----------------------------------- Tony Sun Aug 17, 2003 5:38 am Keyboard Throwing Competition held in Russia ----------------------------------- No, I an not crazy, its the rest of the Russia I'm visiting. I'd post pictures too, but there seems to be only a single source on the net about the whole thing (its a uk hosted site too... maybe I just cant spell keywords in russian :? ) and they dont have any pictures :( Maybe I can find some later. Anyway, this is the second year this event has been held (they gotta have a site or something...) with over 100 participants. According to published rules - "a keyboard should be flung with a right or left hand, without any body turns". So you can't hold it by the cord swining it over your head, as many probably imagined. It became known that if you throw a keyboard for other 10 meters, it will fall apart into an unreparable state (assuming you're practicing outside, not indoors). The record distance is over 17 meters. There was also a mouse kicking competition going on, but I have no information on that. Ofcourse there were prizes. Naturally the first place was a keyboard & mouse set to replace those ruined in the competition (contestants had to bring their own). sources: http://www.networknews.vnu.co.uk/News/1134464 and local TV & radio ----------------------------------- PaddyLong Mon Aug 18, 2003 2:34 am ----------------------------------- hmmm this sounds liek a wholesome activity ... I will have to make a trip to the local computer shop and purcahse a cheap keyboard to throw around :lol: ----------------------------------- krishon Mon Aug 18, 2003 9:23 am ----------------------------------- lol....this is purty funny ----------------------------------- Asok Mon Aug 18, 2003 12:15 pm ----------------------------------- russians are fucked up! :lol: ----------------------------------- Homer_simpson Mon Aug 18, 2003 1:36 pm ----------------------------------- lol... tony's russian!!!! :lol: ----------------------------------- krishon Mon Aug 18, 2003 7:39 pm ----------------------------------- if he wuz he woulda destroyed his keyboard tryin to type :wink: ----------------------------------- Homer_simpson Mon Aug 18, 2003 11:13 pm ----------------------------------- no... seriously he is russian... ----------------------------------- krishon Tue Aug 19, 2003 8:40 pm ----------------------------------- k...i took it the wrong way then ----------------------------------- Kingnoz Sun Sep 07, 2003 2:41 pm ----------------------------------- the most fun i ever had with computers was throwing old computers from my highschool into a dumpster at night and watching the sparks fly!!! :lol: