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Extreme tag You’re It!

Natalie, her hubby Ryan, and their mates face off for a month-long game of extreme tag every August

Natalie Parrish, Hampton, Qld

Crouching low in the bushes hiding, I shook my head. What the hell am I doing, I thought.

As my kids Archie and Sadie giggled next to me, I said, ‘Shush’.

I was staking out the local coffee shop. But seeing my mate Lou, my target, come out juggling kids and a coffee, I darted over, tapping her arm.

‘Tag,’ I said proudly, as she dissolved into laughter and the kids cheered.

You see this was no children’s game – it was adultstarring Aussie actress Isla Fisher. It’s based on the true story of some American blokes who’d played a month-long game of tag every February for nearly three decades. They’d travelled all over the world tagging each other.

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