WORLD RECORD NEWS: It took 29 years but the world record in worm charming has finally be surpassed. Mr Smith and daughter, Miss Smith, collected an astonishing 567 worms in just 30 minutes. As a former competitor, simply collecting that number of worms, without charming, is itself a feat of greatness. Congratulations to the Smiths
Elsewhere...
World Wife Carrying Championships
Location: Sonkajärvi, Finland
Date: Friday - Saturday 3rd and 4th July
Website: http://www.sonkajarvi.fi/
Do you know your Estonian from your Fireman's lift?
Have you seen how big your wife looks recently. Still feel confident? Luckily for you, entries for 2009 are closed. 'Phewww' i hear you all exclaim.
The course is over 250 metres and includes three obstacles (not including your wife). The prize includes the winning wife's weight in beer, which offers the men a teasing conundrum. More beer and less chance of winning or less beer and more chance???
There is also a team event where three men take turns to carry somebody's wife (for the Americans i guess), and a 100m wife carrying sprint with a water obstacle. There is also a wife carrying karaoke contest, a cheerleaders contest and a wife carrying dance, Sadly, there is no wife swapping on the agenda before the race!!!
BRING BACK CONGER CUDDLING
Every July for 40 years, the Dorset town of Lyme Regis hosted probably the oddest game of skittles in the world. Nine humans stood at one end on a plinth, whilst the opposing team swung a dead Conger Eel towards them. But a few years ago, an animal activist (wrongly in our opinion) complained, on grounds of cruelty (the eel was already dead, or were they referring to the humans?), and the event is no more…that means no money for the RNLI charity and no fun for us.
We’re bidding to get the event restarted. If they refuse, then I’ll start a petition to close down all fish and chip shops on similar grounds of cruelty. If anything, a battered fish suffers more pain than a swinging dead eel.
Go mad on Twitter, Facebook…let’s build up some momentum. Life’s too boring as it is without some killjoy making it even more dull. Are you with us? Whatever will they ban next…Dog Tossing?