Cicada's, elastics and other ghastly pursuits
November 17th 2010 19:53
While musing over the highlights of our collective 24 hours, Mrs Nice Guy just happened to mention a group of boys who had turned up to school all with cicada coccoons attached to their shirts . . . badges of honour if you will following an afternoon crusade among the eucalypts.
If the mere thought of boys once again choosing the great outdoors rather than a computer screen to challenge themselves as they tussled with "Green Grocers", "Yellow Monday's" and "Brown Baker's" wasn't enough it was almost too much to hear that their young female co-horts had been spied playing 'elastics' in the school quad at recess and lunch!
For those orblers who may not be aware - elastics ranks right up with their group skipping, handball and chasings as staple pastimes from ye olde worlde days . . . which probably had less chance of making a comeback to an eight or nine year old than a black and white television.
. . . and just like an old valve radio there was a glimmer of hope in my own mind at least - that perhaps, just perhaps the adage everything that is old is in fact new again.
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