Right here. A pretty fun list!
He’s short and chubby. His parents are dorky and they dress him funny. You really think he could make it through the day without experiencing one of these?
I have to hand it to the person who thought of “nuggeting” though. I aspire to try that one myself now. Watch out Cool Dad!
(Thanks to Rachel for asking about Indian burns: the victim’s forearm is grasped firmly in both hands, then the hands are twisted in opposite directions around the victim’s arm, causing friction burns. =)
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Hey first time here…nice place! I heard about you from Tam (inProgress) and thought I would check you out!
My husband and father-in-law call Indian burns “Indian Sunsets”. I never understood it really, but…anyway..
I might try and join your Mon chat..
Great find, CM! I love how the pranks and their silly names are explained in such an academic manner.
Mooning: is displaying one’s bared buttocks to someone, so-called because the buttocks are generally not suntanned, so resembles a full moon.
Too bad discussion about suntanned buttocks is a little crass even for this blog. That would be funny.
ive decided i highly dislike bullys and might beat one up the next time i see one.
ill let you know!
my kids are doomed! oh well, at least we won’t give them indian burns at home….snapping and noogies are a whole nother matter!
what about the tried and true “cherry belly?” didn’t yall have those?? didnt make the list… maybe that was just in the 80′s…
A google search won’t even tell me what a “cherry belly” is. Anyone care to explain?
tam – great way to go on the offensives!
sarah – i have yet to give the boy his first noogie. that will be a Kodak moment.
hambricks & reese – i imagine that a cherry belly involves lifting your victim’s shirt and slapping his/her belly until it turns cherry red?
Now on this subject, I am somewhat of an expert. The “hood” I grew up in was divided into two “gangs.” One made up by the older kids and one of the younger kids – about 3-5 years difference. The older kids often used such tactics on …the um… other kids, yeah, the others.
A cherry belly, or as we called it – red belly, “is the repeated slapping of the victim’s bare stomach in order to redden it and cause moderate discomfort.”
I also missed the “milkshake” and that’s a shame. The milkshake is the placement of the victim’s head between then legs of the perpetrator, just above the knees, followed by vigorous hopping. This causes the victim’s ears to be RUBBED OFF!
Reese – hope that helps!
CM…somehow I knew you guys would arrive at the same Wiki entry that I went to after I asked my question. I kinda figured it out afterward. haha
Yeah. Kids can be cruel. =)
Thanks for explaining Brad Lee, I don’t think we had that one around here growing up.
your town probably had a lot more lawyers than Brad’s.