Warriors! Weekly Check-in

Happy Wednesday! Today I give everyone some warrior strength. Use it as needed, to heal, rest, recuperate, say "NO!" when asked to do something, whatever.:-)

Today's Topic: Weird Sports!

● Pig racing. Yep. People race *pigs*. Also frogs, roaches, inchworms (?! slowest race ever), tortoises, dogs and horses, and cows. There's also rubber duck races. If you're that bored, then hey, come clean a fibro patient's house:-) ...

● People also compete to see who can carry the most coal on their backs.

● Fireball anyone? You set fire to a soccer ball. And play soccer with it. Pity the goalie, is all I'm sayin'.

● Olympic Tug-of-War. No joke, it was once in the Olympics. From 1900 to 1920, and the UK walked away with five of the available medals in the sport in those times. (Two gold, thus beating out the US and Sweden, which each had one gold in the tug of war events.) If you know math, you know that's not possible... Except that countries could enter more than one "club" (team). Ah-ha! Some people want it to come back just for the fun of it. Gotta say, beats watching archery, if there's mud in the middle... But that's Redneck Olympics.

●Volcano surfing. You surf down a hill of volcanic ash. Presumably, you don't like to get wet. Also, you can "surf" on sand dunes in deserts. Or, y'know, take a nice walk...

●Tazer ball. You taze your opponent to gain possession of the ball. Who wins? The paramedics. I dunno. Takes the childhood game "Hot potato" to new levels.

●So too does "Flaming Tar Barrel Racing". There are two variations. You can carry a barrel full of tar, with the tar on fire, and if you make it to the finish alive and uncharred, you win. Or, you can carry an empty barrel coated in tar, and the tar is set on fire, because that's gonna hurt more.

●Unless it's the "stinging nettle challenge". You don't grab stinging nettle. You hold it in your mouth. To be "extreme". Did I mention that if you're that bored, you can come clean our houses?

●And to round it off? Naked rugby. They play the south island of New Zealand, international matches. Now, rugby is civilized US football, without helmets or pads but also less injuries and more obscure formations. (Sorry, rugby escapes me. I've tried.) Anyway, rugby... naked. This, I suspect, is more about mental strength than physical.

May you giggle at least once picturing something I mentioned.