Turn the Terrible Tank!
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From: Ollie Sandcastle on 2 Dec 2005 19:17 I used to possess this...what it was, it was this motorised tank with a scary revolving "nose" and it traversed a bridge, and at each end of the bridge you had these "bases" [all your bases are mine etc whatever], and from each base could be propelled ball bearings. There was an "effort" at the bottom of the tank which kept on appearing and disappearing, and if the effort was "down" at the time, then if a ball-bearing hit it, then the tank would turn around and go toward the opponent's base. Anyway the point of all this is that sometimes I would spice it up a bit and place my dirty handkerchief over the tank, so that the game was now more accurately "Turn the Terrible Snotrag". And this truly happened. OTS
From: Eleonore Beaudoin on 3 Dec 2005 00:58 "Ollie Sandcastle" (nothing(a)omegapoint.com) writes: > I used to possess this...what it was, it was this motorised tank with a > scary revolving "nose" and it traversed a bridge, and at each end of the > bridge you had these "bases" [all your bases are mine etc whatever], and > from each base could be propelled ball bearings. There was an "effort" at > the bottom of the tank which kept on appearing and disappearing, and if the > effort was "down" at the time, then if a ball-bearing hit it, then the tank > would turn around and go toward the opponent's base. > > Anyway the point of all this is that sometimes I would spice it up a bit and > place my dirty handkerchief over the tank, so that the game was now more > accurately "Turn the Terrible Snotrag". > > And this truly happened. > > OTS > > Hehehehe, I could actually just see you at it:) Thanks for the giggles:)
From: Sklenge on 3 Dec 2005 06:48 Ollie Sandcastle on 03/12/2005 1:17 am wrote: > I used to possess this...what it was, it was this motorised tank with a > scary revolving "nose" and it traversed a bridge, and at each end of the > bridge you had these "bases" [all your bases are mine etc whatever], and > from each base could be propelled ball bearings. There was an "effort" at > the bottom of the tank which kept on appearing and disappearing, and if the > effort was "down" at the time, then if a ball-bearing hit it, then the tank > would turn around and go toward the opponent's base. > > Anyway the point of all this is that sometimes I would spice it up a bit and > place my dirty handkerchief over the tank, so that the game was now more > accurately "Turn the Terrible Snotrag". > > And this truly happened. > > OTS > > We only have your word for this of course, I choose to believe you. We never had anything so fancy. We had Monopoly and poked up with it. Actually, that's a lie. We also had a game called "slapstick" which is just exactly the kind of game you want to get your kids if you want them to be smacking each other hard with whippy plastic paddles for the sheer fun of it... ....I think I'll buy this game for all the neighbourhood kids this Christmas. -- Sklenge
From: paneon on 3 Dec 2005 08:09 > > I used to possess this...what it was, it was this motorised tank with a > > scary revolving "nose" and it traversed a bridge, and at each end of the > > bridge you had these "bases" [all your bases are mine etc whatever], and > > from each base could be propelled ball bearings. There was an "effort" at > > the bottom of the tank which kept on appearing and disappearing, and if the > > effort was "down" at the time, then if a ball-bearing hit it, then the tank > > would turn around and go toward the opponent's base. > > > > Anyway the point of all this is that sometimes I would spice it up a bit and > > place my dirty handkerchief over the tank, so that the game was now more > > accurately "Turn the Terrible Snotrag". > > > > And this truly happened. > > > > OTS > > > > > > We only have your word for this of course, I choose to believe you. > > > We never had anything so fancy. We had Monopoly and poked up with it. Monopoly! We thought Monopoly was for rich people in my family! We had Squatter. It's a 1960's Australian boardgame where you buy and sell sheep-stations. And then buy sheep to put on the sheep-stations. And then buy stud-rams to... uh... get stud fees from other players. It was awesome, though not as awesome as Monopoly. Not that I'm able to compare, being Monopoly deprived and all... ;-) http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/2970 (-paneon)
From: Sklenge on 3 Dec 2005 08:37
>>> sometimes I would spice it up a bit and >>> place my dirty handkerchief over the tank, so that the game was now more >>> accurately "Turn the Terrible Snotrag". >>> >>> And this truly happened. >> >> We only have your word for this of course, I choose to believe you. >> We never had anything so fancy. We had Monopoly and poked up with it. > > Monopoly! We thought Monopoly was for rich people in my family! Really? Shows how wrong you were. > We had Squatter. It's a 1960's Australian boardgame where you buy and sell > sheep-stations. And then buy sheep to put on the sheep-stations. And then > buy stud-rams to... uh... get stud fees from other players. It was awesome, > though not as awesome as Monopoly. Not that I'm able to compare, being > Monopoly deprived and all... ;-) > > http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/2970 > > (-paneon) > LOL!!! http://www.bggfiles.com/bggimages/pic96051.jpg "Jet sheep"? I have images of flying sheep buzzing round my mind now. That's a really special game! Were you able to improvise with that game? Either with snot rags or mutilating your siblings and/or friends [if any] with paddles? -- Sklenge |