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airhead

airhead

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sounds like a fun sport. Vaguely reminds me of the fish slapping from Monty Python.
 
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vincegamer

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Why ban it and not just change the eel to a beanbag or something?

There are Italian cities that still carry out these unique ritual \"battles\" every year over which family gets to control the well that no one uses anymore anyway. They don\'t actually use blades anymore, but they keep up the old tradition.
 
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finn18

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There are some pretty crazy customs in England....

Sounds like a bit of fun in a good cause and I am sure the conger didn\'t care...

Unfortunately we have some mad, crazy bastards too. Recent stats by the RSPCA showed animal cruelty in the UK had risen by over 70%...you\'d think the \'activist\' would better spend his time helping the living.:duh:
 
wiccanpony

wiccanpony

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Originally posted by finn18
Sounds like a bit of fun in a good cause and I am sure the conger didn\'t care...

Unfortunately we have some mad, crazy bastards too. Recent stats by the RSPCA showed animal cruelty in the UK had risen by over 70%...you\'d think the \'activist\' would better spend his time helping the living.:duh:
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:rolleyes: why, I see nothing crazy about chasing a wheel of cheese down a hill/cliff..no nothing weird there :drool:lol
 
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Torn blue sky

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Hell no! These are all fine and dandy pass-times! Britain May be famous for being a resiliant nation, but we also need to uphold the fine art of lunacy!
Slap away say I, and chase the cheese till your hearts content :D
 
Infidel Castro

Infidel Castro

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It\'s all good fun. Do you reckon there\'s a place they find the dead eels? Wasn\'t it the same activists who dug up a couple of dead folk recently to protest about a load of bones of animals that were going to be dug up? The guys are top lol
 
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spazzy

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If people want to gather to slap and be slapped with dead fish, I would not stand in their way.

That\'s really got to stink, by the way.
 
Infidel Castro

Infidel Castro

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Originally posted by Torn blue sky
Hell no! These are all fine and dandy pass-times! Britain May be famous for being a resiliant nation, but we also need to uphold the fine art of lunacy!
Slap away say I, and chase the cheese till your hearts content :D
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Indeed, chase that cheese. better than being chased by a bull whilst being pelted with tomatoes lol
 
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Torn blue sky

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I suppose they find them floating in rock pools. That would explain our facination with them.
Or maybe theyre expired pets! I know if i had an eel thats the way he\'d want to go :D

And for the record spazzy, I wouldn\'t stand in front of a bloke with an eel on a string if he was intent on swinging it.
Maybe cod or suchlike, but eels are for the hardcore! :twisted:

I dunno, i was sorely tempted to go to that once when I was in Italy! We couldn\'t figure out where it was though and we were in some bar...and we were wasted...just as well really lol
 
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tofu

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What really bothers me is... why\'s it called \'cuddling\'? I suppose some lovers are getting it all wrong now... :eek:
 
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Arkzein

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Another example of common sense out the window. I\'m *sure* all the other eels are looking up out of the water and tutting over the cruel treatment of their fellows! Can\'t have a bit of fecetious craic any more.
 
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penguin

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That was in the Guardian a while ago. Sounds fun! :D Weird that it had to be banned... why only now if it\'s been going on 30+ years?

*edit* Looked in the newspaper again, the eels aren\'t killed for it. They are bycatch from fishing nets.
 
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mistamick

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Interesting.
I have been to Lyme Regis, and I didn\'t see anything like that.
I think that this is even stranger, for those who haven\'t heard.
 
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