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Town In Britain Holds Yearly Event Where People Beat The Sh*t Out Of Each Other
Posted on 3/7/19 at 11:26 am
Posted on 3/7/19 at 11:26 am
Hundreds of baws fighting over a ball. America needs more things like this. Would you play it?
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Violence breaks out in a small English town during a medieval "Shrove Tuesday" tradition. The scuffles took place in Atherstone, Warwickshire during the 820th Atherstone Ball Game, as hundreds of eager competitors battled to gain control of a sphere. The town has a population of around 10,000. It's a dog-eat-dog event, with contestants using all means necessary to be in control of the ball, from punching and kicking their way through crowds, to climbing on the surrounding buildings to gain an advantage. The game dates back to the medieval times and the two main rules are that (fortunately) you are not allowed to kill anyone, and that whoever holds the ball when time is up is declared the winner. In its early iterations a bag of gold was used instead of a ball. The game lasts for two hours.
This post was edited on 3/7/19 at 11:28 am
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Posted on 3/7/19 at 11:28 am to JetsetNuggs
I’ve long advocated for melee battles between groups with grievances. Better to get it out than to have it all pent up
Posted on 3/7/19 at 11:29 am to JetsetNuggs
Somebody broke the First Rule by writing this article.
Posted on 3/7/19 at 11:29 am to JetsetNuggs
Posted on 3/7/19 at 11:31 am to JetsetNuggs
Posted on 3/7/19 at 11:31 am to JetsetNuggs
So like a scaled-up smear the queer?
Posted on 3/7/19 at 11:32 am to JetsetNuggs
We did this every day on the school playground...
Posted on 3/7/19 at 11:32 am to JetsetNuggs
Remember playing a form of this game in elementary and middle school.
Posted on 3/7/19 at 11:34 am to RogerTheShrubber
Smear the queer was the best
Posted on 3/7/19 at 11:43 am to JetsetNuggs
Why were they all defending the corridor toward the end? Is the ball in there?
Posted on 3/7/19 at 11:47 am to JetsetNuggs
The OT should do this at Sonic, I'd like to bitch slap a few posters
Posted on 3/7/19 at 11:49 am to JetsetNuggs
IIIRC this is in the Sports Hall Of Shame because the rules for scoring a goal are so hard that they went at least 50 years without scoring one at some point in the 20th century.
Edit - Apparently I am thinking of a different podunk British “wall game” tradition.
The one I am thinking of is similar to Rugby with the townies on one side and the university kids on the other.
Edit - Apparently I am thinking of a different podunk British “wall game” tradition.
The one I am thinking of is similar to Rugby with the townies on one side and the university kids on the other.
This post was edited on 3/7/19 at 11:51 am
Posted on 3/7/19 at 11:52 am to idlewatcher
The ball was in there and dudes trying to guard it were on the receiving end of some haymakers
Posted on 3/7/19 at 11:53 am to JetsetNuggs
so basically a giant game of Smear the Queer
Posted on 3/7/19 at 11:53 am to JetsetNuggs
We played this at recess in school when I was young. We called it "Kill the Man With the Ball". We used a football.
This post was edited on 3/7/19 at 11:56 am
Posted on 3/7/19 at 11:56 am to JetsetNuggs
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whoever holds the ball when time is up is declared the winner
I'd just wait for 1 hour 55 minutes then, and let the competition sort itself out and then wade in all fresh and nimble and wreck shop.
Posted on 3/7/19 at 11:58 am to JetsetNuggs
We call that Black Friday shopping
Posted on 3/7/19 at 12:06 pm to JetsetNuggs
That looks fun as shite.
Definitely like smear the queer, but with some sort of teams, some yellow-vested “referees”, and of course the punching and kicking.
We also played a game in the club pool with a greased watermelon. Two teams wrestling a greased watermelon (that floated) to put it up on the opponent’s side of the pool. Dunking was allowed. Pulling down other people’s swimsuits was discouraged but a frequent tactic, etc.
Good times.
Definitely like smear the queer, but with some sort of teams, some yellow-vested “referees”, and of course the punching and kicking.
We also played a game in the club pool with a greased watermelon. Two teams wrestling a greased watermelon (that floated) to put it up on the opponent’s side of the pool. Dunking was allowed. Pulling down other people’s swimsuits was discouraged but a frequent tactic, etc.
Good times.
Posted on 3/7/19 at 12:18 pm to JetsetNuggs
Sounds like smear the queer
Posted on 3/7/19 at 12:19 pm to JetsetNuggs
This is what they do as their Fat Tuesday really. Add Pancake Day to that as well. Ash Wednesday is like any other.
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