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Offline aldo_14

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on: October 04, 2004, 07:32:02 am
 

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Reply #1 on: October 04, 2004, 07:37:02 am
Getting fragments in your eye is half the fun!

*sigh*

Just more Nanny State lameness.....:rolleyes:
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Reply #2 on: October 04, 2004, 08:34:39 am
Conkers?

/me shows off non-Britishness :p
 

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Reply #3 on: October 04, 2004, 08:45:43 am
Conkers? *thinks of the little squirrel from the PS game*
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Reply #4 on: October 04, 2004, 08:52:43 am
The thing is that this isn't really due to the nanny state. This is due to idiots suing over things they or their children were directly responsible for.
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Reply #5 on: October 04, 2004, 08:58:18 am
Yeah. I really can't blame the teacher for not wanting to be sued. I hadn't realized that the UK was as litigious as the US... :sigh:
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Reply #6 on: October 04, 2004, 09:04:04 am
When I looked at the topic I was expecting something from Shrapnel...

Funny nonetheless, the kids probably are having more fun wearing the goggles than playing with whatever conkers are...
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Reply #7 on: October 04, 2004, 09:26:07 am
What is a "conker"?
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Reply #8 on: October 04, 2004, 09:53:37 am
A Horse Chesnut.

Basically, you knock it out of the tree (or collect it off the ground) bore a hole in it, put a string through, and hold it out at arms length.  Your opponent then tries to break your conker with his, by swinging at it.  Each person takes turns, until one of the conkers breaks.  The winning conker is then known as a 'one-er', after 2 hits it is a 'two-er' and so on.  Obviously, a hard skin is essential to a successful campaign, so various tactics, such as soaking in vineger, and/or oven baking are sometimes used to get 15-ers and above....

Err... can you tell I'm bored in the office today?
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Reply #9 on: October 04, 2004, 10:22:58 am
I have a 15-year old conker lying around somewhere.  'tis as hard as a rock - I chucked it off a wall once and it actually dented the wall........
 

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Reply #10 on: October 04, 2004, 11:48:27 am
:lol: I don't why that made me laugh, it just did...
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Reply #11 on: October 04, 2004, 12:01:32 pm
Baking in the oven, varnishing, soaking in vinegar and other conker hardening practices were heavily frowned upon when I used to play.

My best was a 17-er untouched, I retired that little blighter though as I  couldn't bear to witness the destruction of such an awesome specimen of conkerdom.
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Reply #12 on: October 04, 2004, 12:01:38 pm
could it be because you're bored at the office today?
 

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Reply #13 on: October 04, 2004, 12:08:58 pm
Christ. What next? Suction cups instead of points on compasses?
 

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Reply #14 on: October 04, 2004, 12:17:00 pm
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Christ. What next? Suction cups instead of points on compasses?


Good idea.  Those things are ****ing dangerous.  As are especially sharpened pencils.  Or non-blunt pens.
 

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Reply #15 on: October 04, 2004, 01:50:04 pm
No wonder the British Empire died.
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Reply #16 on: October 04, 2004, 01:53:28 pm
It didn't. We just gave it back. That's how Greta Britain is.
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Reply #17 on: October 04, 2004, 04:32:56 pm
I thought conkers was a breakfast cereal.......

mmmmmm conkers...... :p
 

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Reply #18 on: October 04, 2004, 04:41:43 pm
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It didn't. We just gave it back. That's how Great Britain is.


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Reply #19 on: October 04, 2004, 04:46:29 pm
Yeah, who wants Miami and Sydney when you have Bognor Regis and Skegness?
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