Talk:Pile-on

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[edit] Old talk

"We asked him what "Monkey Pyle" means and he explained that it means when everyone jumps on top of somebody in a big pile. I thought that was a dogpile, as in "Dogpile on the rabbit!" (which is, of course, from the "Tree Grows in Brooklyn" Bugs Bunny cartoon.) But apparently the expression changes depending on the part of the country." [1]

"[as they all jump on top of Bugs] Dog pile on the rabbit!" [2]

Rather than dog pile or monkey pile this phenomena was called pig pile during the 40's and 50s when I was a boy in the Pacific Northwest of the USA.


this article made me laugh, well done whoever wrote it 160.5.226.163 16:52, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Recreation

Pile-on is clearly a well-known school prank, only the problem was with helplessly unreferenced article, therefore it was voted to delete. This secion is for cooperative recreation of the article basing on reliable sources. To avoid speedy deletion, please don't re-create the article until a solidly referenced text becomes possible.

I am quite sure this prank is well-known all over the world. I would try to invite people from different cultures to share information. `'mikka 19:56, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Better title

  • Dog pile was suggested during AfD. `'mikka 19:59, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Intro

A pile-on is an activity involving several individuals jumping (or piling) on top of an unfortunate victim or victims, forming a pile of people. This is normally triggered by someone shouting "Pile on!" or any of other words described below. Usually it is included into the category school pranks, but it may also be seen in kindergartens and among adults.

In the Anglophone world it is also known as stacks-on (Australia), bundle, monkey pile, pig pile, or dog pile. In Russia it has long been known as Kucha-mala ("Куча-мала", "The Heap is Too Small").

The terms "dog pile" or "pig pile" refer to a common picture of puppies or piglets piled up in a game or during breast-feeding.

[edit] References

  • Russian psychologist sources: [3], [4], [5] about kindergarten, school and sports psychlogy of "kucha-mala" ("Куча-мала"), a Russian term for "dog pile" `'mikka 19:56, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
  • References from the deleted article, unfortunately fail the reliability criteria, but I am including them as a possible source of further clues:

[edit] Categories

Category:Children's games Category:Games of physical skill

[edit] Extensions

Piling-up in football, hockey? `'mikka 21:00, 29 December 2006 (UTC)