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Thank heavens that in this world of doom and gloom there are still some worthy eccentrics among our fellow countrymen.
For today the annual World Conker Championships will be held in Northamptonshire. Today, hundreds of harmless eccentrics will descend upon some fields near the village of Ashton and compete with each other with nothing more than conkers.
Conkers! The very word brings to mind images of our innocent youth when we would play conkers with our chums and add up the number of others’ conkers that you smashed to pieces with yours. Perhaps we were not so innocent for, if we were that devious, we would harden our conkers in our mothers’ ovens but not enough that it showed and caught us out for cheating.
Today there will be no cheating, for the members of Ashton Conker Club have prepared no less than 2,000 conkers of around 1.25 to 1.5 inches in diameter that have been drilled and threaded on to old-fashioned leather bootlaces to ensure fair play.
Conkers! We use the same word to indicate that someone is a bit barmy but not completely off his or her rocker.
The conker players today are almost certainly conkers in themselves. But we salute them for it and hope they have an absolutely splendid day!
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Thank heavens that in this world of doom and gloom there are still some worthy eccentrics among our fellow countrymen.
For today the annual World Conker Championships will be held in Northamptonshire. Today, hundreds of harmless eccentrics will descend upon some fields near the village of Ashton and compete with each other with nothing more than conkers.
Conkers! The very word brings to mind images of our innocent youth when we would play conkers with our chums and add up the number of others’ conkers that you smashed to pieces with yours. Perhaps we were not so innocent for, if we were that devious, we would harden our conkers in our mothers’ ovens but not enough that it showed and caught us out for cheating.
Today there will be no cheating, for the members of Ashton Conker Club have prepared no less than 2,000 conkers of around 1.25 to 1.5 inches in diameter that have been drilled and threaded on to old-fashioned leather bootlaces to ensure fair play.
Conkers! We use the same word to indicate that someone is a bit barmy but not completely off his or her rocker.
The conker players today are almost certainly conkers in themselves. But we salute them for it and hope they have an absolutely splendid day!
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