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> with the carried person's face pointing toward the carrier's bottom.
Err, I think I'd prefer the dislocated shoulder...
Chris Hepworth has been named winner of the UK's 11th annual "wife"-carrying contest – an honour that not only bestows glory but also a £150 barrel of local ale. Beating 40 other couples, Hepworth carried Tanisha Prince to victory over a 1250ft (380m) obstacle course in Surrey. The course had hay hurdles for obstacles, a 15- …
Oh never mind. From the BBC reports it looked like everyone had fun (Apart from the dislocated shoulder that is).
How delightfully non-PC but I'm sure the anti-fun as well as the Hinder & Stop brigade will soon put a stop to it. We can't have the plebs enjoying themselves now can we eh?
Now is there a class for the Over 60's?
How delightfully non-PC
If the competition was strictly man carries his own wife, then you may have a point. But the article clearly said:
"Males or females carry a "wife" (who must be at least 18 and can be male or female, and does not actually need to be the carrier's wife)"
So it could be woman carry man, man carry man, etc. Nor do they have to be married, civil partnership or even in a relationship.
I listened to a Radio 4 news chat this morning going in to work.
The male presenter mentioned the contest, and got an earfull from the female on the grounds that this sexist rubbish made her feel sick, and should have stoped in the Middle Ages.
Funny. I can't remember her saying that last year when 'sexism' wasn't so popular a topic for the Islington chattering classes....
and got an earfull from the female on the grounds that this sexist rubbish made her feel sick, and should have stoped in the Middle Ages.
How lucky we are that the over paid under-worked over-paid arseholes of the BBC can force feed us their personal opinions, rather ignoring the endless trouble that the Bolshevik Broadcasting Corporation is in for protecting child abusers, paying its male stars more than females, amongst many other things.
So is that the Bolshevik Nick Robinson you're thinking of, who was chairman of the Oxford University Young Conservatives?
Or the Bolshevik Andrew Neil, Tory fundraiser and former national chair of the National Chair of the Young Conservatives?
How about that well-known Bolshevik, the former Sunday Telegraph editor and current supremo of Radio 4's Today, Sarah Sands?
The male presenter mentioned the contest, and got an earfull from the female on the grounds that this sexist rubbish made her feel sick, and should have stoped in the Middle Ages.
Well, if she wants equal rights, she is welcome to find a bloke above 50kg and carry him.
By the way, the competition does not sound like much. Once upon a time when I was young, fit to an Iron Man level, stupid and did not value my back I have carried my future wife on a couple of occasions. 380m is rather short. My personal record from those days was 3.5 km and uphill (she broke a high heel on a shoe and the bloody bus drivers were on strike so no public transport). We would have been dis-qualified from this competition though as that was prior to two kids and she was 5kg+ under the limit.
The male presenter mentioned the contest, and got an earfull from the female on the grounds that this sexist rubbish made her feel sick
Probably sour grapes that nobody wanted to carry her, or that 50kg contestants put her at a massive disadvantage.
I'll grab my coat...
perhaps the Texas Testicle Festival is more your thing
I've known a lot of people who scoff at calf fries. Usually they stop once they've actually tasted them. It's a tradition born of not wanting to waste any part of the animal way back when that continues today because they're damn tasty. The fact that a lot of folks go to their first calf fry (both the food and the event of making it in bulk go by that name) on a dare is beside the point. :-P
In short, yeah I'd be there. I don't care what they're preaching as long as they're serving calf fries. I'm not sure if that makes me a redneck or not. In fairness the ones around here are usually organized by veterans organizations as fundraisers rather than churches as missionary outreaches though.
"people who scoff at calf fries".
Using the Wiki with all the nice pictures it's nothing to scoff at, and not that exotic either..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testicles_as_food
I don't know about the rules regarding sausages today, but that was where all that stuff including udder ended up. Perhaps it's used in animal food today, but it is certainly used, and why not.
Those of you who have read Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis will remember that it's a very dear, or should one say rear, product you will give only a very good friend, a real delicacy.
The film was good too, kept with the book fairly well, but not with that part. Although I read the book as a teen I can still remember how the writer expressed the look on the face of the poor animal who had just lost both.
Bon appetit, have to try it some day.
£150 for a barrel of ale. Your writer not a CAMRA member then?
A barrel is a 36 gallon (288 pint) container. More likely this is a firkin - 9 gallons (72 pints). But then £150 for that? That's a rip-off! I've dealt with many breweries and not many firkins are into the 3-figures yet (although we are sadly getting a lot closer!) Of course, it could be a barrel in which case that is excellent value!
"your wife's weight in beer" - so there was an incentive for grabbing the lightest willing adult female
No it's a complex game-theoretical problem.
You don't want the skinniest wife because then you don't win much beer, but the heavier the wife the more likely you are to lose.
It's like fueling pit-stop strategy back when Formula one was a competition
I believe the original rules didn't allow you to use a man as a wife, but hey, it's the 21st century.
Where I haven't seen women competing is in the sport of Ferret Down Trousers, in which women would have an unfair advantage. And, most likely, no desire to compete.
Competitors wear white trousers with ferret inside, sealed at waist and ankles. No underpants allowed. No drink or drugs for either human or ferret allowed. Winner is last man wearing trousers.
Over in Fife (south of here in Dundee) they run the gender intersection non danger race of the coal carrying race (the gender of coal is something we should perhaps consult the Germans about).
There are no obstacles just an undulating course.
I have an unrealised desire to get fit enough to compete.
I’m always up for a challenge. Unfortunately my wife doesn’t want to be carried. Perhaps I should see if anyone else wants to partner me*?
*Additional T&Cs apply. Applicants must weigh less than 12st (I know my limits), and not object to being manhandled / accidentally dropped by a middle aged bloke. Since I’m already married and not on the pull, the sex / sexuality of the applicant is irrelevant. An indifference to inevitable and ignominious defeat would be advantageous (I know my limits!)
"Wife carrying (Finnish: eukonkanto or akankanto, Estonian: naisekandmine, Swedish: kärringkånk) is a contest in which male competitors race while each carrying a female teammate. The objective is for the male to carry the female through a special obstacle track in the fastest time. The sport was first introduced at Sonkajärvi, Finland.
Several types of carry may be practised: piggyback, fireman's carry (over the shoulder), or Estonian-style (the wife hangs upside-down with her legs around the husband's shoulders, holding onto his waist).
Wife Carrying World Championships are held annually in Sonkajärvi, Finland, since 1992 (where the prize depends on the wife's weight in beer).".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wife-carrying
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1la1l8gv00
Then there is, of course, how surprising,
Mobile phone throwing is an international sport that started in Finland in the year 2000. It's a sport in which participants throw mobile phones and are judged on distance or technique. World record holder is Tom Philipp Reinhardt from Germany with a throw of 136,75m.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_throwing
And some claim Finn are so very serious people.
"Mobile phone throwing is an international sport that started in Finland in the year 2000. It's a sport in which participants throw mobile phones and are judged on distance or technique. World record holder is Tom Philipp Reinhardt from Germany with a throw of 136,75m."
As they get lighter, thinner and bigger screens, I wonder if the aerodynamics compensate for the lower mass? If not, then the record is unlikely to be beaten. I'm sure a nokia 5110 "mini-brick" would be better for throwing than a wide-area flat iPhone/Galaxy-like phone, unless the "slab" phones can be spun like a frisbee and get lift.
Lyme Regis used to have an annual Conger-Cuddling Championship
It was a full sized version of Devil-among-the-tailors, the pins being nine people standing on drums.
A large conger eel (or shark) was suspended from a crane, and used by the participants in turn to knock the "pins" off the drums
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conger_cuddling
Personally I think old traditions like this should be part of the Commonwealth Games