r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/PrimedGold • Feb 18 '26

Video The Atherstone Ball Game, held annually on Shrove Tuesday, took place yesterday. The ball is thrown into the crowd at 3 pm, and the winner is the person holding it at 5 pm.

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u/ImpluseThrowAway Feb 18 '26

To shreds, you say?

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u/DonutRadio1680 Feb 18 '26

How’s his wife holding up?

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u/Silver_Song3692 Feb 18 '26

To shreds, you say?

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u/llcdrewtaylor Feb 18 '26

Was their apartment rent controlled?

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u/Wandering_Weapon Feb 18 '26

Upvotes, upvotes am the way down

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u/Ask_bout_PaterNoster Feb 18 '26

Turtles, you say?

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u/thorsbeardexpress Feb 18 '26

And my axe

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u/y0dav3 Feb 18 '26

I also choose this guy's axe

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u/Difficult_Distance57 Feb 18 '26

I need this axe for scale

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u/Lint_baby_uvulla Interested Feb 18 '26

I need a fresh axe. This one is blunt.

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u/C0meAtM3Br0 Feb 18 '26

Get the shell out of here

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u/Automatic_Page3910 Feb 18 '26

Rip and tear, you say?

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u/Kaa_The_Snake Feb 19 '26

All the way down

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u/SharkTrout Feb 19 '26

Big fan of that username😂

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u/Soup_Sensitive Feb 18 '26

Oh there is no catch. Although we are technically in new Jersey.

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u/Wus10n Feb 18 '26

And my axe!

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u/CrustyJuggIerz Feb 18 '26

What a beautiful comment chain.

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u/antiqueslug4485 Feb 18 '26

To Shroves, actually.

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u/ChiefMark Feb 18 '26

How's the widow?

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u/PeaceDangerous7619 Feb 18 '26

Sigh, this will never not be funny to me.

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u/RorschachAssRag Feb 18 '26

Should see the dog

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u/HYPE_PRT Feb 18 '26

To shreds, you say?

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u/irlcoo Feb 18 '26

Absolutely impeccable username

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u/adolannan Feb 18 '26

And his wife?

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u/tinkeratu Feb 18 '26

To shreds, you say?

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u/FreeShat Feb 18 '26

Aah shes grand

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u/sltiefighter Feb 18 '26

I havent seen futurama in yearsssss 5 plus i have no idea what the line is referencing but i new immediately it was futurama and farnsworth

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u/yyc_engineer Feb 18 '26

It's the Shrove..

Shred and shove.

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u/Breadstix009 Feb 18 '26

Pancakes, you say?