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From: oyster@uwmacc.UUCP (Vicious Oyster)
Newsgroups: net.games,net.rec
Subject: Re: Query about a game called "washers."
Message-ID: <1448@uwmacc.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 5-Sep-85 11:15:54 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep  5 11:15:54 1985
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In article <776@mcnc.mcnc.UUCP> you write:
>Some friends and I have been playing a game we call "washers" for years
>and were wondering about its origins....

  Ah, yes, another trip down memory lane; when are we going to get a 
net.nostalgia (just joking, Lauren, Spaf...)?  I was raised in the depressing
city of Kenosha, WI, where there were at least three bars at every corner, etc.
One of the good things about Kenosha (for kids) was that the city sponsored
summer activities, lead by college students working on there sociology or
social work degrees.  Washers was one of the games we played, along with the
favorites like tether ball, four-square, and break-into-the-junior-high 
(the last one not officially sponsored).  The only thing I would add to your
description of the game is that the washers were quite large, being about
3 inches in diameter.  Unfortunately, I can't help you with its origins.