out stretched and wait for another player to unstick you by running under your arms

Lapinlapin · 23/08/2016 23:13

This brings back memories! Smile

Yes, French elastics with England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales.

And another chase/running game called 'last one in the semis' You had to run from one side of the playground to the other with someone (or maybe several people, can't remember) stood in the middle trying to catch you. A variation on tag I suppose.

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Caramellattelady · 23/08/2016 23:13

Omg fast I'd totally forgotten about the counting thing, we used to do that as well. So elaborate!!

It's extraordinary how far and wide these things spread.

Mid 30s here, and Gloucestershire

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Lapinlapin · 23/08/2016 23:14

Oh, yes stuck in the mud. We had that too - loved it.

SerendipitousFoxley · 23/08/2016 23:15

MEMORIES!

French skipping. "Granny. Smith. Put. Her. Knickers. On. In. Side. Out!" each word punctuated with a jump. Elastic started at the ankles and got higher up to get more challenging. This was about the time we also started wearing black opaque tights with white knee socks over the top, but rolled down so we looked like we had little white doughnuts round our ankles.

Our Chinny Reckon was also followed by "beard". It used to REALLY piss my little brother off!

JenLindley · 23/08/2016 23:15

Did anyone do criss cross apple sauce?

We used to play lots of stop the bus. That's pretty common right?

flumpybear · 23/08/2016 23:15

We played 'what's the time Mr Wolf' which I liked - elastics was great too ... Marbles of course. Both types, those where you need to make a dip in the pavement and the other one where you hit another to claim it

Seem to recall the small ones were onesies or something, the next size up kosher?!

Queenbean · 23/08/2016 23:15

Oh and we had "24 save all" where the person who was "on" had to make their way back to the post to save everyone and not get caught out

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Caramellattelady · 23/08/2016 23:17

...queen but only if the counter had forgotten to say "no fools around me, no saves all" at the end of counting, surely...?

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glitterwhip · 23/08/2016 23:17

Criss cross apple sauce, spiders crawling up your back, tight squeeze gentle breeze...now you've got the shivereeez??

FastWindow · 23/08/2016 23:17

I was southwest at the time, 35 years ago now.

Stick in the mud! Saved by someone diving through your legs though.

Last one in the semis? That's British Buuldog, and pretty much rugby training Grin

JenLindley · 23/08/2016 23:17

Our stuck in the mud had to crawl between your legs to free you.

FastWindow · 23/08/2016 23:18

New breed, the Buuldog. Wink

Nedisabloodydonkey · 23/08/2016 23:18

Itchy chin, Jimmy hill, Chinny reckon and....

Tutankhamen - except it was pronounced Toot-an-car-moooooooooonnnnnnnnn..... With the long chin gesture.

Stuck in the mud is now called sticky toffee I believe.

JenLindley · 23/08/2016 23:18

Yes glitter! Gives me the shivereez just thinking about it Grin

glitterwhip · 23/08/2016 23:19

Bringing back memories this Grin

HoneyBadgers · 23/08/2016 23:19

fast we had British bulldog, I remember it being banned at school cause people would always get over excited and end up injured :D

JenLindley · 23/08/2016 23:20

My DC must be vey dull. They never mention any of these games. It's always just football. Hmm bores!

honeylulu · 23/08/2016 23:21

We used to say "chinny beard " (south Kent). In North Kent they said chinny reckon.
People used too say "Sust!" meaning serves you right.
"Joey Deacon" was an extremely un PC general insult. Cringing to think of it now.

FastWindow · 23/08/2016 23:21

How about the thing with the tennis ball against a wall? 7 of one move, 6 of the next, 5,4,3,2, and then 1 which was so complicated and consisted of pretty much all the previous moves in one?