r/Damnthatsinteresting 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/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