Schoolbugs

[Radiored]

Ony o you auld buggers ever play 'schoolbugs? ... or 'schoolbags' if ye were at a mair posh school than Powis? 

Rules: ye put yer 'schoolbug' .... or coat/jersey doon ..... as other players would .... kinda evenly spaced in a smallish play area. Ye kicked the baa aboot lookin' tae strike a 'schoolbug' ither than yer ain.

Ye each got 3 'lifies' .... and if yer 'schoolbug' got hit, ye lost a 'lifie'
If ye lost yer 3rd 'lifie' ye got a 'free pop' ... ie. ye could tak a shot fae the front o' yer ain 'schoolbug' and hope tae hit anither player's 'schoolbug' ..... miss? yer oot. hit? yer back on a 'doggies' ..... so, next time yer 'schoolbug' gets hit .. yer oot! .... and the remainin' players play on til one prevails.

It was always a heap o' fun .... but Ah'm thinkin .... Wid it nae be a good fun if, rether than the beaks coont yella cards, onybody wi two or mair yella cards can play 'schoolbugs' wi' the aim o' reducin' their coont? 

Let's say ye play in 4s .... winner reduces yella card coot by 2 .... runner up, by 1.
A ref (obviously a neutral unbiased one ... stop laughin'! ) will oversee .... so ony yella card offences ... or even reds! .... get added tae a players tally! 

Widna draa a crowd, but good telly maybe every six wikks

Fit's yer thochts?

[Nellie The Don]

On 08/05/2026 at 01:06, Radiored said:

Ony o you auld buggers ever play 'schoolbugs?

Naw