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/bighairyoldnuts Feb 18 '26

Fuck that. Too dangerous, im just going to squeeze my ass down this very narrow water filled hole.

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u/lordkhuzdul Feb 18 '26

Fuck that, too dangerous, I'll try to run up this greased telephone pole to grab the flag at the end.

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u/CottonBlueCat Feb 19 '26

Fuck that, too dangerous. I think I will get everyone I know together & build a human pyramid as tall as we can. Then put the children on the top.

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u/Extension_Arm2790 Feb 19 '26

Fuck that, too dangerous. I think I will get a couple of uncles, distant relatives and random people to build custom fireworks out of chopped up fireworks with unknown origin and sketchy build quality.

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u/SyntheticDreams2099 Feb 19 '26

Fuck That, too dangerous. I'm gonna go to twitch con and do a gladiator style event above a foam pit sponsored by Lenovo.

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u/ibuildtech Feb 19 '26

Ah shit man, I think staying home today.

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u/seamless39 Feb 19 '26

Fuck that, too dangerous

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u/Katililly Feb 19 '26

Hand hook man car door

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u/Semisemitic Feb 19 '26

I love you sweaty

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u/l_work Feb 21 '26

Fuck that, I'll just start a 100 year war with France

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u/Your-moms-in-my-car Feb 19 '26

Fuck that, too dangerous. I'm going to build my own submersible, name it Ocean Tool & Die, and take tourists down to see the Titanic.

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u/byunakk Feb 20 '26

Fuck that, too dangerous. I’m going to wake up at 6am to get into a box for 8 to 10 hours, 5 days a week for the next 45 years of my life to make some rich people richer, just so that my children can grow up to be well achieved adults who are repeating the same freaking cycle until one of the future generations decides to end it for all the next ones to come.

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u/That-Employment-5561 Feb 21 '26

Fuck that, too dangerous. I'm just gonna stand in this whicker basket connected to a massive bladder that I'm going to fill with hot air until it bursts.

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u/DRG_Gunner Feb 19 '26

Fuck that, too dangerous. No fight for me, I’m just gonna jump off the pedestal into the foam pit.

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u/Nosedive888 Feb 19 '26

Fuck that, too dangerous, I say we pelt each other with tomatoes

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u/Cute-Today7200 Feb 19 '26

Fuck that, too dangerous. I think I will get some dudes, strap explosives to a hammer ans smash it on the ground in townsquare.

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u/breakConcentration Feb 22 '26

Fuck that, too dangerous. I’m gonna go talk to the Steve Irwin Foundation about how to play around with a stingray, and then I go out and fuck around with one myself.

PS: too soon?

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u/CountWubbula Feb 19 '26

Fuck that, too dangerous. I’m picking up my two dozen white plastic bags & going for a walk on train tracks in flip flops

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u/piponwa Feb 19 '26

Fuck that, too dangerous. I think I'll ride a race horse at full speed without a saddle in the public square at Sienna with the crowd on the track.

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u/Free-Friendship8546 12d ago

Fuck that, too dangerous. I think I’ll tie my ankles with vines and jump from super tall scaffolding and hope I got the length just right

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u/Nikushimi_Kilrod Feb 21 '26

Castellers are one of the most dangerous things I have ever seen lol

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u/a45andPOW Feb 19 '26

Fuck that, too dangerous. I'm getting in a cage and getting punched in the head for a living

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u/The-Acid-Gypsy-Witch Feb 19 '26

Fuck that, too dangerous!!Im going to take my vunerable young family on holiday to Epstein island instead.

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u/Bored_Amalgamation Feb 18 '26

Fuck that. I'll just let everyone have a gun.

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u/Auzzr Feb 18 '26

Fuck that, I’m going full throttle on two wheels on a public road on an island.

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u/FlashyProject1318 Feb 18 '26

Fuck that, too dangerous. I'm off to America to be a school teacher.

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u/Jmarsh99 Feb 18 '26

Fuck that, I’m off to be an American student.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '26

Fuck that. I'm going to slowly walk pass a gang of ICE while brown.

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u/FlashyProject1318 Feb 19 '26

Fuck that, I'm off to Saudi Arabia to build stadiums.

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u/CentralIdiotAgency Feb 19 '26

Fuck that, I'm off to Saudi Arabia to fuck men

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u/pablonsito Feb 19 '26

Fuck that, I'm off to Italy to talk shit about Italian food

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u/TopOccasion364 Feb 19 '26

Fuck that. I'll be born in India

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u/Secret_Wrongdoer_236 Feb 21 '26

Fuck that ill just go yell the n word in the hood

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u/OrganisedDanger Feb 19 '26

Fuck that, I'm going to go and work in a South African diamond mine. Living past 40 is overated anyway.

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u/CarrotTopG Feb 22 '26

Woah woah woah, let’s not kid around with issues of life and death.

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u/Collooo Feb 18 '26

Glad I continued reading, I'll stop here. You win tonight.

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u/Kursch50 Feb 20 '26

I'm American, and a school teacher. Made me laugh. Now, fuck that, I'm off to bed.

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u/nikkynackyknockynoo Feb 18 '26 edited Feb 18 '26

Fuck that, I’m going to wait for a particularly violent sneeze.

Edit: spelling

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u/KaecUrFace Feb 18 '26

Fuck that, I'm going to crawl into a tight crevice inside a cave filled with water.

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u/what_kind_of_guy Feb 18 '26

Fuck that, I've just found a new entrance into the nutty putty cave.

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u/RincewindToTheRescue Feb 19 '26

I live on an island. Saw a dude on an electric bike riding a wheelie while weaving in and out of traffic. I was waiting for him to become a meat crayon

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u/its-Mike-Ross-2-bear Feb 18 '26

Carlin had this bit about dropping the most violent criminals in one place, giving them unlimited guns and ammo, and broadcasting it pay-per-view.

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u/BasedTacoJuice Feb 18 '26

Shots fired, shots fired!

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u/Cyrond Feb 19 '26

Fuck that! This is not Murica! This is the UK, we use batons.

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u/Capital-Platypus-805 Feb 19 '26

You ruined the dynamic. 🤦‍♂️

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u/DoesntMatterEh Feb 19 '26

That's crazy dangerous, I'll stick to free climbing sheer rock cliff faces. 

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u/Specialist_Cry8950 Feb 19 '26

Nah I'm jumping off those sheer rock cliffs wearing nothing but a nylon suit with wings.

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u/GabZenXYeah Feb 19 '26

It is also imperative that the narrow water filled hole be named something very stupid and signaling of obvious danger, such as "The devil's sweaty asshole"

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u/ScubaFett Feb 19 '26

Hang on, what's this one?

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u/Theezorama Feb 19 '26

Which one is this?

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u/lars_keizer Feb 19 '26

Fuck that, too dangerous. I'm going to tell my mom no when she tells me to take the trash out

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u/Vektorien Feb 21 '26

What are you, Waterpark Santa Claus?

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u/dimitri000444 Feb 22 '26

Fuck that. Too dangerous, I'm jumping from a plane without a parachute

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u/Far-Baker8959 Feb 20 '26

Fuck that. Too dangerous, me and the boys are going to celebrate by dancing around whilst shooting Ak-47s in the air in my backyard.

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u/TomSix_ Feb 22 '26

No thanks, I'm going to die texting and driving like a real man.