Garrulous Glaahk grasshopper Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 It's that time of the year again, and for the nth year running, I've been away from home, and unable to go cheer on my local sporting greats, the cheese rollers! Pictures here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...fety-fears.html some of the videos on youtube are very amusing. Does anyone have a local tradition, crazier, quirkier, or more dangerous than this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasoned Roamer The Ninjas Doom Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 well... at my old Village we had an octoberfest in september every year and there wasnt any alcohol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 so in other words it was neither an oktober nor a fest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody waterplant Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 There seems to be quite regular public holidays in the village where I live - 3 in the last 4 weeks. I'm not sure what the holiday is for tomorrow but there is the ominous sign of beer tents and a bandstand in the carpark at the local supermarket. Not as quaint as in times gone by... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall The Ratt Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 A town by me celebrates pulling an anchor out of a lake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk grasshopper Posted June 2, 2010 Author Share Posted June 2, 2010 how come? traditional anchor shortage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Monroe Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Or are you from Salem, and it's from all the witches they pulled out of the lake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 It's not quirkier than cheese rolling, but: Each memorial day weekend, we have a festival here called Runamucca, in which motorcyclists gather from all over the place. At the height of festivities, a new motorcycle is covered in gasoline and subsequently torched. Also, if you travel ninety minutes or so west from here there's a festival held each year in the middle of the desert. It's called Burning Man, but I'll hold off on explaining that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan La paix Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 I don't know much about it, but sometimes, usually in April, there's a group of bikers that starts riding all across Utah and other nearby places, picking up more as they go. I've seen them plowing down the road, en masse, with as much as 200 bikers (spread across a chunk of time). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Rowen Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 I grew up with the major holiday called "Spud Day." It was a celebration of just that; spuds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk grasshopper Posted June 2, 2010 Author Share Posted June 2, 2010 I've just remembered this initiation rite in to this running club, whereby whoever was wearing new shoes had to fill the shoe with beer and down it, after running in them of course. There was a poor illegal immigrant, recently arrived from some war torn country, happy to be safe, proudly sporting his new shoes that he had bought from money earnt picking berries or something. My heart went out to him. He looked like he was going to cry. But hey, what can you do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan inni Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 we all round up any people that are over 18 or otherwise deemed "unholy" then we stone them to death. actually the town i live in has a nice yearly festival called kathaumixw, choirs from all over the world come to sing in it and.... thats basically it, not as fun as cheese chasing but its still interesting, the towns folk can offer their house for two weeks or so and let one of the visiting choirs stay there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Rowen Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Originally Posted By: boggle But hey, what can you do? Not support hazing would be my first guess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Originally Posted By: Rowen Originally Posted By: boggle But hey, what can you do? Not support hazing would be my first guess? Incorrect. Get somebody to stamp on your shoes so that they look dirty, and therefore old, so that nobody recognises them as new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 I used to live in Wisconsin. Across the whole state, there are people that paint themselves green and yellow, place artificial cheese upon their heads, and drink beer with no shirts on in sub-zero weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasoned Roamer *Logan* Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Originally Posted By: The Ratt A town by me celebrates pulling an anchor out of a lake. LOL fun times Here in Edmonton Alberta, Canada, it's almost festival season. We have one festival called "The Fringe" and there is always a freak show optical illusion event. 2 bucks gets you in the tent to stare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Mysterious Man Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 I usually get completely nude before I step into a shower. I've asked around, and that seems to be the general consensus of the area. Crazy stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Originally Posted By: Mysterious Man I usually get completely nude before I step into a shower. I've asked around, and that seems to be the general consensus of the area. Crazy stuff. good to know, thanks for the info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk grasshopper Posted June 7, 2010 Author Share Posted June 7, 2010 Here it is, better than cheese rolling, it is ....drum roll,,,, the Mud Olympics! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pictureg...ar-Hamburg.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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