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Egg And Spoon Race

  • 11-06-2012 11:52pm
    #1
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    Do these still exist? I remember when I was a wee fella these were the highlight of the school sports and summer festivals at this time of year.

    Manys a mantelpiece proudly bore an egg and spoon 1st place trophy that people would gaze at after closedown on TV.

    Those were the days . . . . .


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  • #2
    mauzo
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    I preferred the sack race myself....


  • #3
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    They never had eggs at our school sports day for some reason. We used to use a potato on a spoon.


  • #4
    ringadingding
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    I won a potato on a spoon race once, jammed a match into it and held the match with my thumb...... nailed it.
    :D


  • #5
    Run_to_da_hills
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    The last time I did it was about 12 years ago at a bike rally with my ex holding the egg and spoon on the back of the bike


  • #6
    Yakult
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    My school could never afford spoons so we ran with the eggs lodged between our ass cheeks. Winner would get a clean arse and a medal.


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  • #7
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    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    The last time I did it was about 12 years ago at a bike rally with my ex holding the egg and spoon on the back of the bike
    That's some kinky sh1t right there. . . . .


  • #8
    Stinicker
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    Which came first the egg or the spoon?


  • #9
    hairyprincess
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    Yep it was spuds here too. And the old three legged race would be practised for weeks ahead of sports day around the school yard


  • #10
    lifelongnoob
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    i used to love the 3 legged man race


  • #11
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    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    They never had eggs at our school sports day for some reason. We used to use a potato on a spoon.
    ringadingding wrote: »
    I won a potato on a spoon race once, jammed a match into it and held the match with my thumb...... nailed it.
    :D
    hairyprincess wrote: »
    Yep it was spuds here too. And the old three legged race would be practised for weeks ahead of sports day around the school yard
    Never realised I went to a posh school until now :pac:


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  • #12
    hairyprincess
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    You don't appreciate what you've got til it's gone, Where To


  • #13
    Capt'n Midnight
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    chewing gum can be handy for these events


  • #14
    Where To
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    chewing gum can be handy for these events
    Really? We used to lace the chickenmeal with Superglue the night before. . . .


  • #15
    Fromthetrees
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    I like to spoon and I like to egg, am I missing something here? :confused:


  • #16
    OneArt
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    Last time I was in an egg and spoon race I was about eight. We were all lined up and ready to go. Just as we'd set off running, my friend's mam had looked down at the box and realised something. She then screamed something about how they weren't organic. Cue everyone (myself included) immediately throwing the eggs away and running off to our SUVs.

    We never had another egg and spoon race again. It still gives me the shivers.


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