I can throw a Ritz cracker 150 yds. (1 Viewer)

[HERBERT THE HIPPO]

sorry folks, truth is, last year i bet nigel $20 that he couldnt make 10 idiots go outside and throw ritz crackers as far as they could.

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i laughed.
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Me too.EAT IT, HERBERT.

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Do I sense some kind of Furley-Shuke union here??????????

 

[shuke]

sorry folks, truth is, last year i bet nigel $20 that he couldnt make 10 idiots go outside and throw ritz crackers as far as they could.

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i laughed.
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Me too.EAT IT, HERBERT.

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Do I sense some kind of Furley-Shuke union here??????????
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No, because I'm not "cool" enough.

 

[mr. furley]

sorry folks, truth is, last year i bet nigel $20 that he couldnt make 10 idiots go outside and throw ritz crackers as far as they could.

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i laughed.
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Me too.EAT IT, HERBERT.

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Do I sense some kind of Furley-Shuke union here??????????
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if the PM's i'm receiving are any indication, i think the Magic 8-Ball is telling me "Highly Unlikely"

 

[HERBERT THE HIPPO]

sorry folks, truth is, last year i bet nigel $20 that he couldnt make 10 idiots go outside and throw ritz crackers as far as they could.

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i laughed.
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Me too.EAT IT, HERBERT.

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Do I sense some kind of Furley-Shuke union here??????????
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if the PM's i'm receiving are any indication, i think the Magic 8-Ball is telling me "Highly Unlikely"
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link

 

[mr. furley]

sorry folks, truth is, last year i bet nigel $20 that he couldnt make 10 idiots go outside and throw ritz crackers as far as they could.

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i laughed.
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Me too.EAT IT, HERBERT.

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Do I sense some kind of Furley-Shuke union here??????????
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if the PM's i'm receiving are any indication, i think the Magic 8-Ball is telling me "Highly Unlikely"
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link
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they're getting angrieri'll have to revise that "doubtful" down to "out"

 

[HERBERT THE HIPPO]

Why did this thread survive the big purge of 2006?????

 

[mr. furley]

Why did this thread survive the big purge of 2006?????

pretty sure shuke is trying to preserve all of our conversations

 

[Jaysus]

[Ritz Cracker Robot]

I.am.programed.to.throw.ritz.crackers.151.yards.

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[The Royal Jack]

I call on this. I can throw a golf disc -- aeronomically designed for long-distance flight -- about 400 feet on a flat surface with negligible wind. I've met people who can throw quite a bit further than that...but not many.

A Ritz cracker does not have the flight characteristics to fly 450 feet on a flat surface unless it's been taped to the inside of a golf disc or other flight-friendly object.

But a single unmodified Ritz cracker? Unaided by topography or wind? I challenge you, sir, to duplicate this feat in my presence. I'll begin the challenge with a friendly $20 wager, giving 2-1 odds. And I'll give you three throws.

African or European Ritz?

but aren't Ritz crackers non-migratory?

 

[Wild Young Billy]

Why did this thread survive the big purge of 2006?????

Why were you looking for it?

 

[Nigel]

Why did this thread survive the big purge of 2006?????

Why were you looking for it?

He's haunted by it. Dude's arm is still sore from flinging crackers.

 

[Righetti]

bump

 

[matuski]

the trick is to lick all the salt off first.

 

[Colin Dowling]

Solid bump.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

I hate this thread.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

I hate this thread.

One of my favorites, GB.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

:sidearm:

 

[Masked Vigilante]

How quickly can you #### #### ####?

 

[BlueDredSo]

Went downstairs and all we had was Toasteds. Still took a sleeve out to the back yard and hucked 5 or 6 into a few yards around the block. None went more than maybe 70-80 ft. I'm pretty sure they're lighter and have more holes than Ritz. Regardless, there's no way they're going 150 yds.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Regardless, there's no way they're going 150 yds.

I really think you're wrong...

 

[BlueDredSo]

Regardless, there's no way they're going 150 yds.

I really think you're wrong...

ok

 

[Harry Manback]

I'll be free to verify this next week if need be.

 

[shuke]

Went downstairs and all we had was Toasteds. Still took a sleeve out to the back yard and hucked 5 or 6 into a few yards around the block. None went more than maybe 70-80 ft. I'm pretty sure they're lighter and have more holes than Ritz. Regardless, there's no way they're going 150 yds.

You don't say.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Toasteds actually fly farther than Ritz crackers. They're more dense and have better aerodynamics. I think you can probably get 160-180 yards out of an onion Toasted with favorable humidity and wind conditions. Purists would certainly cry foul, and they'd be justified in doing so.

 

[lakerstan]

Best discovery in this thread = Kyla Cole.

 

[mr. furley]

at this thread.I repeat - flour tortilla, 150 feet. Takes a little more skill than the cracker because it's floppy. It's more about spin and release angle than brute strength because if you whip it too hard the tortilla will tear.

:(

 

[mr. furley]

did anyone ever shoot down the claim that someone threw a men's softball 119 yards?

 

[GroveDiesel]

did anyone ever shoot down the claim that someone threw a men's softball 119 yards?

I actually think that's possible. It's a heck of a long ways, but I've seen some pretty long throws from guys just playing in a church league.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

did anyone ever shoot down the claim that someone threw a men's softball 119 yards?

I actually think that's possible. It's a heck of a long ways, but I've seen some pretty long throws from guys just playing in a church league.

http://www.softballfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109373

these guys are saying that they've seen people throw 300-310ft, so 119 yards doesn't seem impossible.

 

[Nigel]

Went downstairs and all we had was Toasteds. Still took a sleeve out to the back yard and hucked 5 or 6 into a few yards around the block. None went more than maybe 70-80 ft. I'm pretty sure they're lighter and have more holes than Ritz. Regardless, there's no way they're going 150 yds.

finger tips tingling afterwards?

 

[cactus]

I'm pretty sure it is not possible to throw a Ritz cracker 100 yards.

I would be impressed if someone could make it sixty yards.

I say this after an evening of experimentation flinging Ritz carckers down the street last night - which was puzzling and entertaining to many of the neighbors who came out to watch and wonder.

I've been playing Ultimate Frisbee and Disc Golf for more that twenty years. I can throw a golf disc about 330 feet. I can throw a regular playing card more than fifty feet. I own a couple boomerangs and can throw them proficiently. So I felt confident that I could master the technique of cracker flinging to approach the 100 yard mark if indeed it was possible.

With a slight wind at my back I began with a brand new box of crackers and three step run-up and launched them side-arm, skipping a rock style throw - they flew about thirty yards and dive bombed into the ground.

I experimented with this technique with salted side up and salted side down, with the same results.

I then moved to a boomerang throw - overhand technique. This kept the crackers aloft a little longer with a maximum distance of about forty-five yards.

I tried the ninja throwing star type of flinging technique - which stabilized the flight quite a bit, but lost a lot of velocity. Maximum distances of about thirty five yards were reached.

At the end, I had gone through two sleeves of crackers, my arms were dead, and the neighborhood dogs were having a field day with the cracker-littered street.

I would love to see you do this - and if you have a trick or different technique, then let me know - I still have two more sleeves of crackers waiting...

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So you could see 60 yards maybe and have tried it? And this dude says he go go almost THREE times that far. Haha...classic.Great story tho...Your neighbors must think youa re beyond whacked.

It's funny that this thread would resurface right now.

You guys will be amused to hear that for the past few years, we've had a "Ritz Cracker Throw Day" in my neighborhood!

I'm serious.

We just had another one about two weeks ago. This has now evolved into an excuse to drink and party and get to know each other on our street. Now there's a small team of people throwing crackers as we make our way from one house to the next, stopping for drinks and snacks and picking up more people along the way. The kids run out in front and try to catch the crackers and the dogs still snap up the crumbs.

No one has gotten close to approaching the 100 yard mark yet, and by now there must have been thousands of attempts.

On behalf of the Tuckey Lane neighborhood, I would like to thank Nigel for the inspiration for this great new and emerging American pastime!

 

[Angry Beavers]

Cactus:

That is hysterical if true!

 

[cactus]

Cactus:That is hysterical if true!

It's true. We've done it three times now!

 

[mr. furley]

did anyone ever shoot down the claim that someone threw a men's softball 119 yards?

I actually think that's possible. It's a heck of a long ways, but I've seen some pretty long throws from guys just playing in a church league.

i remember John Elway talking about throwing baseballs appx 120 yards.that's an entirely different animal than a softball.

 

[mr. furley]

did anyone ever shoot down the claim that someone threw a men's softball 119 yards?

I actually think that's possible. It's a heck of a long ways, but I've seen some pretty long throws from guys just playing in a church league.

http://www.softballfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109373

these guys are saying that they've seen people throw 300-310ft, so 119 yards doesn't seem impossible.

i've seen a helluva lotta softball in my time (maybe not as much as softballforumguy) but a lot.. and i can't ever recall seeing a game played on a field with 280-300' fences. some exaggeration in effect there i think

 

[Mr. Pickles]

i've seen a helluva lotta softball in my time (maybe not as much as softballforumguy) but a lot.. and i can't ever recall seeing a game played on a field with 280-300' fences.

some exaggeration in effect there i think

Every league I've been in had 300' fences.

 

[urbanhack]

did anyone ever shoot down the claim that someone threw a men's softball 119 yards?

underhand?

 

[mr. furley]

i've seen a helluva lotta softball in my time (maybe not as much as softballforumguy) but a lot.. and i can't ever recall seeing a game played on a field with 280-300' fences.

some exaggeration in effect there i think

Every league I've been in had 300' fences.

FASTPITCH, TOUGH GUY?

 

[KnowledgeReignsSupreme]

Best discovery in this thread = Kyla Cole.

Yup.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

i've seen a helluva lotta softball in my time (maybe not as much as softballforumguy) but a lot.. and i can't ever recall seeing a game played on a field with 280-300' fences.

T-Ball isn't the same thing as softball, lil slugger.

 

[KnowledgeReignsSupreme]

did anyone ever shoot down the claim that someone threw a men's softball 119 yards?

underhand?

That's how I've seen it done.

 

[mr. furley]

i've seen a helluva lotta softball in my time (maybe not as much as softballforumguy) but a lot.. and i can't ever recall seeing a game played on a field with 280-300' fences.

T-Ball isn't the same thing as softball, lil slugger.

don't #### with me on thisNOT ON ####ING SOFTBALL

 

[urbanhack]

did anyone ever shoot down the claim that someone threw a men's softball 119 yards?

underhand?

That's how I've seen it done.

I did 102 underhand back in 1990.

 

[cobalt_27]

I'll admit I've never measured, 150 yds is an estimate, but it would be close.  100 yds. would be a slam dunk - I'd bet my house. Try it.

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I stand by the 150 estimate, just saying I've never measured.

Obviously, your distance estimation abilities need an overhaul. You couldn't even sniff half that.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Looks like they were giving away free houses earlier.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

bump for @shuke

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I can run 150 yards and then eat a Ritz cracker.

 

[mr. furley]

been meaning to recreate this at GTOTM for years

@bakes @Tip Top @heckmanm

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Good grief I just raged seeing this title again.    THIS ENTIRE WORLD IS A LIE 

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

T-Ball isn't the same thing as softball, lil slugger.

9 year old LOL.   suck it @mr furley