Double Dutch is a jump rope game in which girls jump two ropes at a time, usually to a song. The girls on the outside are calling tricks for the girl or girls inside to do. Now, I know that this game is now a competitive sport still practiced today, but for some reason it exploded in the eighties, even girls in my school were doing it

Actually you know it;’s big when it’s featured in a McDonald’s commercial:

Here’s a forgotten classic too:

2 thoughts on “Artifacts of the Analog Age: Double Dutch

  1. trish gainer says:

    for the record: I sucked at double dutch! lol

  2. Lamar the Revenger says:

    Hated it. It was bad enough I couldn’t jump rope period.

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