Looking to build a Dwile Flonking Team for the Pop Inn. The essence of the game and details will be appended hereto. Can those interested in being members of the Pop Inn's team please add your names. Once a first and second team has been established we will then arrange to join the League season's programme and then start to establish our position in the League. If you have never tried this pub game you will be surprised just how social a function it is. :thumb::D
What is dwile flonking? Well 'flonk' is Old English Ale and 'dwile' is a knitted floor cloth. Two teams are formed and a sugar beat tossed to decide who is going to 'flonk' first.A "dull witted person" is chosen as the referee or 'jobanowl'. The game begins when he shouts "Here y'go t'gither!"
Traditions Before a match the dwile flonkers sing an emotionally filled anthem "Here we 'em be together" penned by one Amos Thirkle, who was later adopted as the sport's patron saint. The rules The team which is not flonking holds hands and dances around in a circle - known as "girting". A member of the opposing team stands in the middle of the circle holding a "driveller" (a pole 2-3 ft long and made from hazel or yew), on the end of which is a beer-soaked dwile. [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The flonker then turns in an anti-clockwise direction and flonks his dwile at the opposing circling team. If the dwile misses completely it is known as a "swadger". When this happens the team forms a line and the flonker takes hold of a pot filled with ale. He then has to drink the contents of the pot before the wet dwile has passed from hand to hand along the line, chanting to the ancient ceremonial mantra of "pot pot pot". The team with the highest number of points wins, after deducting one point for every player still sober. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]What to wear Authentic costume is actively encouraged and the suggested dress code is: pork pie hat collar-less shirt or embroidered smock 'lijahs' - (trousers tied with binder twine at the knee) [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]hobnail boots a straw or clay pipe between the teeth[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The trophy [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]A 'gazunder' - or pewter chamber pot. A trophy was specially commissioned and donated by Adnams Brewery for the annual championships that were held in Beccles and Bungay in the 60s and 70s. [/FONT]
Well, that's about the basics of the game so now all you have to do is sign up and we can get a tournament underway!!
My gran used gazunders, when grand dad had a few more than usual she would refer to the mornings load as a thumb ender, (go figure!!)
I'm going to have to read this a few times because you have completely boggled my brain and nothing is now sinking into it.
Don't forget the song :thumb: Here we'em be together Now here we'em be boys, now here we'em be. With our Dwyles and our Drivellers, Dwyle Flonkers are we. Now you know how to play boys, so hear what I say, Grab a hold of that Driveller and shout â??Dwyles Awayâ? Chorus: 0 Drivel-i, drivel-i, drivel-i-aye Now down we all go to the old village green, The flonking match there is for all to be seen Old Tom scores a Ripper and the crowd they do shout, And then they start hurlin' them dishcloths about Chorus: 0 Drivel-i, drivel-i, drivel-i-aye Now the game it do end and down go the sun, And one team ha' lorst and the other ha' won. But nobody knows of the score on the board, Cos they're flat on their backs and as drunk as a Lord! Chorus: 0 Drivel-i, drivel-i, drivel-i-aye Now you've seen how the game go and yer know how to play, So join in the chorus and shout â??Dwyles Awayâ?! So cheerio now to the old village green, And we'll come back next year wi'a far better team! Chorus: 0 Drivel-i, drivel-i, drivel-i-aye
Thanks Shiney, the idea was great but I don't think I shall be able to raise a team by the looks of it.....pity such a great way to get sloshed out of your brains and have a bit of fun at the same time.
I've got a couple of traddy Gazunders that I keep my cast iron plants in, shame, I was going to donate one as the trophy.
Moyra, don't lose heart . I'm volunteering John, Sam, Nut, O2, Claire, Nick and Robert for the team :thumb:. Mike and I shall be the team's Statler and Waldorf :D. Tweaky will keep the beer coming and Sir Arthur and Nigel will be the mascots. :thumb:
Cheers for that Shiney-and I am volunteering you to be the one who has to explain all the rules to me again and again and again-each time becoming more difficult because I will be steadily getting more and more sloshed. If thats ok Moyra I will step to the mark. But you have been warned.
:D:Dmy mind is still boggled with the rules.:D:D if someone can explain it to me in simple words of two sylables :p
Two syllables: Enjoy............. It's quite simple we have fun getting drunk while flonking (sloshing) our dwiles (floor mops for want of a better description) soaked in waste beer round the chops of our opponants. It's hilarious especially as they don't care because they are equally drunk!
