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“Artificial draining of [East Anglian] marshes created a network of open drains or canals intersecting each other. To cross these without getting wet, while avoiding tedious roundabout journeys over bridges, a stack of jumping poles was kept at every house and used for vaulting over the canals.”

Cor. Think I might have gone for the tedious roundabout journey though.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on October 3rd 2019 at 21:46:19

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Ungainly sport, shot putting (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 3, 21:00:30
- I wonder how one becomes a shot putter? (Other Sports) - norway, Oct 3, 21:07:35
  - ridiculous sport no relevance to modern times at all (Other Sports) - Tombs, Oct 3, 21:14:00
    - As opposed to the rhythmic gymnastics, twatting about with giant hair ribbons? (Other Sports) - Yurik Hunt, Oct 3, 23:52:08
    - How about Discus? Was the only sport I was any good at. (Other Sports) - Men without hats, Oct 3, 22:33:06
    - Agreed. I'll dash off a letter. (n/m) (Other Sports) - norway, Oct 3, 21:21:07
    - Still better than tennis though (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Oct 3, 21:18:12
      - Pole Vaulting started in Norfolk (Other Sports) - KevinBond, Oct 3, 21:33:30
        
        So did I (Other Sports) - Yurik Hunt, Oct 3, 23:55:28
        
        From wiki (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 3, 21:46:19
        
        Girl (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Oct 3, 21:47:26
        
        clearly fantastical bullshit (Other Sports) - Tombs, Oct 3, 21:54:22
        
        Wow, he tucked me right up like a kipper (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Oct 3, 21:58:13
        
        nobody is wasting energy jumping fen ditches by jumping high as the can above them as (Other Sports) - Tombs, Oct 3, 22:02:30
        
        1980 Fen Tiger Dave "BOY" Green opens dyke jumping. (Other Sports) - KevinBond, Oct 3, 23:30:25
        
        That’s not an insult. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 3, 21:48:47
        
        Girl (n/m) (Other Sports) - Real Man, Oct 3, 21:55:43
        
        Evening OG. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 3, 21:58:01
        
        Correct, it’s a wrathwrothism (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Oct 3, 21:50:56
        
        It’s a compliment (n/m) (Other Sports) - Bravo win or die, Oct 3, 21:56:47
        
        Girl (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Oct 3, 22:00:41
        
        Girl (n/m) (Other Sports) - Real Man, Oct 3, 22:10:02
        
        Still better than tennis (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Oct 3, 21:44:25
        
        Keeping casting the net jumbo😁 (n/m) (Other Sports) - Men without hats, Oct 3, 22:37:18
- Capes... (n/m) (Other Sports) - promethian1, Oct 3, 21:02:36
  - He loved budgies (n/m) (Other Sports) - Bravo win or die, Oct 3, 21:03:29
    - did he suggle em? (n/m) (Other Sports) - promethian1, Oct 3, 21:04:59
      - No he ate them for breakfast - more protein than chicken (n/m) (Other Sports) - Men without hats, Oct 3, 21:07:20
      - smuggle (n/m) (Other Sports) - promethian1, Oct 3, 21:05:13
        
        Have you got Proth’s phone tonight? (n/m) (Other Sports) - Bravo win or die, Oct 3, 21:05:58
        
        He lives a few hundred meters up the road from me... Lynn effect (n/m) (Other Sports) - promethian1, Oct 3, 21:07:41
    - Please refrain from etc etc (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 3, 21:04:37
- Geoff Caqpes..? (n/m) (Other Sports) - promethian1, Oct 3, 21:01:55

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