JimD ( talk) 08:09, 30 January 2008 (UTC) Reply Possible contexts in which it might make sense would be highly idiomatic. (It makes much more sense if you hear it as "all ye, all ye, all come free" - which was my own interpretation of what was meant when I first encountered it as a kid). all of those people can come out of hiding (in hide-and-seek) or stop running away and gather around to talk or get ready for the next round of the game. and all the people hiding or evading the seeker/chaser (the one called "it" - as it, "tag, you're it!"). This phrase declares that a game is over. Everyone raised in the American and British cultures has played, watched or at least heard others playing games like kick-the-can and hide-and-seek. JimD ( talk) 08:09, 30 January 2008 (UTC) Reply Someone saying this at a party would be making a cultural reference. Usually marking the end of the game (for dinner, bedtime or whatever) or the timeout (when "it" has failed to find everyone and has to give up on the stealthiest hiders). Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.126.112.155 ( talk) 08:37, 28 December 2011 (UTC) Reply In hide-and-seek it means that everyone can come out of hiding. Usually the job of being the next 'it' is given to the worst performer - the first person to be caught. Likewise the last person to be caught is also honored for his cleverness. Being a successful kicker requires speed and courage and those qualities are rewarded with respect. In addition, the kicker of the can is not made 'it' - being 'it' is not a desired position (it's lonely, and everyone is against you). And, the whole point of kicking the can down the street is that the can bouncing down the street makes a lot of noise - there's no need to yell anything the noise of the can being kicked is enough to signal the other players. If he sees anyone approaching the can he can call '1-2-3 on ' which disallows that player from kicking it. The seeker ('it') never kicks the can himself he would rather try to guard it, but of course he has to leave it in order to find the others but he tries to keep an eye on it. Depending on local rules, the kicking of the can may also release those who have already been caught. In the meantime, the other players may use that time to move around freely, to reveal themselves without being officially caught, or to find a different hiding spot. The can is not 'home base' in that respect, but it does serve as a temporary respite for the hiders, because whenever it is kicked, the seeker must find the can and replace it in its original spot, before returning to seeking. In regular hide-and-seek, a home base is an object (a tree, or a front porch, etc) which serves as a 'free' zone to any player who can reach it before being tagged by 'it'. Kick-the-can is basically hide-and-seek, with the added twist of the can being used instead of a 'home base'. Nothing is not yelled when the can is kicked the call is only used to call people in when the game is ended. Kick-the-can was played in our neighborhood for many years. The person who kicks the can is generally the new "it". If I am playing kick the can, under what circumstances would I want to yell this out? why? If an adult says this at a meeting, or at a party, what does it likely mean?Īs far as the game is concerned, this is yelled when the can is kicked, thus placing all the players who had been tagged back into the game. After reading the page and the "kick the can" page, I still don't get it.
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