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World Conker Championships men's winner cleared of cheating
- thih9 2y agoRelated recent discussion: “World conker champion found with steel chestnut, cleared of cheating” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41844545 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41844545 (5 days ago, 421 points)
- outlore 2y agoI find it humorous that the men’s winner defends himself by stating that he has been practicing for decades, yet loses in the mixed final to someone who had only taken up the sport last year.
- zeroonetwothree 2y agoI wish the article explained wtf conker is.
- mnemotronic 2y agoIndeed. I am finding it hard to fire up some reason for conker beyond "it's yet another British drinking game". Perhaps because the name sounds like Conquer, as in William, The.
- squiffsquiff 2y agoIt's not a drinking game. It's a schoolyard game generally played around this time of year by children and younger teenagers.
- kadoban 2y agoTwo people each have a chestnut on a string. You smack them against each other repeatedly and whoever's breaks loses.
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- IOT_Apprentice 2y agoWhy is this on hacker news? It seems obscure and unrelated to business or technology or industry.
- gruturo 2y agoThere was a suspicion that a chestnut got hacked. Enough for HN.