|Date: 3-18-92 3:46pm
|From: Dean Zywicki:dcrt:nih
| To: {british-cars@hoosier.utah.edu}:INTERNET
|Subj: RE: autotesting
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> Also on the same show was a short segment that
> showed some guys hurling underhand what looked like
> big steel marbles, as hard as they could, on a roadway
> crowded with people. As the marble passed, the people
> gingerly stepped back & let it go by. We couldn't hear
> what this was called, but it was just about the most
> absurd-looking thing I've ever seen. Anyone know what
> this was ?
> cheers-
> dstone@sc9.intel.com
I saw the show too. This was cannonball rolling. Whoever took the
fewest shots to roll the cannonball 3 miles down the road was the
winner. The commentator said it was "illegal", but the policemen looked
the other way. Pretty neat game, kind of like long distance bocce I
suppose.
Dean
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