I often wonder who was the first person to try things. Who, for instance, was the first person to look at a cow and say "hey, I think I'll try pulling those udders and see what happens". And then who suggested they try drinking it? I mean, how thirsty do you have to be before you try something like that for the first time?
And conkers, there's a strange thing. Who was the first person to look at a conker after it had fallen from a tree, and think "Hey, I'm gonna stick a hole in that, thread some string through it, get my mate to do the same thing, and then we can bash the hell out of each other's conkers until one of us is the winner". Whose crazy idea was that? And why conkers? Why don't we do it with, say, broccoli? Or melons?
Who first thought that riding a horse would be a good idea? Did they try riding a few other animals first to see which was the most comfy? Did they experiment with riding big dogs? Or rhinos?
I do wonder about this stuff...
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hey just a quick question....for us brash, flamboyant and rather annoyingly loud americans across the pond.......what the hell is a conker?
hmmm - you don't do conkers over there?
A conker is a horse chestnut, as dropped inside green spikey things from horse chestnut trees.
oh yes.
EXCEPT WHEN SOAKED IN VINEGAR - THEN ITS CHEATING - ASK MR PALIN (MONTY PYTHON-ESQ)
I'm so glad someone else asked what a conker was! I had no idea!
I'm originally from Yorkshire and was a conker addict as a kid! I've got a conker tree outside my office in Madison, Wisconsin and have been collecting conkers for my boy scout troop to compete with.