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I am the Jammie King!




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Anyone see the match at the weekend?


No... I'm not talking football... I'm talking the 41st World Conker Championship


I used to play conkers as a kid.  What a fantastic game it is, too!  Yay!



-- Edited by ddvmor at 07:02, 2005-10-11

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saw the scotland game, wish I HAD watched the conkers!

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Conkers rocked - we should try that this autumn (Fall Nate)

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Ok, so what exactly are the rules governing conkers?  Seems like a fun game, from what I gathered from the website linked on the BBC article.  Then again, the site was French, and therefore of dubious credibility.


(Had to take a shot at the French, it's my patriotic duty.  Apparently.)



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It's everyone's duty to take a shot at the f rench, dude.


As for the rules... not a clue.  All I remember is that you had to hit the other guy's conker as hard as you could!  First one to fall off the string loses!



-- Edited by ddvmor at 19:32, 2005-10-12

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<CAUTION - TASTLESS ATTEMPT AT HUMOR>


Maybe someone should invent a variation, only instead of conkers: babies!


</TASTLESS ATTEMPT AT HUMOR>



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But... that means I'll have to stop soaking them in vinegar and baking them 'til they're hard.

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ddvmor wrote:


All I remember is that you had to hit the other guy's conker as hard as you could!  First one to fall off the string loses!

Erm, hit another man in the conkers?

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You are braver than I Nate. I was not gonna touch that one with a 10 foot pole.

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There's a fine line between courage and stupidity, Brian. Not sure where my reply fell in, there...


And, thanks, Stead-man.



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