Rename "Smear the Queer"

[Taverner]

OK, as a kid we used to love this game, but the game name is, well, FUCKING HOMOPHOBIC

But the game itself is a great game...

So what suggestions would you have for a re-branding?

Somehow, "Tackle whoever has the ball" is just too long.

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. Smush the Bush!!!

:bounce:

[Taverner]

3. I likey

Although some might misinterpret this as a misogynistic game...Kind of like Whacko the Taco

[Guy Fawkes]

6. ... I think that's already a favourite past-time.

:evilgrin:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

16. No sex threads.

:evilgrin:

[mark414]

2. we always used "kill the carrier"

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

9. That's what we called it, too.

I'm only a couple years older than you, so it makes sense.

[gratuitous]

4. I remember explaining the "game" to a girlfriend

And the best I could come up with was "Tackle the guy with the ball." Maybe that's what it should be called? I dunno. Considering it's a game that shouldn't be played by anyone over the age of 14 (if even then), I suppose it's totally outside the realm of things I should comment on.

[datasuspect]

5. at one time (probably less than 50 years ago)

your "queer" friend might have been made very "gay" after a night of merriment.

[devilgrrl]

7. Waste the Wanker

Pummel the Prat

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

8. Stop That Pigeon! (And you get a tune as a bonus)

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

10. Paste the Straight nt

[Deja Q]

11. So that's what men call a 'date' when they're out with ladies!

:wow:

:rofl:

[gmoney]

12. Squish the Fish

Seem to have heard it referred to as that someplace, sometime...

[Blue_Tires]

13. i went to a catholic school, so we called it:

"Pitch the bitch"

[Squatch]

14. Kneecap that guy.

"that guy" being the guy with the ball.

[idgiehkt]

15. Oh. My. God.

shoot me now. We played that game. I can't believe I had totally forgotten about that until now.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

17. I never heard of it before...

How is it played?

[BreweryYardRat]

18. It's a hell of a lot of fun.

One guy gets a football, and everyone else chases him down and tackles him. Then someone else grabs the football off him, and off ya go again. Repeat till you're worn out.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

19. Hmmm... "Mug the Rethug"?

:D

[Ekirh]

21. Oh that was definitely a lot fun . . .

That and Wall Ball was my favorite activities at school . . . yet while Wall ball was banned... This tackle that guy with the football adventure was left alone . . (I guess they had no problem with someone just getting smushed into the ground)

[petronius]

20. How about "Pretend like you're playing a friendly game but use it as an

excuse to beat the crap out of the guy in the class who is a bit different from everyone else, maybe because he's a bit overweight, or dresses differently, or has a funny name, or perhaps has occasional body odor." Is that too long?

[mzteris]

24. that's what I figured it was.

I never HEARD of it until my kids got introduced to it in the neighborhood from the local Republican campaigner (who worked directly FOR the Bush campaign in DC the first time).

I was totally appalled by the name AND the "game" - and made her son go tell her what he'd "said". She was mad as hell at me. What's wrong with STQ? Everyone plays that. It doesn't "mean" anything. Now I have to tell my kid what "that" means. (Like he didn't know??????)

[petronius]

25. To be honest, I loved the game as a kid,

and we never made the "queer" association. Maybe the use of queer as a slur wasn't around in the late 70s? Or maybe we were just a particularly obtuse bunch of kids. However, much as I liked it, it definitely provides opportunities for some pretty monstrous behavior - and I certainly wouldn't allow it in a group that had shown any propensity for bullying or ostracizing...

[Mr. Blonde]

28. When I played it we were

equal oppurtunity smearers. Actually, anyone with occasional body odor probably had an advantage. I have since learned that most middle schoolers seem to have that problem.

[Random_Australian]

22. I never new that name, we always called it "kill the dill with the pill"

:)

[xchrom]

23. ...

:spray: :popcorn:

[Habibi]

26. Get the frik out

kids still play this game? By this name?

gosh, I don't feel quite so old anymore.

But yeah, it needs a new name. Isn't this "King of the Mountain" only with a football?

[Fox Mulder]

27. I hated that game.

I always got smeared.

I should've learned after the first time, but I didn't. :(

[jakefrep]

29. Flatten the Foley

[The Straight Story]

30. How about....'Iraq War' game? (nt)

[izzybeans]

31. my best friend's dad was a football coach. he called it "back tackle".

The only time I ever saw hiim get angry was when he spanked his little brother for calling it smear the queer.

He didn't ever tell us why? I wish he would have. I wouldn't have been such a ponce as an adolescent; because "smear the queer" was a school yard staple until we discovered rugby.

[XemaSab]

32. Tag the Fag?

:shrug:

[Zhade]

34. You forget the sarcasm tag?

NT!

[XemaSab]

36. Sarcastically Tag the Fag?

:D

[Zhade]

37. ...I'm going to assume you're either queer like me, or mean well.

Too much homophobia on these boards lately, but I'm not going to assume the worst of you. :)

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

38. Nah, she's cool.

:thumbsup:

[Zhade]

33. And the Redskins. And change the Cleveland mascot.

I kid you not, racism seems to be making a comeback on tv (I work in broadcasting). Two examples:

One of those "patience - pass it on!" PSAs we've all seen. Guy behind a lunch counter, taking orders, short with the customers but a good-hearted guy (that's the premise anyway). Three black patrons walk up, and he says something like - I'm not making this up - "the chicken's fresh. Well, that's what you want, right?" I think they pulled it fast, I saw it maybe twice.

Second example - montage of still shots showing Cleveland Indian fans. Cuts to one shot, the disgustingly racist mascot, a sign on a brick building. The mascot's got a cartoon word-bubble, which says "Me like-um..." (whatever it was, I forgot because I was so pissed, being roughly 1/4 NA myself).

Can you believe it?

[philosophie_en_rose]

35. Bait the Straight? Maul the Ball?

:shrug:

[lavenderdiva]

39. Locking

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