VLog: Conkers

[rokhamdagamer81]

In America we call them buckeyes.

[mighehe180]

where i come from we use them to make animals of;)

[missvikinelip]

i don`t know directly but if conker:) is that little thing that we have in my country(Georgia,country not a state) we actually do eat them.but i think they just look similar.oh stupid me!

[BobAndDav]

@swiimgfreak if it's quite cheap to post some conkers/buckeye shall I send you some since I found over 400 in the last 2 days

[swiimgfreek]

if i ever go to england in the fall season im going to find some conkers and bring them home. i hope when i go to collage the my school will allow me to travel to the UK. :)

[amberglassx]

i used to collect conkers at kindy with my friend. because there was a conker tree just hanging around. this video brought back random memories

[iammisssugar]

Btw i love ur cross :D i hv a gold one :D

[tracexscream]

Ah, i know what those are.

There's a tree down the road from that they grow on.

I first found one when i stepped on it barefoot. =/

[annaj91LoveSPDavid]

In Sweden we call them "kastanjer", lol.

[sixkindsofglue]

I was waiting outside my school yesterday, in Canada, and we were knocking things off this tree and anyway it ended up to be a ~conker and I got all ohhhhh so that's what that is. This was horribly worded. ANYWAY, yes, I know what they are.

[mallori959]

i had no clue what that was,,,

[misscleverclogs100]

I didnt actually know it was a Buckeye but you learn new things everyday, I just call them conkers. Lol I love Autumn x keep the videos coming becki0 x

[VidsByMetz]

We have those in Denmark as well.. XD

We poke little holes in them and put them together with toothpicks to make them look like animals XD

[TheKate1098]

i went conkering today but we were a bit late because we only found 20!! By the way, we went to naburn lock and there is usually loads there so go in late july or middle august!!!

[Mizzgeorgesampson96]

Wow, Im shocked some people didn't know what a conker was!

And maybe americans do call them buckeyes or whatever but here in britain WE call them conkers,

Iloves your vids beckie x

[AQUAVIVARIA]

OK OK People This vid rox, as Beck could talk about a black bin liner and make it sound like fun ! ! Ive read all the comments, 'BUT' no-one has explained why a conker is 'called' a conker ! ? Ahhh yeh ! explain that one ? ;) JMFS

[CyberchondriacNess]

Lol, look at my conkers.

[erinnfate]

why does it always have to be americans what about canadians??

[howag69]

not as well known perhaps? i dunna lol

[kuninza718]

I have never heard of a conker before. I dont think they even grow in Canada. But they look really cool. :) I want one now. lol

[Bucknik]

It looks like a Buckeye. Never heard them called a Conker.

[Bucknik]

I looked it up. It IS a type of Buckeye. Cool.

Just tell Americans that it's a Buckeye.

[tomwash1]

They don't have Horse Chestnuts in the US only in Europe. The latin name is Aesculus hippocastanum, yeah I'm sad, I know.

[KelleeX0X0]

lol yes they do. I live in massachusetts. Theres one down the street from me.

[tomwash1]

I'm willing to bet a million quid, that the one down the street from you is either a "Sunrise Horse Chestnut" - Aesculus x. neglecta "Erythroblastos" which is a hybrid Buckeye, an "Ohio Buckeye" - Aesculus glabra or a "Yellow Buckeye" - Aesculus flava. The one we have here is "Horse Chestnut" - Aesculus hippocastanum, which is the key species. lol I'm a tree surgeon.

[SLASHISAWHORE]

CONKER'S BAD FUR DAY?? XD XD

[myclarkfam]

Actually you can eat chestnuts. You know the Christmas song "chestnuts roasting on an open fire". They aren't my favorite, but they aren't bad. Horse chestnuts are good for blood flow , you can buy it in most health food stores for varicose veins. fyi Luv the vids!

[BentheBassPhish]

Not wanting to start and argument or anything, but it's sweet chestnuts you eat. Not horse chestnuts because they are, in fact, poisonous :)

[spotlightcreations]

i collect "monkey brains" in the fall they r really big and green and look like a brain ( im from the usa)

[fluterify]

I've always known conkers as chestnuts, here in Canada, but I have heard of conckers.

[adjustifer]

we have them in America but we call them by the proper name of Buckeye, they come from the Buckeye tree, look it up on wikipedia under Aesculus glabra

[tomwash1]

It's Aesculus hippocastanum, glabra is the Ohio Buckeye, right genus wrong species, nice try.

[AallyXx0]

he he ! i remember when i was younger playing with conkers. i loved it. then they got banned in schools because of health and saftey reasons!!!

we cant have fun these days without getting healh and saftey in the way !

grrr

[andrew39611]

We have a few conker trees in suburban nyc. I have 1 at my school but i never knew they were called conkers lol

[dlan4327]

We have conkers in Australia.

*Proud face* : )

[lianneinthebigworld]

We allways made spiderwebs with them by sticking in several toothpicks and wrap those with wool ^^ Or made little dolls out of them.

Also behind our house used to be a sweet chestnut tree, we ate those and they're awesome ^^

[aarkinp]

nice conkers

[blueberg75]

me and my best friend used to play with those .

[alyssamuch]

my grandparents put those at the corners of every windowsill in there house. apperently it keeps away spiders, and other types of bugs.

but up until now, i had no idea what they were.

shankkss

[JackieLynn1215]

We have them, we just dont call them conkers

[itsthegreenplatypus]

I don't know what a conker is at all haha but i looked it up after your video

[CascadaaXx]

oh yeah i've seen them in America, I just had no idea what they were. Nor do I think we call them "conkers" or play games with them xD but alright.

[alicyigloo]

I have boxes and boxes of these in my garage because my brother was a pro at getting them down haha.

At my junior school there was horsechestnut tree and all the boys fought over the conkers ha. Once a boy threw up his new shoe to get them and it got stuck for years ;D

[xbeccajane]

we have those where i live in america!

well, i've seen them but we dont play games with them haha

[CineRam]

Thanks for clearing that up. They were referred to in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", but being American I had no idea what they were talking about (Zaphod and Ford break into a spaceship as children and demand conkers).

[StevenErnest]

Hey, yeah, I remember that now! ^_^

[StevenErnest]

Looks like you're bonkers for conkers. ^_^

Hey, I wonder if the name comes from conifers: cone bearing plants and tress...?

[BentheBassPhish]

I believe the origin of the name "conker" comes from the game you play with them. You try and "conquer" the other player by destroying his horse chestnut. If anyone knows for definite what the origin is please let me know. I'd be really interested to hear from you. :)

[StevenErnest]

Okay, cool, that makes sense. I figured I was probably over thinking it. ^_^

[marinasvoice]

Hey Beckie, when you're showing us things.. can you try not to put things in front of your mouth? Sometimes I need to read lips, thanks!!

-Marina

[simymonna]

Not only british people do it :) I also doo it :) And i'm from Holland :)

[BoisenAaron]

We call them Buck-eyes.. Dunno why.

[miriamlovesit7]

i thought conkers was like a baby horse or something.

[Mikeysmonkay]

Yeah had no clue...and still don't really know. lol.

[kimmy50143]

I didnt know what a conker was.. I do now.. lol! im AMerican so maybe thats why...

[woahhhjadeyyy]

I miss conkers :(

I live in america now and i can't find them, sad day :(

i always used to freeze mine and put nail polish on them to preserve them or whatever. ohhh we were silly kids :)

[Emperix]

My goodness. Haven't played with conkers for years!

I always had the worst luck playing conkers as my opponent, I swear, always aimed for my hand instead of the conker XD

[LauraxxStrange]

I thought it was a fruit LOL.

[SelenaMerideth97]

oh i see thse things everywhere

[cajsalindahl]

we collected them when we were little. you were suppose to have the biggest and nicest conker in the naiborhood. don't remember what they are called in swedish though, I've forgot.. :P

[artsyfashion]

I have never heard of that! I don't think we have them in Canada.. that's so cool. I love the pointlessness of them.

[lindobff]

Cant believe some people have never heard of them

My brother brought home 77 today... Joy

[rdohm]

Uh yeah--as a middle of the country. US citizen (South Dakota to be specific-its one of the big square states in the middle of the country) I am pretty sure we've never played with conkers, then again, this is the prairie, we don't have that many trees.

[NintendoCapriSun]

Hmm, I don't think I've played that before. Conker's Bad Fur Day on the other hand...

:D

[paperchainhearts]

Yeah a fan is also some-one who idolises a celebrity in England as well :) One word for two things is well confusing :)

I've never heard of them being called a ventilator though!

[melialovee]

ive never seen those in my life. ahhaa

sounds like fun though!

[Lebofilms]

Before seeing this VLOG I thought of a "Conk" as just a sound effect when one cartoon character knocks another cartoon character over the head with a hammer or something like that.

So this American learned something new today. :)

[kasspeople]

here in america i think we call them bullseuyes or chestnuts its one of the two

[LaylaEdgar]

Dont americans just call them chessnuts ?

[JMBJWB26]

i am an american

[accebernosam]

i love playing conkers!

[RealityWasntHome]

I saw those photos you posted on Twitter and I didn't know what they were. I'm glad you explained : )

[lonerpostcard]

one of my teachers shipped like 400 conkers to our school in saudi arabia to have a whole school conker competition, i won =]

[babyo100]

they got banned in our school when we were in year 6 which was in 2001 cause their 'dangerous' apparently.

[nenalyzed]

Belgian childeren do it too, you know :D

[MadKazumi]

I love to collect conkers . I love fall and everything what I can do when it comes

[LaDoraben]

In Danish we call them Kastanjer :) And we eat them and make kastanjedyr out of them. It is when you make holes in them and put little wood-sticks in and made them look like animals. It was very fun! :)

[xoxRufus]

That is wierd, we just assume people know what conkers are XD

Lazy birtish people lol.

[xSupern0va]

did you used to sing the song in school?

something like;

conkers, im collecting conkers.

im trying hard to find the biggest and the best. under the chestnut tree, it waits for me, a conker, so beautiful and brownnn,

(8) :P

[AutisticLemon]

The only place that has conkers near me is down the street at a park. I'm from the USA and we didn't call them conkers when I was young we called the horse nuts and they were fun. We didn't drill holes through them but we would have wars with them haha.

[love4musicuk]

I used to always go conker collecting then have Conker Fights, lol

[happyaday01]

those are like chestnuts! When i was little we went around with my family and had a competition to see who could get the nicest looking chestnut! It was fun

[OneAwesomeUTuber]

Oooh don't get me started on conkers...

here, lil' bys about 8-9+ play them and collect HUNDREDS of them ahha...

it hurts to miss and hit your hand full whack with one of thoses little buggers...

:D

[JonnyChups]

talking to a fan- you've gone mad! :D

i never played conkers, i just loved holding them and stuff.

[LightCammraSmile]

i live in the usa and when i was little we all collected the nuts in the fall. we also collected the ones with spikes. it was like an ongoing competion

[UndoneWords]

There are a ton of those in Canada, so I also grew up with them but I really never knew what to call them...

[Radiobutterfly]

so the conkers are like the chestnuts right? Because in Italy we eat the chestnuts and they are really good! gnammy ;D

[proudestmonkee07]

I had no idea what a "Conker" was until I watched your video. But someone commented about them being chestnuts. I'm guessing it's probably the same. It looks like a chestnut, anyhow.

[lucygirleen]

i used to just collect them and then they'd just be left in a carrier bag till they went bad : P

[JustCallMeBen]

Americans just call them chestnuts ;)

[jazzlikesyoochoob]

i love conkers so so so much :] x

[laurathesmall]

i keep picking up conkers at lunch or after college on my way into town :P i'm just a big kid really :P

[bennybooya111]

i thought evryone would know aboiut koncers ?

[piesniffer]

I mourn for those with conkerless childhoods </3

[Creativedisney]

my brother's are young and they love conkers haha; they have about 300 of them , and they have only got them from like 2 trees :b

[CharzMeow94]

Ah I knew they were technically called horse chesnut, but I've always called them conkers, they're shiiiiiny ^_^

[moldie]

We never knew them as conkers...but that is much

more fun than saying horse chestnut.

[reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet]

i'm sure they have horse chesnut trees elsewhere other than england...we have them in ireland- I love conkers!

oh and you seem alot happier these days beckie :)

[amyellenp]

she says in ireland aswell in the description :):)

[idevinicole]

ive never heard of them untill now, things are so different in America, especially Hawaii

[kaleskat]

i didn't know what a conker was cause i'm not british, but i kind of wish i was xD

[WestEndActress]

I love conkers ^_^ x

[JoesLetsPlays]

:P Britain ftw much? :P

[jpjames1]

Beckie u would make a great primary school teacher

[amyellenp]

AGREE! :P:P or editor, or actress, or artist! haha shes just so good at everything! haha :P x

[twinkletoesxxo]

"You don't eat this you numpty"

haha :)

[giariotkid]

i cant believe there are conkers on the ground already! i saw a load of conkers outside my school and i was like, WTH?! yeah, lol. i love conkers :)

[agnesdiary]

Conkers are very common here in seden too, we used to make necklaces of them ^^

[missmossxx]

That's awesome. :D I wanna try that now.

[HereWasRachel]

we used to put ours in the oven to make them harder for playing conkers with :D then one exploded and broke the oven so we stopped doing it.

[SelonEntertainment]

for a moment i forgot the german word for "conker" - okay, I can remember now. It is: "Kastanie" And the german kids play with these as well :)

[milliej080]

I remember getting thousands (literally) of conkers and making them into a massive picture of a girrafe on the lawn xD

[19ClaireBear93]

I remember conkers when i was little. (: I remember throwing one of them at some lady's house. yeah...she wasn't very happy :L

[DoctorWho4ever2k8]

eh, not June 15th

September 26th xD

[ZenaSapphire]

:):):):):)BEKICE0 ROCKS :)

[maepumpkin]

how can people not have conkers?!

i remember when i was like 5, i used to have endless conker games with my barbies and such...

[Thiren111]

we actuelly bought them, not nuts but yeah - with strings and all , but with 2 on one string so your sopose to click up and down as fast as possible

[amyellenp]

ooooooo thats like the 'clackers' on drake and josh and zoey101 haha :P

[xgoldxbabyx]

Yep! Haha

[loonybin1125]

I used to have a huge tub full of conkers, but now I moved to Canada and can't find any of those trees here :(

[lellieberry]

whoa. I never knew what a conker was before I watched this video XD

[JackHasCookies]

I used to love playing with conkers when I was a child :)

[MaddieBishop]

thatrwell weird mke nd my friend just collected 331 conkers yesterday...the we created a guess how many are in da box game...went round local ppls houses and earned £ 8 for our local primary school...arnt we good salesmen.

[molliexxrandom]

I Has A Conker Tree In Ma Garden But It Half My Neibors Cuz Half The Tree Is In There Garden

[Aspenfash899]

i want one

im from new york city

[LouisexxJane]

I love playing with conkers they are oily ..... but fun!

[andreajpeg]

oh beck, you slay me. i've never heard of a conker in my entire life!

[SophiexxxLizzy]

wow! omgosh youve GOT to try it, it's so much fun!

[missmossxx]

I live in Britain but never actually played conkers. :P We used to collect them, do all this stuff to try and strengthen them up ((like soak them in vinegar, and stuff.)) and then... they just sort of turned into ornaments.

[glitterstarzMel]

where i live thos are called chestnuts and u bake them and eat them I dont really like them but alot of ppl do

[deadlyglitch]

sounds ummmm fun? I'm not sure where i would find those kinds trees :/

[IsOfTheUniverse]

Yeah.. people have different cultures. Nothing to be shocked over.

[ravenscheer23]

Don't be hateful.

[CityOfWilliamPenn]

Apparently, conkers (Brit.) = buckeyes (Amer.)

[sevendueceoffsuit]

That's the first thing I thought too, looks like a buckeye to me.

[ravenscheer23]

Yeah cause it is.

[CoCoPuff354]

lol. we dont know wat they are cuz theres no conkers down here in america lol.

[stephOHstephanie]

never heard of them

[garyskirk]

You can eat them, but cooked.

It is a bit shocking some people don't know what they are. These are often the same people who've never seen snow though! :-O

[SheDoesntKillGophers]

I used to collect them when I was a kid, I'd go on walks in the fall just to get them. Probably why I love the season so much now. Here in Indiana we call them buckeyes though.

[Meg1923]

i never heard of them lol

[CosmeticCandyGrl]

never heard of them ahaha! they sound like fun! :)

[mikaaylaa]

You're too pretty!<3

[Manders980]

You look so pretty! I didnt know what a conker was

[ellendz]

i wish i had some conkers !

thats so cool (:

[scargirl133]

Yay a new video! I remeber once when I was little my brother took the one I had tied a string around and hit me in the eye with it! It was rather painful

[ffjdkaue]

cool

[carter3carter]

first!