tippy canoe!

teenagers in the summertime

How were your summers as a teenager?

Were there any absurd things you just delighted in engaging in?

I loved riding my bike. I loved ratting around in the woods. In the summers I loved swimming. I loved the water. In it, there are few as satisfying as a rousing game of tippy canoe!

Tippy canoe is a two person game. Below are the rules as outlined in the Official Handbook of Tippy Canoe Play

Required:

1. Lake with a drop off

2. Friend to play with

3. canoe

Prohibited:

1. helmets

2. paddles

3. life jackets

4. supervision

How to play:

Both players:

Drag canoe into the lake.

Player 1: Executes that running, jump in and let it glide kinda thing?

While:

Player 2: Runs along side and swims after the canoe eventually holding on to the back and kicking their feet with a futile flailing splash.

(Hold mouth open wide in part grimace part smile. Eyes shut. Head tilted back and to the left)

Player 1: Shuffles towards bow of canoe. Canoe tips and wobbles a bit. Giggles

Player 2: Face makes rapid contact with arse end of canoe. Shouts …