You can try, but I don't know if you won't feel pain smashing your hands. When I tried it in late high school (after maybe 6 years of not playing it), it hurts!
A few years ago, just for fun, I tried to play agian… and it really hurts! And I can't even make the rubber band to move.
Sometimes… maybe my childhood was lie. =))
I'd rather play trumpo. Some kids I saw playing it years ago were just spinning it. I want to show them how to actually play it (but their parents are watching).