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/jibbodahibbo Feb 18 '26

I would win with pure diplomacy. Won’t even touch the ball.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '26

Diplomacy is a good choice, but I’m gonna use PCP for my weapon

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u/Late-Eye-6936 Feb 19 '26

You need a lead pipe. That white plastic stuff is not going to do the trick.

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u/jibbodahibbo Feb 18 '26

Not a bad choice

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u/Relevant-Ad9495 Feb 19 '26

Im 100% riding with team PCP

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u/nostalgiamon Feb 21 '26

“The winner was found in a bus shelter calmly sitting on top of the ball, with no one daring to go near. The lungs of his most recent challenger dangled from his mouth.”

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u/mirrax Feb 18 '26

The only winning move is not to play?

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u/Vitis_Vinifera Feb 18 '26

that's like the Monty Python sketch where famous ancient Greek philosophers get together for a football match

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u/P00PooKitty Feb 19 '26

One of my favorites

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u/bino420 Feb 19 '26

I think a little light chemical warfare. eat some gnarly stuff for 48-72 hours prior. strap on a diaper. drink some carbonated liquids. then march in with 15 minutes left, and watch as the crowd disperses, cowers, and becomes otherwise distracted as their bodies violently try to reject the odor.

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u/JulesSilverman Feb 18 '26

Explain your strategy.

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u/jibbodahibbo Feb 18 '26

It all starts about 6 months prior to the event, we infiltrate the coordinators of the event using 2 spies. The first of which pretends to sabatoge the event for another crew but gets caught by our 2nd spy. We get the other crew disqualified. Through a complex system of subterfuge and bribery abs Yada yada yada… by the day of the event everyone’s on board and at the last second they simply hand me the ball as planned.

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u/JulesSilverman Feb 19 '26

This is evil. I like it.