Hats Off to First American Conker Champion.

[mawnansmiff]

We used to play conkers in school and I remember one lad called Higgins kept winning despite using the same conker over and over again.

It turned out his father has fashioned him a piece of Bakelite into a conker that of course was nigh on unbreakable .

Needless to say he got his comeuppance behind the bike sheds after school .

I'm sure this lady from Indianapolis never stooped to such skulduggery and used a proper conker so congratulations to her.

Northants: First American wins World Conker Championships

"Queen Conker" Kelci Banschbach, 34, from Indianapolis, makes history at the annual championships.

www.bbc.co.uk

Jay.

 

[jackattack]

Today I learned what Conkers is.

 

[Brendan]

Today I learned what Conkers is.

Me too, and that means I can now fully appreciate Jay and the lads giving Higgins a hiding behind the bike sheds.
I hope Higgins Senior got his comeuppance one day for setting a bad example!

 

[Pipeoff]

What the hell is a conker ? Nuts throwing nuts at.each other ?

 

[BingBong]

There may still be a Cadbury's Fudge ad of yesteryear on the Interwebs featuring conkers being played.

Almost being played.

 

[mawnansmiff]

There may still be a Cadbury's Fudge ad of yesteryear on the Interwebs featuring conkers being played.

Wow....I remember that ad.....not seen it in many years.

Jay.

 

[Briarcutter]

Thank you, I just learned something new. We call them buckeyes here in the US. We just threw them at each others as kids Leave it to the refined English to develop a game with them!