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Related: About this forumMan 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.
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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
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DontTreadOnMe
(2,442 posts)1. Why am I picturing John Cleese in this contest?
PKT - Professional Knob Throwers
non sociopath skin
(4,972 posts)2. I was hoping that this was about Nigel Farage.
The Skin
truebrit71
(20,805 posts)4. LMAO!!!
steve2470
(37,457 posts)3. and here I was thinking this was a DOOR knob throwing competition lol
/American perspective off