Emma (above) is my sister and we were having a conversation about this the other night and I'm the same as her - can't remember how we used to do Twisties. When we moved to Australia (I was 9) I was disappointed to see that my new school friends just sort of scissor-kicked over the elastics without even chanting a rhyme or anything. They still did the ankles, knees, waists etc and when it got up too high you were allowed to use your little finger to pull the elastic down so you could kick your leg over. Boring! The UK version was way more fun!