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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Started conversation May 25, 2003
Entry: Ring the Horn- the Pub Game - A1060246
Author: KerrAvon - U189636
This really is harder than it sounds...
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted May 27, 2003
Oh come on, it's not that boring sounding surely 
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Martin Harper Posted Jun 3, 2003
This was very confusing until I realised that the horn was of the wild animal variety, rather than the musical instrument variety, and one "rings" it by getting the ring to land over it, rather than make it chime like a bell.
Some sort of diagram might help?
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jun 4, 2003
Damn, hadn't thought of that 
I shall go away and make some changes...
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jun 4, 2003
I've added a description of the horn at the beginning (it's like a bloody great rhinoceros horn), and a sentence about the ring encirling the horn further down, I hope this helps...
As for diagrams, I'm not really sure where things stand on hat front, with the CA's scheme...
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sprout Posted Jun 4, 2003
Nowt wrong with this. Few points/questions.
What's the history behind the game? Is it a traditional game in the area? How did it end up in this pub? Is it unique to this pub?
Also maybe link to other pub game entries, like my west country skittles one, for example 
Sprout
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jun 4, 2003
Links: Good thinking batman.
History: No one in the pub knows. A regular just came in with it one day and said he'd carved it. I've certainly never seen it played in any other pubs in the area....
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sprout Posted Jun 4, 2003
And then someone had the idea of lobbing a ring over it?
I would put the explanation in the entry, along with a bit saying although it's not a traditional game in the sense of going back a long way (maybe say how long the horn's been there?) it is in the tradition of great British pub games.
Sprout
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jun 4, 2003
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jun 16, 2003
Wooo hooo 
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sprout Posted Jun 16, 2003
*Blows horn in appreciation*
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Monsignore Pizzafunghi Bosselese Posted Jun 16, 2003
hey, you're supposed to *ring* that horn! Go read the entry again, and for the meantime I'll keep your money
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jun 16, 2003
I wonder if I can get someone to carve a horn to bring to a meet sometime... Keep me in beer at least
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Felonious Monk - h2g2s very own Bogeyman Posted Jun 16, 2003
They play this in the Old Trip to Jerusalem (Nottingham) as well. Anyone fancy a game?
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jun 16, 2003
What? Now? I'm not driving 25 miles to play a game I can 3 miles away
However I'll make sure the sub-ed notes it is played else where though, cheers FM
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Felonious Monk - h2g2s very own Bogeyman Posted Jun 16, 2003
Only 25 miles? You disappoint me!
Do you live in or around Derby then (being that you work for the rail industry)? Would you be up for an East Midlands mini-meet?
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jun 16, 2003
Yeah, I live about five miles out of Derby. An East Midlands meet would be great, where were you thinking of?
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Felonious Monk - h2g2s very own Bogeyman Posted Jun 16, 2003
Haven't the faintest yet. Just trying to gauge the amount of interest. I know of one other hootoo luminary who lives locally and that's MaW (assuming he's staying in Nottingham to do his PhD). I live in Beeston, which is about 4 miles west of Nottingham. I have a car so I'm prepared to drive.
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Felonious Monk - h2g2s very own Bogeyman Posted Jun 16, 2003
PS: a visit to the Galleries of Justice for a study of crime and punishment, with the emphasis on the latter, would be certain to bring one Londoner to the meet. Guess who?
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Peer Review: A1060246 - Ring the Horn- the Pub Game
- 1: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (May 25, 2003)
- 2: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (May 27, 2003)
- 3: Martin Harper (Jun 3, 2003)
- 4: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Jun 4, 2003)
- 5: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Jun 4, 2003)
- 6: sprout (Jun 4, 2003)
- 7: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Jun 4, 2003)
- 8: sprout (Jun 4, 2003)
- 9: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Jun 4, 2003)
- 10: h2g2 auto-messages (Jun 16, 2003)
- 11: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Jun 16, 2003)
- 12: sprout (Jun 16, 2003)
- 13: Monsignore Pizzafunghi Bosselese (Jun 16, 2003)
- 14: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Jun 16, 2003)
- 15: Felonious Monk - h2g2s very own Bogeyman (Jun 16, 2003)
- 16: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Jun 16, 2003)
- 17: Felonious Monk - h2g2s very own Bogeyman (Jun 16, 2003)
- 18: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Jun 16, 2003)
- 19: Felonious Monk - h2g2s very own Bogeyman (Jun 16, 2003)
- 20: Felonious Monk - h2g2s very own Bogeyman (Jun 16, 2003)
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