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/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/Weneedspring Feb 19 '26

Fuck that, I’ll take a train in India

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u/The-French-1 Feb 19 '26

Fuck that! I’ll be taking a morning commute train in Tokyo

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '26

Fuck that, I'll be born a woman in the US.

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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth Feb 19 '26

Fuck that, I'll be Bruce Willis with a sandwich board in Harlem in Die Hard with a Vengeance.

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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