No, this isn't satire
Yesterday, the BBC reported a 'knob-throwing' festival due to be held in Dorset in the UK had to be axed over 'size issues'.
Get your head out of the gutter! It's a perfectly legitimate festival and organisers decided to pull the plug over concerns about crowds and venue capacity!
What the hell is a knob-throwing event anyway?
According to the event's official website:
The Dorset Knob is a hard biscuit which makes a fine missile for competitive hurling!
Three knobs are thrown underarm and the furthest is measured at its final resting place; unlimited entries are available per contestant and there are no age restrictions.
But did you know, you can do far more with a knob than just eating it.
The event, which runs along side a local food festival also features Knob Eating, Knob Painting, a Knob & Spoon Race, Guess the weight of the Big Knob, Knob Darts and a Knob Pyramid.
Enough knob-based activities for all the family to enjoy!
It's clearly very popular among locals, so popular in fact that the sheer amount of people who want to take part have actually led to the event being called off this year.
Hopefully they're back chucking their knobs around soon!
