[quote author=MossBack link=1598976553/30#30 date=1599819491]HD , Please do not confuse a lowly edible apple with a youngsters high tech weaponry.

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Your projectiles seem rather benign.

Growing up, I happened to live very near several vacant lots that had been eroded by rain runoff to create a series of "ditches," some of which were 4 feet or more deep.  They made for excellent concealment and some protection when engaged in "clod" fights.  By "clod" fights, I don't exactly mean dirt clots because with a little searching, you could usually find a vein of clay in the ditches.  After a rain the clay was malleable and could easily be shaped into a ball.  In preparation for a clod fight, you would fashion a number of projectiles and place them in the sun to dry for a day or two.  Not quite as hard a a brick, but close. 

Sometimes, to speed up the manufacture process, rocks were placed in the center and clay wrapped around it.  It gave the projectile a nice heft.  In the heat of battle, you sometimes ran out of the projectiles with clay adornment and just went directly to the stash of rocks.

If you were especially devilish, you could also go looking for pieces of petrified wood that was scattered about.  The trick was to find pieces with sharper edges and long enough to be partially imbedded in a clay ball.

The fights generally ended shortly after blood was drawn.  Needless to say, there were almost no kids in the neighborhood that didn't have a scar or two from those skirmishes.  Stitches were generally not required.

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