In what is bound to be the weirdest dishonest scandal of 2024, the time-honored “World Conker Championships” have been wrecked with controversy as an 82-year-old man often called “King Conker” gained the event, solely to have it found that he has a metal chestnut in his pocket.
David Jakins has been competing on the World Conker Championships since 1977, however has by no means gained in his 47-year chestnut battling profession — till this previous weekend. Jakins, often called “King Conker” for his long-time involvement within the video games, in addition to being the top decide of the competitors, is being investigated after the metal chestnut was found in his pocket following his victory. Jakins is claiming his innocence, remaining resolute that his metallic chestnut is a gag merchandise, not a instrument to win.
“I used to be discovered with the metal conker in my pocket, however I solely carry [it] round with me for humour worth and I didn’t use it through the occasion.”
Conkers is a conventional kids’s recreation throughout the UK and Eire during which chestnuts are threaded onto items of string and rivals battle, taking turns smashing their chestnuts into one another. The winner is the primary one that shatters their opponent’s nut.
So naturally, having a metal chestnut would instantly break the sport at its most simple stage, assuring victory when one is competing in opposition to those that simply have a traditional nut. Jakins’ opponent within the finals believes there was undoubtedly one thing off about his loss.
“My conker disintegrated in a single hit, and that simply doesn’t occur … I’m suspicious of foul play and have expressed my shock to organisers.”
When you thought only one dishonest scandal was a sufficient on the planet of aggressive chestnut battling, expensive mates, nicely look forward to it — as a result of there’s A SECOND CHESTNUT SCANDAL!
Along with Jakins’ metal nut, there’s additionally been ideas that the 82-year-old could have doctored the nut-smashing competitors to allow him to cheat one other method. On the earth of conkers rivals get their chestnuts in a blind draw out of a bag. Jakins was chargeable for choosing and threading man of the nuts for the competitors.
It’s been prompt that in Jakins could have marked the strings of the toughest chestnuts, permitting him to pick out solely the perfect nuts within the nut sack.
“There are additionally ideas that King Conker had marked the strings of more durable nuts. We will verify he was concerned in drilling and lacing the nuts earlier than the occasion. We’re investigating.”
Is that this all a case of coincidence and no wrongdoing occurred, or was an ageing chestnut battler so annoyed along with his a long time of futility that he turned to rigged nuts, earlier than utilizing a metal nut to ensure the win? Irrespective of how this shakes out I’m excited for the made-for-Netflix film Nut Wars that can finally come out of this.
