And We Brits Think You Yanks Are Bonkers.

[mawnansmiff]

From the BBC News page.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-39538277
Regards,
Jay.

 

[davet]

Sounds like something off of Monty Python :mrgreen:
https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwj_2_ux4pTTAhWs5IMKHQ1jBfkQtwIIKDAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DBzrI15uw92k&usg=AFQjCNEh0D_WQKVcSN03PV9LREBatuR9TQ&bvm=bv.152174688,d.amc

 

[mawnansmiff]

That's the first thing that came to my mind Davet!
Did you ever see the Michael Palin Ripping yarns series? Damned hilarious.
Regards,
Jay.

 

[cranseiron]

Ha! Yes, very Pythonish. I wonder if the lab coats are mandatory?

 

[davet]

Did you ever see the Michael Palin Ripping yarns series?

I've not come across that one yet. My favorite one from over there right now is Little Britain, hilarious :rofl:

 

[mawnansmiff]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ripping-Yarns-Complete-Michael-Palin/dp/B004AGEON4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491653918&sr=8-1&keywords=Ripping+yarns+dvd
Regards,
Jay.

 

[philobeddoe]

Let's roshambo....I'll go first!

 

[drennan]

Let's roshambo....I'll go first!

Stop!
Carry on

 

[sw0snuff3r]

Did you ever see the Michael Palin Ripping yarns series? Damned hilarious.

Well, there goes my Saturday.

 

[kanse]

That's a real shame.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Damn! Four centuries of good clean fun, binned just like that, thank you very much! What are we coming to?
:lol:

 

[brian64]

What's this nonsense of stuffing the trousers with straw? That's why there's a loss of interest. Any good shin kicking event should be bare legs only.

 

[sablebrush52]

Doesn't seem like much of an event without the spikes strapped to the toes of your shoes.

 

[toobfreak]

The straw was only there to sop up the blood running down the legs.

 

[georged]

Speaking of bonkers, a bit of shin kicking has nothing on cheese rolling:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQiaa7XsaVc
That annual event is attended by a squadron of ambulances because the question isn't whether somebody will need to be taken to a hospital, but how many will. :lol:

 

[pagan]

Bonkers? really? obviously you have not interacted with member @simong :rofl:

 

[darthcider]

I love being a Brit!

Time for the Morris dancers.

 

[theloniousmonkfish]

"The sport has been practiced on Dover's Hill, near Chipping Campden, since 1612"
Straw legged shin kicking? Sport? Do you guy not have any type of ball over there?

 

[mawnansmiff]

"What's this nonsense of stuffing the trousers with straw?"
That's rather rich coming from a nation that will only play football whilst wearing a helmet and full suit of body armour :crazy:
"Do you guy not have any type of ball over there?"
Yes we do, it's called a cricket ball. Cricket being a mans version of the girl's game called rounders or baseball in America ::
Regards,
Jay.

 

[theloniousmonkfish]

"That's rather rich coming from a nation that will only play football whilst wearing a helmet and full suit of body armour"
I bet concussions have nothing to do with that. So our Gladiators wear more armor than the Romans, at least our empire isn't crumbling....
Cricket is more boring than baseball, would rather watch QPR.