seana
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Post by seana on Aug 15, 2011 17:07:16 GMT 2
I don't know if this topic is very intellectual, but as all other "your country"- treads are here too I think it's the right place.
There are lots of crazy competitions in the world and I'm curious about what events you have in your countries.
A local event here is the "International Oldtimer-Tractor World Championship", a 24-hours race for the Golden Hemp-Leave.
Another funny thing we have in Austria is the "Dirndlfliegen", where women (and also some men *g*) are jumping into a lake wearing a dirndl dress, being rated by a jury.
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Post by Arivse on Aug 15, 2011 22:02:28 GMT 2
This topic so made for us Finss  The Wife Carrying Championships Sauna World Championships (2009 - Final) Didn't want to post 2010, since the Russian guy died on that one  Boot-throwing Finnish Championships [youtube] www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sezIQmJZMw[/youtube]Mobile Phone Throwing World Championship And many more... Will post few other, but now its time for some sleep  |
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Post by nightwica on Aug 25, 2011 16:21:10 GMT 2
Goulash-cooking competition, what else  ) (Hungary, if you couldn't guess that from goulash. Yes, it is Hungarian.) But NOTHING can beat the wife-carrying championship lol |
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seana
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Post by seana on Aug 25, 2011 20:21:40 GMT 2
What else  BTW: I love goulash, and nowhere it tastes that good as in Hungary. We have a "Fensterln" - Championship. Fensterln is an old tradition in Austria, it means to climb up to one's sweetheart's window for a kiss. A widely known thing here is the "Sautrog-Regatta", a race unsing wooden feeding troughs instead of boats. And maybe we can't top the wife carrying championship, but we have a trash can race ;D |
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Post by Mighty Croc on Sept 3, 2011 9:24:37 GMT 2
When I first read the name of this thread, I thought it's about some Special competitions for the handicapped (I'm not much into that). We also have some wife carrying championships, but I guess I have one thing to top that. Of course, that's not official. That's a rafting championship, what can be interesting here? Only one thing. They use rubber dolls from sex shops instead of rafts |
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Post by vinterfroest on Sept 3, 2011 14:52:44 GMT 2
Arisve listed the most well-known ones of our competisions, but we do also have sitting in the ant's nest-competisions, Swamp-football World Championship and playing air guitar World Championship |
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Post by maris on Sept 4, 2011 13:45:32 GMT 2
Fierljeppen is a typical Frisian sport which in the old days used to be the fastest way to move around the pastures and now became a national sport for young and old
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) (Hungary, if you couldn't guess that from goulash. Yes, it is Hungarian.)
BTW: I love goulash, and nowhere it tastes that good as in Hungary.
