Brits can't flonk their dwile anymore

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Dwile Flonking: council bans traditional pub sport under health and safety

The sport’s inaugural world championships were due to be held on Saturday at the Dog Inn pub, in Ludham, Great Yarmouth

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7777836/Dwile-Flonking-council-bans-traditional-pub-sport-under-health-and-safety.html

That's gotta suck

Please don't dent the planet.

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[JohnMitchell 16]

Damn if I didn't keep looking for "The Onion" banner somewhere in that whole thing.

[riddler 0]

British law should make an exception for what may be the coolest drinking game ever. With the coolest name.

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[davjohns 1]

Sooooo....

We are OK with you drinking. We just don't want you to have fun while you are doing it?

I don't drink. But that's messed up.

I know it just wouldnt be right to kill all the stupid people that we meet..

But do you think it would be appropriate to just remove all of the warning labels and let nature take its course.

[JohnRich 4]

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"New laws introduced in April banned drinking games, including time limit, all-you-can-drink offers, free alcohol prizes and binge drinking promotions."

By gosh, things are FAR worse off over there than I realized...

So who is the last legal Cardinal Puff in England?

[wmw999 2,589]

I became a Cardinal in England in 1977
Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[JohnRich 4]

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"New laws introduced in April banned drinking games..."

Are SCR beer-pouring ceremonies now illegal?

Perhaps a preemptive application should be made to the Home Office asking for a waiver of exemption from this law, since SCR ceremonies mostly involve the wasting of beer by pouring it onto the ground, rather than the actual consumption of it. I think a video of an actual ceremony would be excellent evidence in favor of this exemption.

[MikeJD 0]

Just so you know, I'd never heard of this tradition either. We're not actually all running around the country shouting 'What ho!' and tossing beer-soaked rags at one another.

[masterrig 1]

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I became a Cardinal in England in 1977
Wendy P.

Does this mean we refer to you now as... 'Your Eminence' or something like that?


Chuck

[davjohns 1]

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Just so you know, I'd never heard of this tradition either. We're not actually all running around the country shouting 'What ho!' and tossing beer-soaked rags at one another.

Too bad. I said I don't drink. I didn't say I didn't find it wildly entertaining to watch others do so.

No offense mate, but I think this legislation made your country just a bit more stuffy.

I know it just wouldnt be right to kill all the stupid people that we meet..

But do you think it would be appropriate to just remove all of the warning labels and let nature take its course.

[riddler 0]

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Just so you know, I'd never heard of this tradition either. We're not actually all running around the country shouting 'What ho!' and tossing beer-soaked rags at one another.

C'mon! Let us have some fun with stereotypes. You all can pretend we all ride horses and shoot Native Americans.

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[turtlespeed 226]

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Dwile Flonking: council bans traditional pub sport under health and safety

The sport’s inaugural world championships were due to be held on Saturday at the Dog Inn pub, in Ludham, Great Yarmouth

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7777836/Dwile-Flonking-council-bans-traditional-pub-sport-under-health-and-safety.html

That's gotta suck

We, Americans, tend to be a bit more technical with our drinking games.

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[MikeJD 0]

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Just so you know, I'd never heard of this tradition either. We're not actually all running around the country shouting 'What ho!' and tossing beer-soaked rags at one another.

Too bad. I said I don't drink. I didn't say I didn't find it wildly entertaining to watch others do so.

No offense mate, but I think this legislation made your country just a bit more stuffy.

Well, at the risk of sending this thread to SC, the government that introduced this law (and many, many others during its term) is no more. So hopefully there'll be a bit of dialling back on all the 'nanny state' legislation going forward.

But as I read it, they're only clamping down on organised/ commercially promoted drinking games. As far as I know it's still ok for a group of friends to sit around and drink themselves silly using whatever rules they like. At least it had better be.

Other side of the coin: I was surprised to be stopped from playing cards in a US airport - can't remember which (Pittsburgh, maybe?) - on the basis that we might appear to be gambling.