How do you lose at Christmas crackers?

[NorthernChaosGod]

it's some sort of UK/commonwealth thing. Go reread Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. They have some in there. hats, stuff, fireworks toys. idk

I did, I don't remember anything like that.

It's very low-key. The Weasley twins frog-marching Percy down to the Great Hall in his new Weasley sweater, dumbledore gets a bonnet out of his cracker, which he wears, etc. I guess it could be in any of the first three, though

Now that you mention that, it does sound familiar. xD

[Jiro]

Just sabotage the christmas cracker so it will definitely break at one end I did it once when proposing to a girl (the ring was in the cracker and )

Why the do you need eoff's help to get laid if you're that smooth?

[Parker]

I can get laid irl but what I really want is a nice eoff girl....

Also it wasnt smooth it was lame and she said no

[Jiro]

I'd've married you Parker bro

[blackmage_nuke]

it's some sort of UK/commonwealth thing. Go reread Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. They have some in there. hats, stuff, fireworks toys. idk

I did, I don't remember anything like that.

It's very low-key. The Weasley twins frog-marching Percy down to the Great Hall in his new Weasley sweater, dumbledore gets a bonnet out of his cracker, which he wears, etc. I guess it could be in any of the first three, though

This single comment lead to me wasting 4 hours on the Harry Potter lexicon website even though I found out what i wanted about crackers in the first 5 minutes.

[KentaRawr!]

Christmas crackers? Is it like a fortune cookie?

[Iceglow]

Christmas cracker - piece of paper/thin card with a card strip what has a small amount of gunpowder on it that when it pulled apart by two people will bang. Inside is usually found a small novelty toy/gift which is generally crap, a joke on a piece of paper and a tissue paper crown. "to win" at christmas crackers is to get the bigger end of the cracker when it splits (theres two fold in points which form the end of the main cylinder, it will always split on one end or the other) Best technique is to not squeeze on your end if you want to lose.

[Parker]

Jiro: <3


I really had no idea Christmas crackers were such a local thing. I took it for granted everyone knew about them. Bring crackers to the US! Tell your friends!

[rubah]

we can't-- they'll arrest us for terrorism!

[NorthernChaosGod]

I want a Christmas cracker.

[Jessweeee♪]

Christmas cracker - piece of paper/thin card with a card strip what has a small amount of gunpowder on it that when it pulled apart by two people will bang. Inside is usually found a small novelty toy/gift which is generally crap, a joke on a piece of paper and a tissue paper crown. "to win" at christmas crackers is to get the bigger end of the cracker when it splits (theres two fold in points which form the end of the main cylinder, it will always split on one end or the other) Best technique is to not squeeze on your end if you want to lose.

Ooohhh I was thinking it was some sort of game that involved the edible kind of crackers after I read the title.

[black orb]

>>> Heh, I had to google "Christmas cracker", I learn something new everyday..

[NorthernChaosGod]

Christmas cracker - piece of paper/thin card with a card strip what has a small amount of gunpowder on it that when it pulled apart by two people will bang. Inside is usually found a small novelty toy/gift which is generally crap, a joke on a piece of paper and a tissue paper crown. "to win" at christmas crackers is to get the bigger end of the cracker when it splits (theres two fold in points which form the end of the main cylinder, it will always split on one end or the other) Best technique is to not squeeze on your end if you want to lose.

Ooohhh I was thinking it was some sort of game that involved the edible kind of crackers after I read the title.

I totally thought the same thing for most of the thread.

[KentaRawr!]

I was really disappointed when I googled it and it turned out it wasn't a cracker, but a bomb with a gift inside.

[Winter Nights]

Damn.. Now I'm hungry for no damn reason.