Odd questions for Brits (Others can weigh in, too)

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So, I'm writing a fic, and I need to know:

There's a game we play in the US called chicken fight. (According to that Wikipedia article, it is also called Cherry Drop, Shoulder Wars, or Darling Pickie.) It's played at the beach or in a pool. It consists of two teams of two people each: one team member sits on the shoulders of the other team member, and tries to knock their opponent off the shoulders of their teammate.

It's generally played with a girl on the shoulders and a guy down below, and often signals the beginning of Sexy Pooltime Shenanigans. (Or at least that's how it's been used in my experience. I've also played with all girls, but that also tends to lead to shenanigans.)

Here's a video, if you still don't know what I'm on about:
(WARNING: Video is accompanied by Obnoxious Adolescent Commentary!)

So the question: do you have this in the UK? (Or anywhere else?) What is it called? (Oh, and before you accuse me of being lazy: I plan on doing a Google search and trolling through the usual American-to-Britspeak blogs when I get back from work, but it's a bit obscure, and I thought maybe someone could help me out in the meantime!)

Americans: what are your experiences of the game? What do you call it?

Comments

[katyscarlett76.livejournal.com]

Echoing my fellow Brits in saying I've never heard of it. As ladybracknell mentioned we had (or have, haven't been to a local pool in ages) rules against that kind of stuff in our pools, that poster was in every pool I ever swam in too. People might get up to similiar type stuff on holiday (those late teens/early twenties go to Spain with your mates and get pissed type holidays)but it'd be more just general mucking about, wouldn't be organised or have a name or anything.

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

No, we totally have rules against it as well! There's always a poster telling you not to run, or dive, or make a general nuisance of yourself. But most smaller pools are without official supervision, so kids will do whatever they can get away with. (No bombing? Geez...why don't they just write 'no fun'! :P)

As it turns out, a lot of my fellow Americans didn't know it had a name, either! I love discussing these sorts of topics, as they always turn out to be really region-specific.