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Cheating scandal rocks world stone skimming championships (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 19 hours ago by resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/35985472

Ooft, the prize is literally just a trophy, why would you cheat this? Skimming takes skill, but to win you surely need a healthy dose of luck too. Anyway, Easdale looks a fun place to visit

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[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 17 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

The rule is that they have to be natural stones from the island

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

So... Planting them beforehand would have to happen by when, exactly?

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 34 points 17 hours ago

440 million years, give or take, if you're going for maximum undetectability.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Yes, I understand that, the rule doesn’t make sense from a competitive point. I imagine there’d be somebody local that would happily supply something (fired clay, maybe,) at cost for an opportunity to sell stuff.

Maybe it’s just a non-serious local event, and finding the rocks is half the fun.

But really! lol.