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Excellent! There are a few good ones in the US and around the world. Ones that come to mind first are, from the US, the Great Fruitcake Toss [0] (currently in season), and of course Punkin Chunkin [1] which involves fun technology and seems to have a current record of 2900'/883.9m. From Thailand, water buffalo racing [2], and camel racing from the middle east, which is starting to ban child jockeys and replace them with robotic jockeys developed in the UAE and Switzerland.

Seems Humans WILL find a way to have fun at every opportunity. (Goes with the saying I heard from a friend: "If there's two sailboats on the water going in roughly the same direction within a kilometer of each other, at least one of them thinks they're racing.")

[0] https://manitousprings.org/events/fruitcake-toss/

[1] https://www.punkinchunkin.com/the-competition/rules/

[2] https://www.worldnomads.com/stories/discovery/water-buffalo-...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_racing

parent toss1 2 years ago

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