[Spruce]

Most recess injuries when I was a kid were from the hard-core "King of the Hill" matches.

[Hammerhead]

Yeh 'King of the Hill'.

every summer the county would dredge the ditches in our back yards creating 15' tall mounds of mud, dirt, and general filth. it was great.

plus the kid across the street had a surplus army parachute hanging upside down from the oak tree. We used to take turns getting inside while another pushed the parachute around and 6 other kids with plastic bats and broom sticks beat the crap out of you while you were swinging around (i.e., a human pinata). If you couldn't stick it out for more than a couple of minutes you were considered a sissy boy. A fate worse than death in those times.

Parents used to look at all the bruises and say, "See you've been over at Tommy's again."

Ha!