One then says, "Are you there ?" and when the other answers, "I am," he makes a wild swat at where he thinks the other's head to be.

Of course, when the man says "I am," he immediately gets his head as far away from where it was when he spoke as is possible while clasping his opponent's hand.

The "Are you there" man makes a wild swing and lands some place with a prodigious thump.

He usually strikes the deck and seldom hits the head of the other man.

If one of them hits the other's head three times he wins.