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In this thread we celebrate some of the sports popular in Great Britain. Cheese Rolling: Competitors chase a 9lb round of Double Gloucester down a hill. The cheese has around a one second head start and can reach speeds of up to 70mph. This event causes many broken bones and ambulances are always on standby at the finish line.  Bog Snorkelling: Competitors comple two consecutive lengths of a water filled trench cut through a peat bog, in the shortest time possible.  Competitive Gurning: A gurn is a distorted facial expression. A typical gurn might involve projecting the lower jaw as far forward and up as possible, and covering the upper lip with the lower lip, though there are other possibilities.  Royal Shrovetide Football: A game of football played between two sides of a town with few rules (one of which is that murder and manslaughter are prohibited) and no limit on the number of players. Games can last for days.  River Football: It's like football only played in a river. Pretty simple really.  Caber Tossing: A traditional Scottish athletic event in which competitors toss a large tapered pole called a caber. It is normally practised at the Scottish Highland Games. In Scotland the caber is usually made from a Larch tree and is typically 19 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 175 pounds).  Lawn Mower Racing: Pretty much Nascar but with lawnmowers.  The International Birdman: The International Birdman is a series of two competitions held in Bognor Regis and Worthing, in West Sussex, England. The competition which involves human 'birdmen' attempting to fly off the end of a pier into the sea for prize money.  British and World Marbles Championship: This ancient event takes place each year on Good Friday and has been played annually in its current format, since 1932 at the Greyhound public house in Tinsley Green, West Sussex.  Cheese Rolling: Teams compete to roll some cheese (Stilton).  World Conker Championships: The World Conker Championships are held annually on the second Sunday in October in the village of Ashton near Oundle in Northamptonshire, England. Since 1965, conker players from around the world have gathered on the village green to compete for the world title. The male champion is crowned King Conker, and the women's champion is Queen Conker. This year's King is Ray Kellock, and Wendy Bradford is the Queen.  Pancake Racing: Held every year on Shrove Tuesday, contestants have to toss their pancake at both the start and the finish, as well as wear an apron and a scarf. Traditionally, when men want to participate, they must dress up as a housewife (usually an apron and a bandanna). The race is followed by a church service.  Oh yes and let's not forget cricket.
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Jun 5, 2014 12:45
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXCvarfl-8o the kirkwall ba aka a lot of fellas standing around in a big clump pushing eachother for about ten hours
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Jun 5, 2014 12:50
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Mousepractice posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXCvarfl-8o Also known as a regular Friday night out in Newcastle.
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Jun 5, 2014 12:52
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cricket owns and i wish i was playing it right now
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Jun 5, 2014 12:54
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Captain Matchbox posted:cricket owns and i wish i was playing it right now There's nothing quite like the crack of leather on willow followed by a tipple of gin.
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Jun 5, 2014 12:57
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Mousepractice posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXCvarfl-8o "We play on until well after dark" - this is about 2.30pm at Christmas and New Year, so you'd best hope so. jBrereton fucked around with this message at 13:00 on Jun 5, 2014 |
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Jun 5, 2014 12:57
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there's only been two deaths at the tt this year, things are going well.
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Jun 5, 2014 13:03
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Has anyone complained that Scotland and Britain are separate countries? Or are they part of the same country? Wait, what's England? I'm confused! Either way, caber tossing isn't easy.
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Jun 5, 2014 13:05
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too much tossing can damage your caber.
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Jun 5, 2014 13:06
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kimihia posted:Has anyone complained that Scotland and Britain are separate countries? Or are they part of the same country? Wait, what's England? I'm confused! A referendum on whether or not Scotland should be an independent country will take place on 18th September this year but for now it's part of Great Britain. It's a hot potato.
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Jun 5, 2014 13:08
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wow those people are idiots maybe get off your poo poo island and visit some nice places you wont be so bored you have to make up poo poo like this ----------------
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Jun 5, 2014 13:09
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cheese chasing? hah, no thnx
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Jun 5, 2014 13:09
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a creepy colon posted:cheese chasing? Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling has been summarised as 'twenty young men chasing a cheese off a cliff and tumbling 200 yards to the bottom, where they are scraped up by paramedics and packed off to hospital'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQiaa7XsaVc e: I think the point is that we have free healthcare so gently caress it, why not make the most of it?
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Jun 5, 2014 13:11
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Other popular British sports not listed above include: Black Pudding Throwing Snail Racing Tin-bath Racing Pooh Sticks Clog Cobbing Egg Jarping Stinging Nettle Eating Coal Carrying Worm Charming Mangold Hurling Pea Shooting Here are some stinging nettle eating athletes in action: 
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Jun 5, 2014 13:28
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i really enjoy learning lots of new things about england op
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Jun 5, 2014 13:33
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What's the point of chasing the cheese down the hill? Do you get to keep it if u catch it or what?
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Jun 5, 2014 13:35
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druglife posted:What's the point of chasing the cheese down the hill? Do you get to keep it if u catch it or what? Basically, yes, you get some cheese. At the end of the proceedings sweets used to be scattered on the hill for a children's 'scramble' but sadly that's no longer a thing (health and safety gone mad).
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Jun 5, 2014 13:37
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...also it turns out the British are way better at the ugly contest than Americans. Better luck next year! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmewqp95oHs
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Jun 5, 2014 13:48
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Awwww, how quaint 
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Jun 5, 2014 14:21
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Let's not forget the Eton Wall Game http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eton_wall_game I have no idea what the rules are.
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Jun 5, 2014 14:25
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chippy posted:Let's not forget the Eton Wall Game George Orwell scored a goal in the wall game which is quite rare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSdlWtk1grI Orwell was also a keen badger racer, keeping several champion badgers.
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Jun 5, 2014 14:39
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oi wotcha m8 let's pop to the pub and av a bit of aunt sally http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aunt_Sally
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Jun 5, 2014 14:55
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I can't get enough of are Dan
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cheese rolling is cool because idiots get hurt The race of 2005 was delayed while the ambulances returned from the hospital, all of them having been required to transport casualties from previous races. lol
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Jun 5, 2014 15:30
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Mr Rackers, 27, an estate agent from Colorado Springs, had travelled to the UK especially to compete in the race having seen previous events on the television. “I came over especially for this and I did what I had to do to win,” he said afterwards.  i wish he had died
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Jun 5, 2014 15:33
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the british are great at making up sports for their former colonies to beat them at.
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Jun 5, 2014 15:35
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Gypsum Fantastic posted:
Do they force the king and queen to breed?
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Jun 5, 2014 15:40
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They probably have to force them not to
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Jun 5, 2014 15:42
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Megadyptes posted:Mr Rackers, 27, an estate agent from Colorado Springs, had travelled to the UK especially to compete in the race having seen previous events on the television. the cheese-chasing olympic uniform
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Jun 5, 2014 15:45
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lol. just imagine having fun at youre annuel contest of cheese rollin when in rolls some yank tryhard who quips "get outta my way boys i saw this on teevee"
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Jun 5, 2014 16:21
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Look at them, that's their parliament.
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That loving Sned posted:Look at them, that's their parliament. But where, good Sir, is their Funkadelic?
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