People divided over name of game where you knock on door and run away

For most, your childhood was the best time of your life, and what hurts the most is many of us didn't appreciate that until it was too late.

No responsibilities in the world, free food, free clothes (thanks mum and dad), no debts or financial worries, and your mates were free to hang out all day, everyday.

There were so many different ways you could make time pass too, with several games taking over, whether it be classics like tag or Bulldog or something more obscure and unique to your mates.

But one game stands out as one of the most daring and potentially hilarious of them all.

You may remember running around with friends, like many generations before you, going up to people's doors, knocking them, and legging it as far away as you could to hide.

The feeling you would get in your stomach as the unknowing victim stepped out to see who knocked on their door only to see that no-one was there was unrivalled.

What a time to be alive.

I'm sure most, if not all, of us will remember playing that game and we can agree that it was a riot, but can we agree on what it was actually called?

You'd think that's a simple question, but as one person found out, it's really not.

Writing on X, they asked: "When you were younger what did you call it when you knock on someone's door and run away?"

Giving the correct answer, one user said: "Knock a door run."

Others, however, had different names for it, some of which just make no sense at all.

"Knock down ginger," replied one.

Who's 'ginger' and why are you knocking them down?

Another put: "Chappy."

Again, not a clue what's going on here. Apparently, it's another word for 'knock'.

"Ding, Dong, Ditch," said a third.

Can't really argue with that to be fair.

Someone else proposed: "Thunder and Lightning. Rap the door like thunder and run like lightning."

One user said that in County Durham it was called 'knocky hide oh', although they didn't know why and neither do I.

Meanwhile, a fellow Northerner replied that in Sunderland the game was called 'Knocky 9 Doors' - what?

And another former player claimed that they used to call it 'knock and gnash'.

However, others took the opportunity to have a pop at the country's various delivery services.

One joked: "Hermes delivery."

While another put: "Today it's called - Royal Mail Delivery."

So I guess maybe there isn't a right answer after all.

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Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair is a journalist at LADbible. Born in Malaysia and raised in Dubai, he has always been interested in writing about a range of subjects, from sports to trending pop culture news. After graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a BA in Media, Journalism and Publishing, he got a job freelance writing for SPORTbible while working in marketing before landing a full-time role at LADbible. Unfortunately, he's unhealthily obsessed with Manchester United, which takes its toll on his mental and physical health. Daily.

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