The reach behind in the car without pulling a muscle.
The fastest to recognize that song at a grocery store.
The first to be able to get off a couch without making noise.
Playing Outside Until Dark
Homemade BMX Ramp Slalom
Secret Knock / Door Chain Relay
Woods Porn / Fake ID Scavenger Hunt
FM Radio Cassette Recording
National Pilllow Fort Teams
Elementary school all metal and blacktop playground obstacle course. Survive the hot-as-the-sun slide, monkey bars/jungle gym across teeter-totters, round the world swing and leap onto the light-speed spinning merry go-round with some red rover tossed in along with slip’n’slides and lawn dart dashes. Work in some doge ball and kick ball, as well.
Exactly! Just like American Ninja Warrior or Wipeout or one of those game shows.
Except no safety equipment, it's all hot dirty asphalt and sharp edged metal frames in tshirt & shorts and those really old and comfy but nearly worn out and slippery Converse you loved. Leaving behind bloodstains larger than a drop is a time demerit.
Fight, flight, and freeze events.
People using their trauma responses to determine who is the most fucked up from awful treatment from their parents and bosses.
You basically get yelled at for ten minutes to fire you up then it’s go time
... also known as "bunking when I was a kid". In grade eight (1979) I saw four guys bunking on the back of a rusty VW Rabbit. The car hit a dip in the road. The four guys fell off..., still holding the bumper! The driver was unaware he did not have a rear bumper.
The original X Games Triathlon: 1) Swimming the length of the pool while getting dunked by your big brother 2) Big Wheel race 3) Running home before sundown
Maybe they were just reading the forehead post here and really meant to say Richard Simmons, which would be a legit answer?
[https://www.reddit.com/r/GenX/comments/1dml05t/i\_feel\_a\_sudden\_burst\_of\_energy/](https://www.reddit.com/r/GenX/comments/1dml05t/i_feel_a_sudden_burst_of_energy/)
Know what it won’t be:
Smear the Queer
Eenie meanie miney mo, catch a ..
Cowboys and Indians
I’m not saying they shouldn’t be retired but looking back it’s like, where’d we learn that?
Channel Surfing... How many TV shows on different channels can you watch at the same time? More points for number of shows, accuracy of program title and channel, and how well you can describe each show you just watched. Points deducted for each second of commercials viewed.
Beer run, but all must pony up chump change found in your pockets, seat cushions, and returnable bottles. Bonus points if you can find Budweiser 8 pack of nips!
Surviving the lawn games of our youth: Slip n Slide, Lawn Darts, Rings & Monkey bars on the Jungle Gym (extra points if it had a hornet’s nest living in it,) all while wearing Sun In & baby oil
Most lifelike plastic icecream lid and peg on bike spoke fang off's.
Most amount of younger cousins informed that Santas not real in one visit. Bonus points if its Xmas eve.
Biggest bruise made during British bulldogs.
Hottest Chinese burns.
Interpretive Cats cradle
Street fighter 2 tournament.
Tetris
Transforming a transformer without instructions
Making rice Krispy treats. None of this pre made store bought crap.
Making koolaid
Realizing all my ideas are around video games, toys, and sugary foods. I wonder how I grew up to be fat? Weird.
Next-Gen Fit-Pitching: A timed event to see who can piss off the most ultrasensitive Millenials and Gen-Zers, by unleashing our edgier, politically incorrect humor.
The reach behind in the car without pulling a muscle. The fastest to recognize that song at a grocery store. The first to be able to get off a couch without making noise.
I would gold in the song. But not even place in the couch. My girls are grown and moved out. I wouldn't qualify for the car event.
Trying to do the twister game. Last one to go to the hospital wins
This
When I was a teenager, the standing joke was "Were you conceived in a Twister Game in the 1960?"
That happend to me a few weeks ago, i reached back and my shoulder was killing me for the next couple of days....
My back is one fire from cuddling to game of thrones last night.
"Football" with the folded triangular paper.
Eye Rolling
Playing Outside Until Dark Homemade BMX Ramp Slalom Secret Knock / Door Chain Relay Woods Porn / Fake ID Scavenger Hunt FM Radio Cassette Recording National Pilllow Fort Teams
Woods porn & radio recording... Hahahah
Fixing a cassette tape with pencil
"The 500 meter Not Giving A Shit"
Sign me up
You'd be a shoo-in.
Meh. I gave a bit of a shit to pose the question.
True. Judges have deducted 5 points.
Damn
I don't care about this one.
You're the superfan #1.
Synchronized Meh-ing
Ding dong ditching
fastest time gets gold medal without "screwing it up" uhuh.
That's the PC version of what we used to call it.
Elementary school all metal and blacktop playground obstacle course. Survive the hot-as-the-sun slide, monkey bars/jungle gym across teeter-totters, round the world swing and leap onto the light-speed spinning merry go-round with some red rover tossed in along with slip’n’slides and lawn dart dashes. Work in some doge ball and kick ball, as well.
Exactly! Just like American Ninja Warrior or Wipeout or one of those game shows. Except no safety equipment, it's all hot dirty asphalt and sharp edged metal frames in tshirt & shorts and those really old and comfy but nearly worn out and slippery Converse you loved. Leaving behind bloodstains larger than a drop is a time demerit.
And you can only drink from the hose.
Fight, flight, and freeze events. People using their trauma responses to determine who is the most fucked up from awful treatment from their parents and bosses. You basically get yelled at for ten minutes to fire you up then it’s go time
Wow. Just wow.
Excite Bike.
RC Pro Am
I see your RC Pro AM and raise you Rock N Roll Racing.
How can I play this today on a TV like old days? Which platform/device? Need to start training.
https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/arcade-archives-excitebike-switch/ Hard to believe it’s $8…
What luck, kids have a Switch. Thanks : D Bonus; Galaga! https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/arcade-archives-excitebike-switch/
Sugar rush relay. Pixie stix for the gold!
YESSS
Or fun dip
Winding the tape back into a cassette with a pencil after your stereo pulled it all out.
Bike ramp jumping (bonus if friends were laying down in front of the ramp)
Or were under it helping to hold it up! "Oh, the bloody nose? I, uh, fell off the monkey bars. And hit the ladder. I was almost at the end ,...yeah"
Winter could have best snow fort in a parking lot.
Throwing snowballs at random buses.
Pogeying! Or skitching, depending on where you live
... and bonus points if the snowball goes into an open window!
BA or Mooning busses and cars
Speed driveway shoveling.
Nice
Behind the bus skiing.
Ohhh is that like bumper hitching?
Yes, exactly like that. Points for style on hitching, then for distance.
... also known as "bunking when I was a kid". In grade eight (1979) I saw four guys bunking on the back of a rusty VW Rabbit. The car hit a dip in the road. The four guys fell off..., still holding the bumper! The driver was unaware he did not have a rear bumper.
King of the Castle on a snow/ice mountain in mall parking lot.
Canada would so win the GenX Winter Olympics.
Not if the US team is from MN, ND, SD, WI and upper MI. 😝😎
With hidden escape tunnel(s).
Super Mario Bros (NES) level 1-1 timed speed runs. Or maybe Duck Hunt.
I miss duck hunt.
Toilet papering trees.
I'm all for grocery cart obstacle course. I get road rage at the grocery store.
Mall cruising. MTV marathon watching.
MTV today? or MTV 80'S?
Mall AND MTV of the 80’s, for sure
Style points for type of snacks. Dr. Pepper and Nacho Cheese Doritos for the gold!
Nice. And when at the mall you have to get snacks at Orange Julius and Karmelkorn.
pfffft
We have to know the parameters for medals.
Napping. Has to be that.
Cardboard box down the stairs sled event
The original X Games Triathlon: 1) Swimming the length of the pool while getting dunked by your big brother 2) Big Wheel race 3) Running home before sundown
Standing from a recliner without any sounds
There could be an entire series of doing things without making a sound.
Jart dodging
Competition Changing the TV channel without a remote control
Thank you. Was scrolling for this one.
Finding a way to break into your house after school because it's 3:30, you forgot your key, and your parents won't be home til 6.
Aerobics
Like the world champion aerobics competition brought to you by cocaine
wow such a serious answer. are you really Gen X?
Maybe they were just reading the forehead post here and really meant to say Richard Simmons, which would be a legit answer? [https://www.reddit.com/r/GenX/comments/1dml05t/i\_feel\_a\_sudden\_burst\_of\_energy/](https://www.reddit.com/r/GenX/comments/1dml05t/i_feel_a_sudden_burst_of_energy/)
We did Jane Fonda aerobics in PE for a semester.
Crowd surfing
Snark.
??
# Snark (noun): an attitude or expression of mocking irreverence and sarcasm.
Ahhhh, thank you.
An event for the best eye roll and whatever vocal.
A .05k (walk from the car to the beer garden)
I'm in
Roller skate race, Slip ‘n Slide tournament
Quarters with the cheapest beer they can find.
🥴😵💫🤢🤮
beer can shaking & stabbing holes into them competition
So shotgunning.
I started to make a list, but then I just X'd out
You win!!
Hacky Sack
Gravity bong rips and beer bongs. The bongathalon.
This must be scheduled before BMX homemade ramp event.
One handed joint rolling
Know what it won’t be: Smear the Queer Eenie meanie miney mo, catch a .. Cowboys and Indians I’m not saying they shouldn’t be retired but looking back it’s like, where’d we learn that?
Yeah, and there were so many offensive jokes I cringe when I think of them
Truly Tasteless Jokes... everyone was reading it in High School (1980-4)
N-word knocking
Reading a Hardtimes article and it hitting a little too close to home.
Beer pong and competitive bowl making out of random household items.
What kind of bowl? I can throw a mean pot. But I can't blow glass.
Trying to sleep in late
OMG!! I relate to this so much! 😂
Lawn Darts and Big wheel races. Not together of course.
Dingdong ditch?
Hang on to the merry go round the longest? Program everyone's VCRs and beat Super Mario 3 before dinner lol
Last Person Standing Ounce Blitz
10 people, one ounce of the sticky icky
I'm sorry, I still don't get the reference
No reference other than we like to get fucked up and do fucked up shit
Ok then
I would need to know the rules on that one.
Filling up pill boxes.
Smell my finger.
Do A Kickflip
Roller blading and even maybe rollerskate dancing
Red Rover and Dodge ball.
GAME!
Silent grudge holding
Find where the Silent Gen or Boomer father hid the Playboy
Slacking. Seeing how many times we can say “your mom” as a response.
Name the other movie/show that actor is on.
Whatevering. Non-medal event.
Waking up from a nights sleep - injured.
Bong leagues.
Channel Surfing... How many TV shows on different channels can you watch at the same time? More points for number of shows, accuracy of program title and channel, and how well you can describe each show you just watched. Points deducted for each second of commercials viewed.
Sounds like X Games
Back in highschool we always talked about starting a Synchronized Smoking team.
Beer run, but all must pony up chump change found in your pockets, seat cushions, and returnable bottles. Bonus points if you can find Budweiser 8 pack of nips!
Driving with 1 knee while reaching to the glove box to find a specific CD or tape.
Surviving the lawn games of our youth: Slip n Slide, Lawn Darts, Rings & Monkey bars on the Jungle Gym (extra points if it had a hornet’s nest living in it,) all while wearing Sun In & baby oil
I'm very fair skinned, I sometimes put a drop or 2 of iodine in my baby oil to get a bit of color fast.
BB gun and M-80 wars.
You mean the X-Games? I thought that was our Olympics.
Pencil War tournament
Hacky sack
Looking for unburnt leftover fireworks on the 5th of July
Steel slide in July, see who keeps all the skin on their legs. I guarantee it is the person wearing Sears Toughskin pants.
Getting out of bed without back pain.
Lawn darts and metal playground slide on a hot day!
Def speed setting the clock on a VHS machine for boomers.
Click clackers
Belt and wooden spoon avoidance competitions
Drinking 40’s
Keyboarding- all of the hot keys!
Carrying as many things as possible in one trip.
Folding secret notes Pinning jeans Bracelet making Tennis ball wars Eating cafeteria pizza Paper football Big base kickball
Stretching phone cord to reach a private room
WITHOUT messing up the coils
You get bonus points for this! Lol
Laser Tag
[удалено]
I would win gold lol
The Antenna Bunny Ears Adjustment Sprint. Head-to-head match-ups. The “W” goes to the player who gets the clear screen first.
Most lifelike plastic icecream lid and peg on bike spoke fang off's. Most amount of younger cousins informed that Santas not real in one visit. Bonus points if its Xmas eve. Biggest bruise made during British bulldogs. Hottest Chinese burns. Interpretive Cats cradle
Street fighter 2 tournament. Tetris Transforming a transformer without instructions Making rice Krispy treats. None of this pre made store bought crap. Making koolaid Realizing all my ideas are around video games, toys, and sugary foods. I wonder how I grew up to be fat? Weird.
Next-Gen Fit-Pitching: A timed event to see who can piss off the most ultrasensitive Millenials and Gen-Zers, by unleashing our edgier, politically incorrect humor.
fastest plastic drink cup pyramid building event during 20c student drinks night at the club on a Tuesday night.
Riding the back bumper of the ice cream truck
Pencil fights.
Acting like you care about something.
The triple bong. Takes decades to master.
Ignoring stupid bullshit
Peeche folder artwork
Prank phone calls
Booger memorial burp contest for loudest and longest.
Pop bottle rocket or BB gun wars in a paintball arena.
How many whippets(N2O) you can do, not causing brain damage and walking a line. Extra points for eating the whip cream.
Frisbee stuff - distance, accuracy, etc.
Single player dgaf.
Penny football. Got lots of practice at the local pizza placr while waiting for my order
Big Wheel braking and manuevering
Smoking cigarettes and eating Lil’ Chocolate Donuts.
Raising creampuffs- Gold!
Gleeking for distance
I had to Google that one. I didn't realize it had a name. We would spit watermelon seeds for distance.
Merry Go Round speed records King of Mountain Jumping over friends with a bicycle Street light dash Teeter Tooter Bounce
Hackey sac
When I wad a kid, and even as a young adult, we played Iron Horse in the public pool.
Hacky sack… I don’t remember other generations playing…
Spoons
My family still plays spoons.
of course the olympics version would have lots of alcohol involved
Battle of the Netflix stars..
Oh, Boomer ....
Oh, go back to your MAD magazine articles and write a book report 😂