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To: Solon who wrote (21000)7/7/2005 1:46:14 AM
From: average joe  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 28931
 
I think he meant conker as in the game where you swing a horse chestnut on a stick and try and obliterate your opponents chestnut also dangling on a stick. The game was originally invented by savage Mandingo warriors as a test of manhood but they would use coconuts instead of horse chestnuts. The interjection "oops" comes from the original playing of this game.



To: Solon who wrote (21000)7/7/2005 10:43:04 AM
From: Oeconomicus  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 28931
 
Thanks for correcting my spelling. I know how much misspellings disturb the intellectually superior literary sorts among us, so I generally try to avoid making them. But, alas! Some of us aren't perfect.


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