There's no doubt that people on social media have the capacity to disagree over anything and everything. But this week a new debate has broken out on Twitter over a time-honored childhood pastime that most of us will have played at some point in our lives. On Monday, April 12, a UK-based Twitter user with the handle "<a href="https://twitter.com/55_Titles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@55_Titles</a>" took to the social media platform to ask: "When you were younger what did you call it when you knock on someone's door and run away?" [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/55_Titles/status/1381307202464583681]] The tweet quickly picked up a lot of traction from other Twitter users, who all had their own regional names for the prank and couldn't agree with each other. [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/Xenophon40/status/1381559245112500226]] For instance, one Twitter user replied: "Cherry knocking. My dad chased after them once, pulled one from underneath a car. Turned out to be a friend of mine. Never did it again, at least not our place." [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/DigbyPink/status/1381485669931966464]] Another person agreed with this name, writing: "Cherry knocking. We once did it with cotton from across the street. We were hiding behind his garden wall...knock knock (he had a knocker) "SEVERAL TIMES The guy was furious, he couldn't figure out what was going on. We naughty boys were laughing like loons! [sic]" [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/BAJParry/status/1381356608605851652]] A third person stated: "Can people reply with their location so we can get this clear? I’m from Middlesex, and we called it 'knock down ginger.'" [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/lynne132637/status/1381466338288410625]] But then another person from the area disagreed, writing in reply: "I’m from Middlesex and we called it knock granny out of bed. [sic]" [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/n_groom/status/1381482047949131777]] Someone else then claimed the true name of the game was: "Nicky knocky nido... the best one I saw was when a lad hid on the canopy above the door and knocked every time the owner shut his door and we were hiding in bushes opposite. [sic]" [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/ats31289/status/1381572725102231553]] A Twitter user from Northern Ireland then stated that he called it: "Knock door run (Northern Ireland). My friend and I were once chased by a lunatic with a torch. "I remember separating to go back to our own homes and ringing to make sure he had survived. Great days." [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/BeardyGeoffles/status/1381582623928115200]] Meanwhile, a person from the North of England wrote: "I always called it Knock off Ginger in Hull, although after seeing the other replies I think I may be misremembering or maybe misheard it from Knockdown Ginger. [sic]" Other Twitter users gave slightly more facetious answers to the question. For example, one Twitter user answered laconically that the name of the game was "Hermes Delivery", in a reference to the parcel courier service. [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/NickPullen5/status/1381357742334603267]] Meanwhile, someone else wrote: "I don’t know what they used to call it, but these days it’s called parcel delivery service! [sic]" [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/SaltyDuchess/status/1381341231767289857]] What did you call this game when you played it as a kid? Let us know your name for it in the comments below! <h6>Featured Image Credit: Pexels/Suzy Hazelwood</h6>

People divided over name of game where you knock on people's doors and run away

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