Conkers "too dangerous"
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I caught a snippet of a news piece on the radio this morning that said the world conker championships had been cancelled because it was too dangerous. I thought "FFS!". I've just googled and apparently it's high winds that are making the setup too dangerous, so conkers are not actually being banned. :-D My Da brought us to a convent with a long drive lined with chestnut trees one year and we went home with bags of chestnuts. Myself and my brother must have used a couple of the chestnuts that year but they were thrown in the bottom of a wardrobe and a couple of year later they were found again, all wrinkled and rock hard. We had championship conkers that year although I don't know if we were breaking some rule that says they have to be that years chestnuts.
Pete
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I caught a snippet of a news piece on the radio this morning that said the world conker championships had been cancelled because it was too dangerous. I thought "FFS!". I've just googled and apparently it's high winds that are making the setup too dangerous, so conkers are not actually being banned. :-D My Da brought us to a convent with a long drive lined with chestnut trees one year and we went home with bags of chestnuts. Myself and my brother must have used a couple of the chestnuts that year but they were thrown in the bottom of a wardrobe and a couple of year later they were found again, all wrinkled and rock hard. We had championship conkers that year although I don't know if we were breaking some rule that says they have to be that years chestnuts.
Pete
A couple of conker trees opposite my mum and dad's house on public land. Hundreds of the bloody things the last couple of years, more than the local kids can carry away with them. The road is carpeted with crushed up conkers and their husks from cars driving over them. I always take some home to keep spiders out of the house.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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A couple of conker trees opposite my mum and dad's house on public land. Hundreds of the bloody things the last couple of years, more than the local kids can carry away with them. The road is carpeted with crushed up conkers and their husks from cars driving over them. I always take some home to keep spiders out of the house.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
ChrisElston wrote:
I always take some home to keep spiders out of the house.
Seriously? My wife seems to attract spiders, they've always seemed to make themselves at home wherever she's lived (maybe we just don't dust the corners enough). So why do chestnuts keep spiders out? And why do you want to keep them out? (we don't have any problems with flies)
Pete
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ChrisElston wrote:
I always take some home to keep spiders out of the house.
Seriously? My wife seems to attract spiders, they've always seemed to make themselves at home wherever she's lived (maybe we just don't dust the corners enough). So why do chestnuts keep spiders out? And why do you want to keep them out? (we don't have any problems with flies)
Pete
I'm not too bothered by them, but wife and child not keen. Can't remember why they keep spiders away, but it studies have shown there is more substance to it than simply old wives tales. Something to do with a chemical in the conkers. They do need to be fresh though.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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I caught a snippet of a news piece on the radio this morning that said the world conker championships had been cancelled because it was too dangerous. I thought "FFS!". I've just googled and apparently it's high winds that are making the setup too dangerous, so conkers are not actually being banned. :-D My Da brought us to a convent with a long drive lined with chestnut trees one year and we went home with bags of chestnuts. Myself and my brother must have used a couple of the chestnuts that year but they were thrown in the bottom of a wardrobe and a couple of year later they were found again, all wrinkled and rock hard. We had championship conkers that year although I don't know if we were breaking some rule that says they have to be that years chestnuts.
Pete
You were probably breaking some rule saying you have to use conkers not chestnuts ;) (This may be a language variation, I suppose. 'Chestnuts' here refers to the edible nut, and the tree from which it comes. Conkers are 'properly' known as horse chestnut.)
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I caught a snippet of a news piece on the radio this morning that said the world conker championships had been cancelled because it was too dangerous. I thought "FFS!". I've just googled and apparently it's high winds that are making the setup too dangerous, so conkers are not actually being banned. :-D My Da brought us to a convent with a long drive lined with chestnut trees one year and we went home with bags of chestnuts. Myself and my brother must have used a couple of the chestnuts that year but they were thrown in the bottom of a wardrobe and a couple of year later they were found again, all wrinkled and rock hard. We had championship conkers that year although I don't know if we were breaking some rule that says they have to be that years chestnuts.
Pete
When I read the title, my first thought was "will people just stop complaining about video game violence".
Somebody in an online forum wrote:
INTJs never really joke. They make a point. The joke is just a gift wrapper.
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I caught a snippet of a news piece on the radio this morning that said the world conker championships had been cancelled because it was too dangerous. I thought "FFS!". I've just googled and apparently it's high winds that are making the setup too dangerous, so conkers are not actually being banned. :-D My Da brought us to a convent with a long drive lined with chestnut trees one year and we went home with bags of chestnuts. Myself and my brother must have used a couple of the chestnuts that year but they were thrown in the bottom of a wardrobe and a couple of year later they were found again, all wrinkled and rock hard. We had championship conkers that year although I don't know if we were breaking some rule that says they have to be that years chestnuts.
Pete