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09-29-2019, 10:24 PM | #1 | ||
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Sept 30th, 2019 : Stone Casting, Throwing, Skipping
Next time you’re down at the town square stoning (lapidating) some heretic/adulterer/thief/enemy-of-powers-that-be, take a break
from the maiming/killing and take a look around. Notice which ones of the casters has a really good aim and arm. Which one of your friends and neighbors is scoring the hits that cause the most pain and screams, make the blood splatter. If you have an outstanding stone chucker you could send them to the Word Championships to possibly bring honor to your tribe. I don’t think there’s a World People Stoning Competition, but the next best thing is in Scotland. Quote:
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When I was a lad the winner was how many skips regardless of the distance. They were often one and the same but not always. But in the old country those recalcitrant Scots make their own rules. link
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09-30-2019, 06:24 AM | #2 |
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Damn, now I want to take a day off to skip stones. I was good, I coulda been a contenda.
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09-30-2019, 08:49 AM | #3 |
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Doesn't Limey live there?
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09-30-2019, 08:56 AM | #4 |
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Eating scones and skipping stones.
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09-30-2019, 09:04 PM | #5 |
I love it when a plan comes together.
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To be chosen to go first, one must meet the standard: Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
I'll be going last. |
09-30-2019, 10:59 PM | #6 |
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Did you count skips or distance?
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10-01-2019, 12:36 AM | #7 |
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By the way. Insh island, 90 acres less than two miles from Easdale, complete with ruins of two croft cottages and a cave where the previous owner lived for 30 years, is on the market for £125,000.
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10-01-2019, 03:47 AM | #8 |
Encroaching on your decrees
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10-01-2019, 06:26 AM | #9 |
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10-01-2019, 07:37 AM | #10 |
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Yabbut how'd you count the skips at the end when the stone literally ... er ... skims across the surface?
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10-01-2019, 08:18 AM | #11 |
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A child's visual acuity and fisticuffs.
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10-01-2019, 02:09 PM | #12 |
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I have always liked to skip rocks (the term stones is OK , but skimming sounds illegal).
Wikipedia says the record is 88 skips and 121.8 meters, almost certainly not the same throw or thrower. I think that the best skipper should be a major league side-arm or submarine pitcher (think Kent Tekulve and Dan Quisenberry). Or maybe Nolan Ryan with a little practice. One of the sad ways of the world is that when you find the perfect skipping rock, you almost never find it for a second throw. |
10-01-2019, 03:19 PM | #13 | |
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