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Originally posted by darmstadt View PostI was at the Kegelbahn last night which is a German version of bowling, nine skittles, narrow lanes and the balls either have no finger holes or just 2. Its actually a lot more difficult than bowling but quite fun (unless you do it properly then the German's love of rules comes in!)
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I was at the Kegelbahn last night which is a German version of bowling, nine skittles, narrow lanes and the balls either have no finger holes or just 2. Its actually a lot more difficult than bowling but quite fun (unless you do it properly then the German's love of rules comes in!)
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Originally posted by Malcolm Buggeridge View PostIndeed, the ladies were allowing him to commit no end of transgressions that would have resulted in a clip round the ear for any non-dwarf
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Originally posted by darmstadt View PostThere are still pubs with shove ha'penny? Of an evening we used to enjoy a few pints and a few rounds of this until slowly pubs changed and you didn't see it again, along with dominos, table top skittles (I think that was called something like Devil and Tailors), Nine Mens Morris, etc.
As a very infrequent player, I hadn't realised until that night that dominos was not mostly about luck. I was taken to the cleaners by a wizened old chap who just sat and smiled all night.
Another strange thing I noticed was that the pub players called their dominos "cards", and so to this day I count that as the mark of a proper dominos player.
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I visited a bar in Belgium a few years ago that had a single lane bowling alley in it, complete with electric skittle righter and automatic ball return. Must have cost a small fortune.
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Originally posted by Advocate View Postplus you get fed. Not bad for a quid!
There's a huge regional variation in the rules.
Originally posted by Advocate View PostThere's a huge regional variation in the rules.
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Originally posted by darmstadt View PostThere are still pubs with shove ha'penny? Of an evening we used to enjoy a few pints and a few rounds of this until slowly pubs changed and you didn't see it again, along with dominos, table top skittles (I think that was called something like Devil and Tailors), Nine Mens Morris, etc. I do remember once when working in Wellingborough I went out into the country and in the pub they had a one lane skittle alley which was quite short and (my memory fades) was very difficult. The locals allowed me to join in and twas a good evening, doubt that exists now or such an evening would ever occur again.
Any Oxfordshire CUKers out there to describe the finer points of the game?
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Re: It's Great Being a Dwarf!
Originally posted by wurzel View PostThere are still quite a few pubs with skittle alleys round here as there is an active skittles league. They double as dining areas when there's not a match on though so you can't just wander in willy nilly and have a game like you used to be able to.
There's a huge regional variation in the rules.
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Originally posted by darmstadt View PostThere are still pubs with shove ha'penny? Of an evening we used to enjoy a few pints and a few rounds of this until slowly pubs changed and you didn't see it again, along with dominos, table top skittles (I think that was called something like Devil and Tailors), Nine Mens Morris, etc. I do remember once when working in Wellingborough I went out into the country and in the pub they had a one lane skittle alley which was quite short and (my memory fades) was very difficult. The locals allowed me to join in and twas a good evening, doubt that exists now or such an evening would ever occur again.
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Originally posted by Malcolm Buggeridge View PostSpring has sprung and my latest pub visit finds me off of my customary West Country stomping ground and in Sunny South Oxfordshire on tour with my local pub's shove ha'penny team where we've just played a tournament at the Leathern Bottle in Lewknor.
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Originally posted by wurzel View PostThat midget off Game of Thrones certainly seems to be having a ball.
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That midget off Game of Thrones certainly seems to be having a ball.
Note to self: Must <cough> acquire Season 3 ep. 1 tonight. First 2 seasons were excellent. Anyone watching?
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostGood stuff.
I always thought it weird that the only engine where the pistons did not go up and down was the Wankel. Not known any dwarfs but have observed that elderly men get away with things that younger ones would be arrested for.
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Good stuff.
I always thought it weird that the only engine where the pistons did not go up and down was the Wankel. Not known any dwarfs but have observed that elderly men get away with things that younger ones would be arrested for.
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