That's a fact. We had all these...
Boy Scout Knife
And we weren't even Boy Scouts.
We were too young, about Eight when we'd all get them.
(Been carrying a knife ever since.)
Posted on 12/03/2008 9:27:07 AM PST by Lucky9teen
We’re not paying for anything (unless you’re a visitor or member). The Strong National Museum is a private organization.
It’s a private Musuem. You’re not paying for it unless you pay to visit.
Sticks and stones
May break my bones
But words will never hurt me.
Oh....... wait a minute....... that makes all hate crime laws look less than childish. Uh ........... "Never Mind".
That's a fact. We had all these...
Boy Scout Knife
And we weren't even Boy Scouts.
We were too young, about Eight when we'd all get them.
(Been carrying a knife ever since.)
Oh really? So what does the below mean, taken from the "Play" website?
Strong is the only museum in the world dedicated solely to the study of play as it illuminates American culture. As an independent, 501-c-3, educational organization chartered by the New York State Board of Regents, the museum explores play because it is critical to learning and human development and offers a unique window into American culture. Understanding play helps people know who they are and what they value.
To these and other users, the museum offers engaging exhibit experiences, fun-filled educational programs, exciting guest amenities, annual memberships, standards-based school lessons, teacher development opportunities, an innovative preschool, a circulating library, a research library and archives, scholarly publications, and more.
The largest percentage of the museum's financial support comes from the philanthropy of Margaret Woodbury Strong. However, the museum also depends upon grants and contributions from corporations, foundations, individuals, and government, plus revenue from admissions, membership, retail operations, and investments.
"Standards based...lessons, teacher development opportunities, innovative preschools and a circulating libraries" aren't cheap and they've got government written ALL over them. If you're going to act like you know what you're talking about do some research first.
I received a pen knife as a reward for perfect attendance in Kindergarten ('73 from a private Christian school). I bet that don't happen any more.
My youngest one’s favorite plaything has always been sticks. He actually collects them though I had to put my foot down about letting him keep them in the house.
He loves knights and the middle ages, so the sticks all become swords to fight other knights and dragoons (aka the trees the sticks fall off of) :-)
Well *maybe* in a few Private Schools (down South or in the West), but for sure not in any Public School.
with your reference to "mumbly pegs," i think you just dated yourself. my father and grandfather used to talk about playing that game.
i've tried playing it a few times, but chickened out when the blade came too close to my toes. (i trust my knife-throwing skills -but definitely not the other guys' skill.
That isn't mumbly peg.
Mumbly peg has to be played with a two bladed knife.
You flip the knife, like flipping a coin, and get points for which blade, if any, stickes in the ground and what reference to the ground it ends up at, vertical, horizontal, etc.
The game you're thinking about we called chicken. I still have the scar on my ankle where the knife stuck in.
I’m 45 and still haven’t given up the notion that a stick makes a great gun.
Actually all that stuff is standard 501-C-3 non-profit type (C3 is the educational classification so “lessons” and “teacher development opportunities” and “circulating libraries” are standard fair). And it’s as expensive or as cheap as you make it. I work with a C3 it’s a sci-fi convention, we do a little outreach stuff with the library and all that other stuff is just ways of looking at normal panels. C3’s are the most common of the NPO designations and include pretty much every museum in the country, and yes some do get government grants, but they’re still by and large funded through members and visitors.
“Boy Scout Knife
And we weren’t even Boy Scouts.
We were too young, about Eight when we’d all get them.
(Been carrying a knife ever since.) “
Imagine my surprise, first couple of Cub Scout meetings, finding out that my pocket knife (carried since about 6 years old) was verboten until Weblos! That “Toten Chip” (knife and hatchet) was the FIRST priority!
Carried that scout knife for a bunch of years, then, mmmmmm lock-backs!
Would “almost” rather buy an nifty new blade than a firearm...almost.
Cheers,
Stay alert
I had one of those!!!
“”mumbly peg (toe-knee-chest-nut)”
with your reference to “mumbly pegs,” i think you just dated yourself. my father and grandfather used to talk about playing that game.
i’ve tried playing it a few times, but chickened out when the blade came too close to my toes. (i trust my knife-throwing skills -but definitely not the other guys’ skill.”
My dad taught me, along with throwing at target in the den. Understand the concern for one’s toes. We usually played with small single bladed folders (magic opener was a favorite, one had to know the “secret” to get it open), or pencils when rumor control had the school constabulary “cracking down.” As long as we weren’t playing with a Buck General, or a KaBar, it was pretty safe...
Cheers,
Stay alert
That will go into the Rock & Roll hall of Fame.
I guess I’ll have to take your word for it. (or do my own darn research)
Happy FReeping!
I just couldn’t leave it be.
From a yahoo answers search....
A Summer’s day, a shady nook, a close-cropped green sod, two or three boys, and a jack-knife are the things necessary for a quiet game of Mumbly Peg [or mumbley peg, mumblety peg, mumble peg, mumble-the-peg, mumbypeg, or mumble de peg].
The first player takes the knife and goes through as much of the game as he can without a blunder. The second follows in turn, doing the same. The last one to perform all of the difficult feats is beaten, and must pull a peg, two inches long, from the ground with his teeth. The winner drives the peg with the knife-handle for a hammer, being allowed, by the rules of the game, three blows with his eyes open, and three with his eyes closed.
This usually drives the peg out of sight in the sod, and in that case the boys cry:
“Root! Root!”
as the defeated player, using only his teeth, literally roots, until, with a dirty face and a broad grin, he lifts his head, showing the peg between his teeth. From the penalty that the loser pays comes the name of Mumbly or Mumbelty-Peg.
The Feats
First: Hold the right fist with back to the ground and with the jack-knife, with blade pointing to the right, resting on top of the closed fingers (Fig. 282). The hand is swung to the right, up and over, describing a semicircle, so that the knife falls point downward and sticks, or should stick, upright in the ground (Fig. 283). If there is room to slip two fingers, one above the other, beneath the handle of the knife and if the point of the knife is hidden in the ground, it counts as a fair stick or throw.
Second: The next motion is the same as the one just described, but is performed with the left hand.
Third: Take the point of the blade between the first and second fingers of the right hand, and fillip it with a jerk so that the knife turns once around in the air and strikes the point into the ground (Fig. 284).
Fig. 284.
Third Feat.
Fourth: Do the same with the left hand.
Fifth: Hold the knife as in the third and fourth positions, and bring the arm across the chest so that the knife-handle touches the left ear. Take hold of the right ear with the left hand and fillip the knife so that it turns once or twice in the air and strikes on its point in the earth (Fig. 285).
Fig. 285.
Fifth Feat.
Sixth: Do the same with the left hand.
Seventh: Still holding the knife in the same manner, bring the handle up to the nose and fillip it over through the air, so that it will stick in the ground (Fig. 286).
Fig. 286.
Seventh Feat.
Eighth: Do the same with the handle at the right eye.
Ninth: Repeat, with the handle at the left eye.
Tenth: Place the point of the blade on top of the head. Hold it in place with the forefinger, and with downward push send it whirling down to the earth, where it must stick with the point of blade in the earth (Fig. 287).
Fig. 287
Tenth Feat.
Eleventh to Fifteenth: Hold the left hand with the fingers pointing up, and, beginning with the thumb, place the point of the knife on each finger as described above, and the forefinger of the forefinger of the right hand on the end of the knife handle. By a downward motion, throw the knife revolving through the air, so that it will alight with the point of the blade in the sod (Fig. 288).
Fig. 288.
Eleventh Feat.
Sixteenth to Twentieth: Repeat, with the right hand up the left hand on the knife-handle.
Twenty-first, Twenty-second: the same from each knee.
Twenty-third: Hold the point of the blade between the first and second fingers and, placing the band on the forehead, flip the knife back over the head, so that it will stick in the ground behind the player ready for the next motion (Fig. 289; dotted lines show flight of knife).
Fig. 289.
Twenty-Third Feat.
Twenty-fourth: After twenty-three the knife is left in the ground. Then with the palm of the hand strike the knife handle a smart blow that will send it revolving over the ground for a yard, more or less, and cause it to stick in the ground where it stops. This is called “plowing the field “ (Fig. 290; dotted lines show flight of knife).
Fig. 290.
Plowing the Field.
When a miss is made the next player takes his turn, and when the first player’s turn comes again he must try the feat over that he failed to perform last. A good player will sometimes go through almost all the twenty-four motions without failing to make a “ two-finger,” that is, a fair stick, each time; but it is very unusual for anyone to run the game out in one inning. This is the game in twenty-four motions; many boys play it with double that number.
6 days ago
Source(s):
http://www.inquiry.net/outdoor/games/bea...
Cheers!
that was definitely a more intricate explanation detailing the rules of mumbly-peg than my grandfather provided. thanks!
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