American/Yankee Roulette
I think I came up with it in Junior High (so like 1987) when a group of my friends and I were walking down the street and goofing off. Pushing around is fairly common around boys that age – I guess and so we would. I came up with the idea that when walking 3 or 4 abreast down the sidewalk, there wasn’t always room. Occasionally a pole, person, etc. would come along and no one wanted to be stuck walking ahead or behind.
So a re-arrangement was in order. Shoving sometimes ensued.
But why not make a game out of it? Why not – when the need to shift came up – not have the “inside” guys push the guy closest to the curb towards whatever happened to be just off the curb. Perhaps that would be a car. Some cars have alarms. Alarm rings = that kid looses. Alarm doesn’t ring = kid wins and moves to the inside.
Repitition.
Thing is, I am usually the one who comes up with these ideas, but I’m usually the furthest from being the type to do something like this. I’m not a kid (or adult) who’d really want to set off some poor soul’s car alarm.
That’s why I’ll just write about it.