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Mangel-wurzel Skittles is an ancient British West Country pub game that has those twin magic ingredients of simplicity and stupidity.

A mangel-wurzel (a large beetroot-like vegetable) has a rope tied to it which is attached to the ceiling of the room. The skittles are created by players standing on narrow 15cm-high wooden blocks. Players are best arranged in a traditional diamond formation. Which person gets which podium can be decided by drawing straws. The mangel-thrower then launches the mangel-wurzel into the skittles. Players take it in turn, as in normal skittles, to knock over as many people as possible.