FARK.com: (7141393) As part of the Queen's jubilee celebrations, Top Gear presenter James May has built a contraption to fire currant buns into the crowd from the roof of Abingdon Town Hall in a tradition dating back to 1761. Makes subby proud to be British

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		As part of the Queen's jubilee celebrations, Top Gear presenter James May has built a contraption to fire currant buns into the crowd from the roof of Abingdon Town Hall in a tradition dating back to 1761. Makes subby proud to be British (bbc.co.uk)		96
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imprimere		2012-06-03 02:00:08 PM

They don't even get cake anymore?

HZS9PK		2012-06-03 02:00:14 PM

Awesome!

Yoleus		2012-06-03 02:03:24 PM

/hot cross linked

digistil		2012-06-03 02:05:18 PM

Anyone else catch the Queen pointing to the War Horse and then immediately grab Camilla to make sure she saw the horse too? I'm guessing it's a relative of Camilla's.

zerkalo		2012-06-03 02:05:48 PM

As is the custom

Urinal Cake Mix		2012-06-03 02:06:16 PM

Captain Slow WOULD be the one to take this up, wouldn't he?

cleveoh		2012-06-03 02:06:58 PM

& a water cannon to shower the peasants in Earl Grey.

Toss a slice of lemon down & let them fight over it.

zerkalo		2012-06-03 02:07:54 PM

Meh, the Finns do it better

cdn.edu-search.com

/hot and crossed

The Iron duke		2012-06-03 02:11:45 PM

Baking fresh bread right now, soo..yeah...I got that going for me..
I wonder if i go outside, and start pelting strangers in the pool with buns as i yell "For the Queen!" if anyone will get upset?

germ78		2012-06-03 02:12:55 PM

Everybody loves the queen's jumblies.

dryknife		2012-06-03 02:13:47 PM

Pert		2012-06-03 02:14:24 PM

/tried to find the Viz cartoon of the baker who bakes himself a woman (with iced buns for breasts) and then his wife catches him having sex with it
//or did I dream it?

Pert		2012-06-03 02:17:20 PM

LegoLewdite		2012-06-03 02:18:06 PM

Ah, yes, the long tradition of throwing a crumb to the community so they don't burn down your stuff...

cirby		2012-06-03 02:18:36 PM

Of course, if Jeremy Clarkson was involved, the buns would end up on fire, or possibly explode.

D-Wolf2k2		2012-06-03 02:19:00 PM

It would ONLY be impressive it he built it out of Legos, or made it run on Scale Electric Railway equipment or such.
/And on that Bombshell...

The Iron duke		2012-06-03 02:19:46 PM

Breads not done, so i tossed soda crackers ninja style at my wife. I have to go now, she did "not appreciate it"...

wildcardjack		2012-06-03 02:20:07 PM

cirby: Of course, if Jeremy Clarkson was involved, the buns would end up on fire, or possibly explode.

POSSIBLY? You haven't been paying attention.

Her Indoors		2012-06-03 02:20:46 PM

/tried to find the Viz cartoon of the baker who bakes himself a woman (with iced buns for breasts) and then his wife catches him having sex with it
//or did I dream it?

No, you didn't dream it, hubby subscribes to Viz, and there is a baker in there with a 'thing' for gingerbread women. The characters name is Fru T Baker.

StrikitRich		2012-06-03 02:30:26 PM

Did they have a Gatling gun for Jubilee t-shirts, too?

Gosling		2012-06-03 02:30:37 PM

wildcardjack: POSSIBLY? You haven't been paying attention.

Clarkson: POWEEEEERRRRRRRRR!

(Buckingham Palace catches fire)

VO: There was only one thing we could do.

Clarkson: Run! Just run! Drive, James, drive!

joeomi		2012-06-03 02:31:38 PM

KrispyKritter		2012-06-03 02:35:41 PM

The Iron duke: Baking fresh bread right now, soo..yeah...I got that going for me..
I wonder if i go outside, and start pelting strangers in the pool with buns as i yell "For the Queen!" if anyone will get upset?

live till you die! fire away!

libranoelrose		2012-06-03 02:38:08 PM

dryknife:

Been there. It's highly over rated.

HairBolus		2012-06-03 02:43:09 PM

Here is a vid from last year Abingdon's Bun Throwing - 29th April 2011.

It looks like a really exciting event.

RatOmeter		2012-06-03 02:43:23 PM

TTIUWOV

Oldiron_79		2012-06-03 02:45:04 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snyjRd93HBs

All the Sex Pistols ones have unbearable sound and video quality

brantgoose		2012-06-03 02:49:35 PM

EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION

"The Use of Sticky Buns as a Crowd Control Method", B. Goose, H. Cross, F. Cake, A. Brandenberg, J-M Petit-Four. Journal of Projectile Pastries and Edible Pasties. (2012)

Abstract
The researchers investigated various methods of pastry-based crowd control and concluded that the most effective projectiles were 1) the traditional hard roll; 2) the traditional cream pie or tart and 3) sticky buns. Sticky buns proved messy but the test subjects became so sticky that they could not move or offer an resistance to graduate students armed with very long spatulas (on 10 foot poles).

brantgoose		2012-06-03 02:50:16 PM

You just know this technology will be weaponized and used for evil rather than good.

SearchN		2012-06-03 02:51:03 PM

The Iron duke: Breads not done, so i tossed soda crackers ninja style at my wife. I have to go now, she did "not appreciate it"...

Damnit man now I think I might get in trouble.

/Great idea on the crackers thing.
//Disappointed my wife is at work.

macadamnut		2012-06-03 02:57:48 PM

I hate top gear, and I hate anyone who likes it.

Posh Naranek		2012-06-03 02:59:22 PM

zerkalo: As is the custom

ts4.mm.bing.net

brantgoose		2012-06-03 03:00:18 PM

I was trying to remember Mountbatten Cake but came up with Brandenburg instead. Let's hope they make some sort of special cake in Brandenburg. They certainly make enough cakes and cupcakes in Brandenburg, Kentucky.

Texas Gabe		2012-06-03 03:04:26 PM

As you might expect, he's done this properly.

/Go Capt. Slow!

brantgoose		2012-06-03 03:04:52 PM

Battenburg Cake. I'm getting so confused.

brantgoose		2012-06-03 03:05:37 PM

Battenberg cake. By George, I think I've got it.

brantgoose		2012-06-03 03:06:30 PM

Now I'm hungry.

Coelacanth		2012-06-03 03:10:07 PM

Don't forget the Coronation chicken! Link

wildcardjack		2012-06-03 03:20:07 PM

brantgoose: EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION

"The Use of Sticky Buns as a Crowd Control Method", B. Goose, H. Cross, F. Cake, A. Brandenberg, J-M Petit-Four. Journal of Projectile Pastries and Edible Pasties. (2012)

Abstract
The researchers investigated various methods of pastry-based crowd control and concluded that the most effective projectiles were 1) the traditional hard roll; 2) the traditional cream pie or tart and 3) sticky buns. Sticky buns proved messy but the test subjects became so sticky that they could not move or offer an resistance to graduate students armed with very long spatulas (on 10 foot poles).

Your study lacked statistical rigor. You completely missed the possible use of Dwarf breads.

i276.photobucket.com

PiffMan420		2012-06-03 03:25:24 PM

macadamnut: I hate top gear, and I hate anyone who likes it.

Wow. Could this guy come off like anymore of a douchebag? You're cracking smarmy jokes about Richard Hammond becoming farking brain damaged?

Tillmaster		2012-06-03 03:29:51 PM

HairBolus: Here is a vid from last year Abingdon's Bun Throwing - 29th April 2011.

It looks like a really exciting event.

It looked like any English crowd event: boredom laced with repressed hysteria and violence.

topcon		2012-06-03 03:33:57 PM

I spent a couple of hours watching the boat procession down the Thames on TV earlier. Looked like everyone was having a great time. And, as I live in Florida, I would have KILLED to be in chilly weather and rain right now.

david_gaithersburg		2012-06-03 03:38:12 PM

Throwing bread at the peasantry, what a wonderful tradition.

Oldiron_79		2012-06-03 03:39:57 PM

david_gaithersburg: Throwing bread at the peasantry, what a wonderful tradition.

Hey, the Brits still have their monarchy. Its hard to argue with success

OtherLittleGuy		2012-06-03 03:41:41 PM

Well, I was looking for Clarkson, May, and the Hamster in the Royal Flotilla on the Thames.

Mad Scientist		2012-06-03 03:42:56 PM

Tillmaster: HairBolus: Here is a vid from last year Abingdon's Bun Throwing - 29th April 2011.

It looks like a really exciting event.

It looked like any English crowd event: boredom laced with repressed hysteria and violence.

Better than rum, sodomy and the lash.

Pert		2012-06-03 03:44:37 PM

topcon: And, as I live in Florida, I would have KILLED to be in chilly weather and rain right now.

It's over-rated.... It's June and it's been cold and raining its arse off all day.

Oldiron_79		2012-06-03 03:44:41 PM

Mad Scientist: Tillmaster: HairBolus: Here is a vid from last year Abingdon's Bun Throwing - 29th April 2011.

It looks like a really exciting event.

It looked like any English crowd event: boredom laced with repressed hysteria and violence.

Better than rum, sodomy and the lash.

Says you

desertgeek		2012-06-03 03:47:54 PM

OtherLittleGuy: Well, I was looking for Clarkson, May, and the Hamster in the Royal Flotilla on the Thames.

Jezza was saying on his Twitter the other day that he wished TG was on right now so they could make up ways to make the Flotilla better. I'm picturing jet engines and exploding peasants.

topcon		2012-06-03 03:48:36 PM

Pert: topcon: And, as I live in Florida, I would have KILLED to be in chilly weather and rain right now.

It's over-rated.... It's June and it's been cold and raining its arse off all day.

It's been hot and mostly dry here for years on end, aside from some mild to cold winters. So, a kind of pick-your-poison thing, I guess. I see a lot of British people on vacation in Florida, and they always talk about how much they love the weather here and wish they could live here. I always tell them I wish I was somewhere where it's cold.

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