World Pooh Sticks Championships

Tony_M

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24 Mar 2006 - 8:05 AM

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The 23rd World Pooh Sticks Championships are being held this weekend (Mother's Day, Sunday March 26th) at Little Wittenham, south of Oxford.

Not sure if there will be much to photograph, but I'm planning to go along for a laugh

MattB

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24 Mar 2006 - 8:26 AM

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Wonderful anecdote Cath! I do believe that would spice up the World Champs!

Aren't we great at these sort of things. I mean light heartedly taking something devilishly seriously like Pooh Sticks, or tiddly winks, or conkers.

So terriblly British. Bloody Marvelous!

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24 Mar 2006 - 9:04 AM

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Now do I go to the World Pooh Sticks Championship or Australia? Hmmmm! Tricky one, that! LOL!

Tooth (Critique Team)

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24 Mar 2006 - 5:10 PM

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just barging in here, but I remember in my youth a sitcom with Derek Nimmo as a young vicar/whatever, and his catchphrase was his hilarious profanity which was..

"oh, pooh.."

stevie (e2 Member)

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24 Mar 2006 - 9:00 PM

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Suzi - absolutely agree - I discovered Bryson only relatively recently but I also enjoyed 'Notes from a Small Island' immensely. It suddenly dawned on me exactly what the Italian half of my family had been talking about for the past forty years!

Tooth - I think you refer to 'Oh Brother' circa 1968.

Steve

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25 Mar 2006 - 4:34 AM

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I still think that Neither Here nor There, the first Bryson book that I read, was by far the funniest...

jeanie (e2 Member)

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25 Mar 2006 - 6:36 AM

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I still play poo sticks whenever I can - and why not? Its great fun with my god-daughters and enhances a day out in the Lake District when we get the chance to go for a walk.....
(and if I dont have god daughters with me - well, umm.... I still play - you are never too old!)

Jeanie

(hmm maybe I should try reading some Bill Bryson stuff - got the books in the house, just never got round to reading them after Trev finished with them...)