Can you imagine that being a response to little Johnny or Jennifer nowadays???
My God! There would be uproar, safeguarding meetings, litigation, protests and calls for all sport to be cancelled forever!
I don't think either answer is the perfect one BUT oh man everything is taken to the absolute safe and secure extreme now.
Yeah. You are right. But I rubbed some dirt on it and got my stitches after the game :)
I got my chimes rung in a football game (a relatively common occurrence in those days) and I came to the side lines not really knowing where I was. After a couple plays the assistant coach came over, held up three fingers and asked me how many I saw. I said "Who wants to know?" He sent me back in...