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intaglio

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Mon May 5, 2014, 05:59 AM May 2014

Man tosses knob 21.8m (71ft)

Via the BBC

More than 5,000 people have attended a "knob throwing" competition in Dorset.

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The longest throw was by Dave Morrison, who tossed his knob 21.8m (71ft).

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He said: "We used to throw knobs occasionally as a child because they're the size of a golf ball, so the whole thing gelled from there.

"Most of the contest is taken in good heart and there is no food wastage. Everything that is left over - even the broken bits on the ground - goes to feed local chickens.


Oh, a Dorset Knob is a locally made spherical biscuit (cookie)
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Man tosses knob 21.8m (71ft) (Original Post) intaglio May 2014 OP
Why am I picturing John Cleese in this contest? DontTreadOnMe May 2014 #1
I was hoping that this was about Nigel Farage. non sociopath skin May 2014 #2
LMAO!!! truebrit71 May 2014 #4
and here I was thinking this was a DOOR knob throwing competition lol steve2470 May 2014 #3
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