‘King Conker’ cleared of cheating at World Conker Championships

[Tommy Tainant]

‘King Conker’ cleared of cheating at World Conker Championships

David Jakins is cleared of any wrongdoing after he was found with a steel nut in his pocket

www.theguardian.com

What a relief. This is the news we have all been waiting for. These are all gentlemen. The loser must be some sort of whining xolonial unused to the spirit of fair play. Pobably a maga whiner.

I must say that I do prefer the Peckham rules. There is an art to preparing a conker for matchplay. You lose that when you just take it out of a bag

 

[DakotaKai_fan20]

Can you tell me what Conker is? I don't know anything.

 

[lennypartiv]

Is conking anything like wanking? It's no surprise that it's an English thing.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Can you tell me what Conker is? I don't know anything.

A conker is an inedible member of the chestnut family. They drop from the trees around now.
Kids break the spiky skin to get at the nut inside.
The only use of the nut is conker fighting.
You drill a hole thru the conker and thread a string thru the hole.

You can then have conker fights in the schoolyard.

Essentially you stand oppossite your opponent while he holds out his conker. Then you seing your conker to hit his. The aim being to ssmash it tto bits.
After taking your swing you then have to hold out your conker for him to take a swing. If your opponent flinches then you get a free "go". This is often subject to much dispute.
The last conker standing is the winner.

There is a science around it but I wont bore you with that.
Sore knuckles is the usual outcome.