Who’s the winner? I’m the winner, baby!
A couple or three weeks back, blogmate and fellow ninja Franki had a game of Guess over at this post. There was a prize on offer, and if there are two things I like, it's (a) showing what a smarty-pants I am and (b) winning stuff for showing what a smarty-pants I am.
Anyways, I looked at the pic and figured, Damn, someone musta already guessed it. But as I scrolled through the handful of comments before me, no one had got it right. I couldn't believe it. But they were common-or-garden conkers, surely to goodness? Maybe these things are not so well known in the U.S. of A., but here in the U. of K. we love that shit. We grow up on them, practically. Never a winter goes by when we don't get fucked-up knuckles from playing conkers as kids, baking them in the oven, soaking them in vinegar and thinking up myriad other ways to create a championship, beats-all-comers, hard motherfucker of a conker.
Anyways, short story long, I won. And yesterday I received my just rewards. Word to the wise, though, Franki: clearly sushi doesn't travel well, since they tasted a bit waxy. Thanks for the thought, though.
;-)
Anyways, I looked at the pic and figured, Damn, someone musta already guessed it. But as I scrolled through the handful of comments before me, no one had got it right. I couldn't believe it. But they were common-or-garden conkers, surely to goodness? Maybe these things are not so well known in the U.S. of A., but here in the U. of K. we love that shit. We grow up on them, practically. Never a winter goes by when we don't get fucked-up knuckles from playing conkers as kids, baking them in the oven, soaking them in vinegar and thinking up myriad other ways to create a championship, beats-all-comers, hard motherfucker of a conker.
Anyways, short story long, I won. And yesterday I received my just rewards. Word to the wise, though, Franki: clearly sushi doesn't travel well, since they tasted a bit waxy. Thanks for the thought, though.
;-)
Labels: america, blogpals, britain, conkers, friends, two nations divided by far more than a common language it seems
20 Comments:
To the victor belong the spoils...
Well done, you! I might have to fight you over that ninja keyring, though.
I'm thinkin you should treat Red to a romantic sushi candlelit sushi dinner!
Congrats!
Red: I think Boba Fett might fight me over it too!
Franki: We do love our sushi, that's for sure, but these are too good to burn. Thank you!
I love the prizes! Congratulations as well!
you ate shipped sushi? i do like the ninja though...
those are some pretty cool candles. Ninjas find the best stuff!
oh they are candles....i get it. doh!
Gardenia: Thanks.
Andy: The ninja rocks. He looks just like me! (And RefPo beat me to the explanation of why the sushi tasted waxy.)
RefPo: No flies on you, baby! Ninjas are great hunters, I think.
Andy: Yup.
Bravo! And that Ninja key ring is rather cute.
I've never understood why the English are so crazy for the castagne matte. Kids in my area play with them like crazy.
The Ninja keyring is fab!
Puss
Milla: Conkers is just another way in which English boys can compete to show how much better they are than their peers. Island nation, y'see!
G/puss: Rockin', ain't it?
Ninjas and candles? That's the best prize ever! Wasn't there a Conkers world championship or something recently? I sent an article to another UK buddy a little while ago about it... Don't understand it personally. When we were kids, we used to play knuckles. Screw the nuts.
Congrats mate...
cool prizes... me likes the ninja!
that keychain is cool and the candles are neato too. i forgot to guess zebra penis on this week's contest. drats! congrats!
It was mad when I moved to Pennsylvania. You'd be knee deep in bloody conkers and no one had a clue what to do with them!
Karen: It is, right? Conkers rocks. Shame you guys don't dig it.
_z.: Cheers, man. The ninja is proving popular.
F/ball: Best get back and have another stab at it!
Tidy: Long time, man... Those crazy Americans, huh?!
what great prizes!
i was confused about the sushi, too. if i hadn't read the rest of the comments, i probably would have said the same thing Z said (oh... andy... not _z).
but what awesome candles! and i love the little keyring :)
Man - I love both of those nifty little treats you got!
Also, I am simply in love with the Grindhouse movies - definitely two of my favorite movies ever. I picked up both soundtracks, both DVDs and multiple theatrical one-sheets I plan on framing. Can't wait for the genuine "grindhouse collection" DVD that's going to come with the theatrical trailers and advertisements.
Have you ever seen The People Under the Stairs? That's a pretty ridiculous (probably really bad) horror movie, ha.
Congratualtions. But I may be a stickler here...but didn't "the CEO" answer the question correctly first? They said chestnuts....I suppose the nickname conkers must have been the aim of the contest...but well...I don't want to start a war or anything, but I'm surprised the CEO didn't pipe in and say WHAT?
I knew they were chestnuts as well...fun game.
Martha: Of course, I had aimed to mislead, but it's fun that they're candles. Though they're too cool to burn.
Adam: Thanks, man. Yeah, I'm holding out until the super-duper double bill hits DVD. (Just like I am with the Kill Bill films. Could be a long wait.)
Candy: Nah, you see, Lee wanted to be very specific, and chestnuts are little and edible, while horse chestnuts (conkers) are considerably bigger and not good for eating. Ergo, I win!
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