How do you lose at Christmas crackers?

[agrudis]

I've looked it up and found many things to do and ways to pull to increase your chances of winning a Christmas cracker, but what are some ways of decreasing it?

[Pheesh]

Do the opposite of the things that increase your chances.

[Peegee]

Do the opposite of the things that increase your chances.

Not playing it at all decreases your chances to 0 ^_^

also you can give me money

[agrudis]

Thanks Peegee, but I'm not just looking to lose, I want my boyfriend to win. Gonna be the bestest Christmas ever.

[Parker]

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 :bou::bou::bou::bou:)

[NorthernChaosGod]

Wtf are you people on about?

[Meat Puppet]

I you love him, you won’t have to lie to him to make him feel better.

[rubah]

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

[escobert]

I ALWAYS WIN!

[Pheesh]

Wait, Americans seriously don't have 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.

[escobert]

Wait, Americans seriously don't have Christmas crackers?

No we don't have any of your non american nonsense

[Pheesh]

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

Damn 'mericans.

[rubah]

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

[fire_of_avalon]

Don't play with the fucking things, goddamn this ain't rocket surgery.

[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 :bou::bou::bou::bou:)

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

[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 (http://www.hplex.info/gate/books.html) 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..:luca:

[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. :mad2:

[Winter Nights]

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

[Clo]

A bomb with a toy inside?!

If there's explosives involved, I'm surprised Americans don't do it.

[Raistlin]

We do have something similar, but the way I've seen it done is just individually (not with two people). I've seen pretty much exactly what Iceglow described, including the joke and paper crown (though some have instead had cheap plastic toy instead of a crown).

[Iceglow]

Appears the powder used is not as I first assumed a tiny amount of gunpower unless it is contained in the same chemicals found in cap gun strips. According to wikipedia the cracker strip is two pieces of card with that on it at the middle and then a sealed together with a paper tape so that they will pull apart but doing so will involve the friction causing the "crack" sound effect lol.

wiki on christmas crackers. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_cracker)

Note: it say's they're called Bon Bons sometimes, I've never heard anyone call them that so that must be a commonwealth thing.