Poohsticks is a game first mentioned in The House at Pooh Corner, a Winnie-the-Pooh book by A. A. Milne. It is a simple game played on any bridge over running water, in which each player drops a stick on the upstream side and the one whose stick appears first on the downstream side wins. The annual World Poohsticks Championships have been held at Day's Lock on the River Thames in the UK since 1984. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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It is a simple game which may be played on any bridge over running water; each player drops a stick on the upstream side of a bridge and the one whose stick first appears on the downstream side is the winner.
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A game for two players or more, in the traditional version of Poohsticks the participants must drop a stick simultaneously on the upstream side of a bridge and run to the other side.
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