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Has Anyone Ever Played Red Butt?

June 05, 2008

Alright, so I had realization the other day that I am a red neck.

 

Lauren and I were walking down 16th street in Manhattan, and I looked to my right and saw several children throwing a ball at a brick wall.  I turned to Lauren and exclaimed "Real live New Yorkers Playing Red Butt!"  She turns to me and says "What the hell is that?"  I then explained and realized that it wasn't a common game up here in the North, and that the real live New Yorkers were not playing my beloved childhood game.

 

Red Butt is a really simple game.  All you need is some sort of brick wall with a concrete surface in front of it and a tennis ball.  At least three people should play the game, but you could probably have about a dozen people playing it at once.  The goal of the game is to throw the ball at the wall as hard as possible, and then try to make people accidently drop/touch the ball when it bounces back.  When you drop/touch the ball on accident and don't catch it, you have to run and touch the wall.  If somebody else picks up the ball and throws it against the wall before you touch the wall, you get a "strike."  Three strikes and you're up for red butt time.

 

This is where the game gets fun.  One you've gotten three strikes, you have to stand up against the wall with your back to everyone.  Each person gets to throw the ball at you and they are supposed to aim for your butt.  This is the reason the game is called red butt.

 

I enjoyed this game very much as a child.  Did anybody else?  Or am I just a Kentucky red neck?

 

Comments
Michelle said: I played that game, but it wasnt called red butt...its called wall-ball. (very original)
Heather said: Yeahh I totally remember playing that as a kid. Except ours was called wall-ball, too.
Pete said:
Pete said: How come I don't know about this game?
Meghan said: i am the same with michelle and heaher....we called it wall ball. i work at a daycare and we play it everyday...the kids love it.
Cassie Petrey said: OAKLEEEE!!! Welcome to The One Love!!!!!
shelia said: oakle...? what is that?
audrey ullman said: Ours was called Buns Up, but yeah I dominated on a regular basis at buns up. Way to go southerners!
Amber Rierson said: Red butt was played everyday at my elementary school at recess...its too bad they don't let kids play it anymore at public schools around here...
cardinal seawell said: i know this game too. I play it in alabama but its also called wall-ball. it was a P.E. favorite
Leigh said: I've played it before....but you're still a redneck From Wikipedia: Wall Ball, also called Ball Wall, Suicide, Patball, Off the Wall, thumb, red butt, or Wallsies is a type of ball game involving a group which involves the bouncing of a ball against a wall, and may involve throwing the ball or shoes at other players. There's also different rules depending on what region of the US you live in.
Ginni said: this was really popular when i was in middle school. we called it wallball though, and the ball wasn't always aimed at the butt...i had a few whelps on my back and legs after the game.
Dana said: I've never heard of this game Maybe my friends and I should play it sometime Sounds fun. :D
Pete said: Real Kentucky rednecks know that redneck is only one word!
Rick Seibold said: yea, except there were no three strikes the way we played it...you dropped the ball and you a beat down till you touched the wall...some kids never made it to the wall though
Rebekah said: Seriously...I thought me and my friend, Casey, made this game up. We called it "Butts Up" It was amazing....
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