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That German phrase just has to be the source. Never understood that either, but the meaning fits since it was used to essentially "free" everyone from hiding.

Was "Mairzy Doats" in The Sound of Music? Either that or it's a Disney tune. But either way your mom had it right.

From Wikipedia:

"Mairzy Doats is a novelty song composed in 1943 by Milton Drake, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston. It was first played on radio station, WOR New York, by Al Trace and his Silly Symphonists. The song made the pop charts several times, with a version by the Merry Macs reaching No. 1 in March 1944. In addition to its success on the home front, it was also a hit with American servicemen overseas, who allegedly used its nonsensical lyrics as passwords."

I too had the mairzy doats coonfusion as a child- I have chosen to continue that confusion with my child. It will be a fun thing for her to figure out when she has kids.
I was just told by this same 13 year old daughter that Red Rover is another game that is no longer allowed at school. I can understand why the Catholic school I attended did not allow it ( boys and girls could not play together let alone hold hands) but I am unclear on the reasoning at a public school.

I just rub my head in disgust! Commercialism has sold us a bottle of BS or should I say oversold? Too many germs here, profilactics over there, now birth control pills for middle schools?
They complain about kids being obese and out of shape but who is making them that way? NO more tag? No more running at recess for kids that need to expell such enormous amounts of energy? Kids that need to learn how to sychronize brain and legs and hands and arms? This gnereation does not know how to let nature take its course under good supervision. The teachers don't want or need extra work like being home base for a tag team game. Address the need for more teachers that want to be there and untie their hands. Address the lack of nurses in thsi country. Why is there a shortage? Why do we not let children be children? Afraid they will get hurt? BAH! WE shortchange our kids to svae OURSELVES heartache and the filling out of incident paperwork.
College educations do not give maturity of decision and leadership necessairly. If you don't know yet I feel sorry for you. Butknow this, there must be a balance between the mind and the body. Too much of one or the other is very detrimentle to anyone especially a child that has to follow our directions though in today's world I question the wisdom of fearful directions.
Geeeze and I am out of cafe already...sigh...later peeps.

yao

I do not recall the name of the game, (sounds like a true boomer) but it involved throwing a ball very hard at you to hit you, then you were out of the game. I believe it was dodge ball. I hated it because the ball would hurt. Or I probably needed glasses then and was not sure of the speed. At any rate I thought it was a dangerous game. Would probably be great exercise now.

"This morning while reading a story on how some school districts have banned the playground game "tag" (sigh) I was trying to remember other "dangerous" games we played way back when."

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While you're busy sighing, I'd like to remind you that chances are overwhelming that a 'baby-boomer' made the decision to outlaw that game.
Congratulations guys, another winner from the Me Generation.
Maybe if we equip our children with body armor and helmets we could have your permission to raise our kids in peace and free from your totalitarian, state harrassment?
Fascist dog baby boomers can't retire soon enough to salvage my kids generation.

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