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

[apple_pathways]

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

[ladylovelace.livejournal.com]

Just because I feel my patented Southern Hemisphere Experience™ :

We do play this, and I have seen it played by my peers, and additionally, have played this out of the water as well, and, additional to that, have played both an aquatic and non-aquatic version that ran more like a joust with pool noddles.

Never had a name for it, though. It did always strike me as akin to a contest of strength to prove who was the better mate, though. I was usually the one sitting at the side and explaining the psychology of such a display to anyone who'd listen, because I was a boring arsehole as a teenager.

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

I love your patented Southern Hemisphere Experience™! That's why I opened the question up to everyone, and not just the Brits.

Now that I'm picturing it, I can imagine the Australians getting really into this sort of game. If this ever turns into a sport with international competition, we Americans are totally getting our asses handed to us by the Aussies! (We didn't have noodles when I was young enough to play! That sounds like a whole new dimension of fun... And that last sentiment makes me sound really old...)

I, too, was rather boring and obnoxious as a teenager, but I was always guilted into playing somehow. I'm really easily manipulated by guilt!

[ladylovelace.livejournal.com]

I realise I accidentally that first sentence :/

Given that we are a nation built chiefly on sport and vitriol, I could see us getting competitive over this sort of thing. I mean, this coming from a person who was brought up laughing at ice hockey as a wimp's sport because of all the padding they put on to play it. We could easily get mean with this.

[ravelled-ribbon.livejournal.com]

The non water version is how one of our chemistry teachers broke her pelvis.

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

... ouch :/