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Larr Pullo 2019-03-07 14:51:03 

When someone tells you to "come fulls" what game are you playing?

 
Bigzinc 2019-03-07 14:54:05 

In reply to Larr Pullo

its easter almost, go fly a kankawa

 
RemainsUnknown 2019-03-07 15:38:52 

In reply to Larr Pullo

When someone tells you to "come fulls" what game are you playing?
Which strip club are you sojourning in Germany bro? It's a dangerous game. careful. lol lol

 
black 2019-03-07 15:50:51 

In reply to Larr Pullo

Never heard of it.

 
Ninetenjack 2019-03-07 15:51:54 

In reply to Larr Pullo

Gamm....come fulls for some tickson
big grin

 
black 2019-03-07 15:55:54 

In reply to Ninetenjack

Tickson or ticksin?

I have heard of ticksin.

 
Ninetenjack 2019-03-07 16:00:59 

In reply to black

Small days playing with Awara or Couru seeds we called thaws...using 3 holes in the dirt:

- The game was called Gamm
- Come fulls meant come for your licks which was,
- using your thaw to strike his thaw away from the last hole, this was the sweetest part we called tickson...ticksin (could be)

 
Bigzinc 2019-03-07 16:02:48 

In reply to Ninetenjack

probably used only in GT...

 
black 2019-03-07 16:02:59 

In reply to Ninetenjack


Small days playing with Awara or Couru seeds we called thaws...using 3 holes in the dirt


Yes, but it's called ticksin.

 
Ninetenjack 2019-03-07 16:06:06 

In reply to Bigzinc

probably used only in GT...


Probably, and when you hit his thaw and yours got stuck in the same place his was and yours spun after we called that a...Sticlely big grin big grin big grin oh Shiite small days big grin

 
black 2019-03-07 16:16:54 

In reply to Ninetenjack

Maybe it's the GT accent. lol

We talking about the same thing.

 
StumpCam 2019-03-07 16:17:17 

In reply to Ninetenjack

Thaw/marbles in ECD lol lol

 
goofballs 2019-03-07 16:18:48 

In reply to StumpCam

BANGA in Berbice!

 
black 2019-03-07 16:19:29 

In reply to StumpCam

Yep.

 
RemainsUnknown 2019-03-07 16:28:02 

In reply to Ninetenjack

I thought Gamm is when you've won the game and then you get to take 'ticksin' until your opponent get Gamm, also.

We called it 'marbles' in Enmore.

How about the term, while playing that game, 'shockin intah, no punch?'

Btw, during a picnic last year at the park, I went back to my car and collected 2 golf balls, dug three holes in the ground and a few of us were playing.

It brought back so many memories of the old days...... doesn't take much to play it at anytime.

then you have some fellas with their 'hyan-steel' marbles.

From my memory, in primary school, I think the pecking order was:

hyan-steel
golf ball
kuru
awara

correct me if i'm wrong....

 
goofballs 2019-03-07 16:52:44 

How about ENTER HOLE?

 
black 2019-03-07 17:03:20 

In reply to goofballs

It's slowly coming back to memory. lol

What was term "jum" used for?

 
SnoopDog 2019-03-07 17:17:17 

In reply to RemainsUnknown

hyan-steel


Was this the big ass ball bearings? lol

Any fella who came to school and waan play marble wid one a dem we would tell he quick time "today nah marble day bannus, abey a play football today". lol

 
goofballs 2019-03-07 17:20:51 

In reply to black

Same thing I think. Or when you get to bang the banga?

Enter hole is such a sweet, sweet thing, I tell ya!
Applies to all of life. smile

 
black 2019-03-07 17:46:25 

In reply to goofballs

lol lol lol

 
nickoutr 2019-03-07 23:31:51 

In reply to Larr Pullo
that is called GAM you play with a thaw
fuss hole second hole last hole GAM

 
Cardiac 2019-03-07 23:59:14 

In reply to nickoutr

Lived near a cane field. My family were the neighborhood grocers. In front of our yard was a large dirt parapet. Every August that would be the neighborhood Gam championship spot. My dad would sponsor prizes (Tastee Snacks, Fanta, Ice cream). It's been years since I've seen anyone playing the game.

 
Larr Pullo 2019-03-08 00:46:03 

What about "Chink-About"? Was that only a GT name or game?

 
nickoutr 2019-03-08 02:19:49 

In reply to Cardiac
this would make it more fun. I remember using candle wax to shine up the thaw

 
nickoutr 2019-03-08 02:21:05 

In reply to Larr Pullo

What about "Chink-About"?

is the game you play with flat washers for rubber bands?

 
Larr Pullo 2019-03-08 08:00:04 

In reply to nickoutr

Yeah with a lead disk that we made ourselves on top of a stove with a bottle top for a mold! 😅😅

 
Runs 2019-03-08 08:34:58 

In reply to nickoutr

Yes, or slate

 
goofballs 2019-03-08 10:05:04 

All I remember is kick seed and enter hole.

 
RemainsUnknown 2019-03-08 10:27:47 

In reply to SnoopDog

hyan-steel


Was this the big ass ball bearings? lol

Any fella who came to school and waan play marble wid one a dem we would tell he quick time "today nah marble day bannus, abey a play football today". lol
yes, indeed.

 
Ninetenjack 2019-03-08 15:43:43 

In reply to nickoutr

is the game you play with flat washers for rubber bands?


Yes, Chink-about we use to play for rubber bands. If you get close and you span with you fingers that was 1 rubber band, if you land on top and there was no space in between his and yours that was 2 rubber bands, and if you hit and could span that was 3...... lol