Its the month of October and because they scraped off another reason to drink, A.K.A. public holidays, lets create our own excuses. Surfing through the internet reveals that when people have time on their hands, anything they come up with seem perfectly logical to them. So below I have a list of some of the most peculiar competitions and sports that are around. Maybe one day after the usual dose of time on twitter and pubs, we might make an allowance to indulge in some few atrocities too.
1. Wife carrying competition
If this was done here in Kenya, some people would pay good money just to watch their friends attempt to carry their wives. it is not a secret that the wedding ring in Kenya seems to inject automatic baking powder into married women and they balloon up to sizes that even they didn’t know they could reach. The objective of game is usually to carry your wife all the way through an obstacle course and the first man to cross the finish line with his wife, wins beer the equivalent of his wife’s weight. Pretty cool and hilarious right?
2. Midget throwing Contest
This cracked me up. Who does that? Apparently, this game is in Australia and it was almost banned because it degrades the dwarfs. But people argued that it denies the midgets a chance to make extra income! Really. Its like tossing kids with a heightened(pun intended)sense of humor. It just looks wrong just by the sheer size of them. It is a bar attraction in which dwarves wearing special padded clothing or Velcro costumes are thrown onto mattresses or at Velcro-coated walls, participants of the contest compete to throw the dwarf the farthest.
If introduced, can this game really fly in Kenya?
3. Extreme Ironing World Championships
Have you heard of mascularization of house chores? Well, you’ve heard it now. These men are going to extreme measures just to get some chores done. I bet their wives have never asked them to iron clothes again after these stunts. It is outrageous to ask your husband to iron clothes then he goes underwater and comes back with the clothes unironed and wet to boot because he couldn’t find a socket!!? I bet this sport was invented by a husband with a twisted sense of humor.
It started in Leicester, UK in 1997, and is an exciting and dangerous sport where anyone who would like to participate should be ready for ironing a few items of laundry, preferably on a difficult climb of a mountainside, ice or under water.
When you hear sauna, you immediately think of relaxation and bliss. But imagine sitting in there for an infinite amount of time until you feel that you cannot take it any more and your behind is on fire. Well, welcome to the world of sauna champs.
Competitors from over 20 countries take part in the competition at their own risk, an
d have to sign a form agreeing not to take legal action on the organization. The competitors must sit in a 110° sauna and half a liter of water is added every 30 seconds. They must sit erect with their thighs and buttocks on the seat. They cannot touch any surface with their hands and forearms have to be in an upright position and must stay on their knees. The person who sits longest is the winner.
Disclaimer: Someone once died in this game so I wouldn’t recommend it!!!
5.Kenyan Flavor
Well, just for good measure, I throw in some local flavor. I bet the Kenyan Bull fighting and cock fighting would rank highly in bizzarness. Not forgetting donkey derby in Lamu at the Lamu culture fest. That is the home of pampered donkeys.
From the list, its clear that traditionalists where not entirely primitive and boring. They did have their own version of fun! Join in the cheer!!
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