| #1  07-29-2006, 08:16 AM | |||
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| why ban a bit of fun for charity who saw this today in the sun By JOHN COLES A MADCAP contest in which men slap each other with a dead eel has been banned — after just ONE complaint. Conger Cuddling is a kind of human skittles which has raised thousands for the Royal National Lifeboat Institute. Rival teams knock each other off small boxes by battering them with a 5ft conger swinging from a rope. The side with most men standing wins the Monty Python-style charity event in Lyme Regis, Dorset. But locals are furious after RNLI chiefs had to axe this year’s event over the single animal rights protest. The killjoy protestor claimed it was DISRESPECTFUL to dead animals. And a threat was made to film the fishy battle in a bid to stir up a nationwide hate campaign. Richard Fox, 67, who invented the sport 32 years ago, fumed: “It’s the most ludicrous thing I’ve ever heard. How can you be disrespecting an animal’s rights when it is dead? The eel isn’t even caught — it’s trapped by accident in fishermen’s nets. One person has spoiled the enjoyment of many.” Mayor Ken Whetlor added: “The writer of the complaint is a gutless troublemaker. Next they’ll be telling us it’s unethical to use whitebait to catch mackerel.” The contest will go ahead in the fishing town today using a rubber buoy instead of the eel. Lifeboat spokesman Andrew Kaye said: “It probably was a bit inappropriate in this day and age.”     |
| #2 07-29-2006, 08:49 AM | ||||
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| Re: why ban a bit of fun for charity CRAZY!!! I'm going along this afternoon to join in the festivities, and give a few quid to the RNLI. It's been a great week as well, Red Arrows, parachute display team, helicopter display teams, and a huge firework display tonight at 10pm. I think it's rediculous banning the eel comp. Next thing, footballs and football boots will have to be made from synthetic material, as using leather disrespects the cow!!! Cheers, Darren |
| #3 07-29-2006, 08:57 AM | ||||
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| Re: why ban a bit of fun for charity Can you use the word "cow"? You may insult some old dear!  Don't mind me it's been a long night  |
| #4 07-29-2006, 09:05 AM | ||||
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| Re: why ban a bit of fun for charity the country is going crazy,all this pc rubbish is just utter b******s. i think it was last year a charity event was cancelled , why ? because a bloke was going to sit in a bath of maggots and somebody decided that maggots had rights how stupid is that !!! |
| #5 07-29-2006, 09:24 AM | ||||
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| Re: why ban a bit of fun for charity It's not the gutless person who complained who is at fault, it's the gutless people who take any notice. We all have the option to complain, that is freedom of speech. We also have the option to tell people to 'go forth and multiply' but that freedom is being erroded by whimps. __________________ Fruit? - That's what keeps me going. |
| #6 07-29-2006, 09:49 AM | |||
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| Re: why ban a bit of fun for charity plod don,t get slapped to hard by the bouy will ya hope you enjoy the slapping , brings a new meaning to happy slapping and the RNLI will benefit great news   tightlines kevin  |
| #7 07-31-2006, 09:29 PM | ||||
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| Re: why ban a bit of fun for charity Its un-ending!! How soon before the 'posey-sniffers' and 'tree-huggers' fall upon the idea that if plants can be classified as male and female, that maybe they have feelings too.....We do call them "live plants"!!!! __________________ A bad day fishing is better than a good day working! Fishing: if it were easy, it'd be called "Catching" http://www.flickr.com/photos/omahayank/sets/ |
| #8 07-31-2006, 10:02 PM | ||||
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 Re: why ban a bit of fun for charity The Blairist thought police strike again...... __________________ Don't Judge My Path If You Haven't Walked My Journey... |
| #9 07-31-2006, 10:33 PM | ||||
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| Re: why ban a bit of fun for charity can i have the eel thats a point and a half gone begging PC is half the reason i just gave up voluntary service after 25yrs  __________________ www.exmouthsaa.co.uk 24 beers in a case and 24 hours in a day simples You won't know unless you go :D...and if you do go!! please let us know :D as thats how the forum thrives |
