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Bad News For Dwarf Throwers.
by ianrthorpe @ 2007-06-06 - 16:26:50

The killjoy army seems to be unstoppable at the moment.
Following news that the government plans to crackdown on “in the home drinking” because a civilised glass of wine with dinner might turn one into an alcoholic, we now learn that the government pokenoses have intervened to force the cancellation of the UK Dwarf Throwing Championship in London’s Egg club.
Apparently there were ‘elf and safety’ concerns
(For those who don’t know, dwarves clad in velcro are thrown at a felt covered board and the winner is the person whose dwarf sticks longest. The sport originated in Australia.)

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kevinwilsonkevinwilson pro
06/06/07 @ 16:29

i bet those dwarves are bereft.

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ianrthorpeianrthorpe [Member]
07/06/07 @ 15:16

Well they're volunteers so I suppose they'll miss the free beer.

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sallyontoursallyontour pro
06/06/07 @ 17:19

Damn. I was so sure I'd win this year.

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ianrthorpeianrthorpe [Member]
07/06/07 @ 15:24

You can always come up north Sally and try your hand at Black Pudding Throwing (this is a Lancashire thing - a pile of Yorkshire Puddings is put on a fifteen foot high plinth and the winner is the one who knocks most off with a single black pudding.
We take our black puddings very seriously up here and have various Black Pudding based events, even internationals against the French.
During a bout of bureaucratic political correctness a few years ago when they tried to make us change the name to blood pudding, Lancashire threatened to cede from the Union and challenged the Hanoverian royal line. I mean if we had to call them blood puddings how would a colour blind person know if they were eating a Black, Red or White pudding?

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sallyontoursallyontour pro
07/06/07 @ 15:33

No offence, and thanks for the invitation, but just the thought of it

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