Rules of Engagement.
1. The Patio/Porch is neutral territory. You will not shoot or be shot while there. Any breach of this is a water-fight war crime and is punishable by a water firing squad. If water enters the house, you will be asked to leave the game.
2. Do not attack persons who are merely spectators. If they pick up a water weapon and begin to participate they lose their non-belligerant status and become lawful combatants.
3. Do not shoot a person while they are refilling or waiting to be refilled. It is alright to shoot them on the way to the refilling area and in fact it's encouraged. Also it is not sporting to shoot someone who is unarmed. If they have a weapon and have no water and not refilling then they are fair game. We want a little chivalry here.
4. Do not use the hose to squirt someone. That is a violation of the Geneva Convention and a water-fight war crime, if you spray someone with the hose, you will be asked to leave the game. Buckets however, are allowed, as are water balloons.
5. Although any part of the body is fair game, avoid the face/eyes if possible, especially with the little kids. They don't like that.
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Mike
That is totally awesome. You are so much fun to water fight with
Love Jeannie
You people up north are water-fight wusses! The last good water fight I had with my siblings and their spouses was when all the kids had left the table (which is on the screened in patio ... this being paradise) and water "machine guns" were used at first. Spaghetti/lobster pots hold a good deal of water, though it takes two women to throw it a good distance. Refills are easy as each of my 3 brothers has a pool. Of course, my eldest brother dragged the hose in, and for awhile held the upper hand.
The only rule was not to get our mother wet while she laughed and shook her head at her well-brought-up children ... all of us middle aged now.
When it was all over, we finished dinner with espresso and Strega. Life is good.
Barbara-Rose,
We're talking about fights with the latest SuperSoaker technology here. This isn't your waterfight from yesteryear, because I remember all those things too. Besides most of the "combatants" are small kids and when an older boy or girl might grab the hose, it's patently unfair for them. I want to promote some chivalry and sense of fair-play. I am usually soaked to the bone at the end of these things so there!
SuperSoakers are the whip. I highly recommend them.
I'll have to try the SuperSoakers out. Your son and the other kids must have a great time at your water parties.
I'll have to invest in some of this new technology for my grand daughter and the neighborhood kids.
Thanks for the heads-up.
Cap'n Mike, your water fights instructions are SO you! Ah, childhood memories of our youth.
Gotta have rules. The kids never follow 'em anyhow. I get drenched filling up my squirt gun all the time.
I see you taught them well.
Truth be told, I'm hoping to teach 'em all a sense of chivalry and fair play.
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