Comments on: Eating roast ox at the outhouse races

By: Kat

Kat — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:05:24 +0000

In reply to Dave Bonta. Hah! We have a wife-carrying race, too, at the county fair. Winner wins his wife's weight in beer.

By: Luisa A. Igloria

Luisa A. Igloria — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 03:46:35 +0000

In reply to Dave Bonta. Glad to have been of some help. Had I been there, I know would have loved to see my first Outhouse Race!

By: Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:08:39 +0000

In reply to Kathleen Kirk. Hey, glad you liked that. The other serendipitous thing, of course, was that Luisa had just written "Shit," which definitely put me in the right frame of mind for Friday's outhouse races.

By: Kathleen Kirk

Kathleen Kirk — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 23:03:53 +0000

Delighted by the outhouse racing, which seems kinder and more fun than either outhouse tipping or cow tipping… Attended an all-American parade recently, so I also felt that celebratory mood! Loved the flower story/pic.

By: Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:20:46 +0000

In reply to marja-leena. I suspect the Finns don't need any help in thinking up crazy things to do.

By: marja-leena

marja-leena — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:02:12 +0000

Oh! maybe this inspired the recent crazy Finnish phenomenon of wife-carrying contests :-)

By: mostly quiet regular

mostly quiet regular — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 16:05:28 +0000

I missed the video…just watched it now. Following it, Vimeo prompted me to click on the Antique Farm Machinery show’s coverage…loved that too. thanks!

By: Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:10:31 +0000

In reply to mostly quiet regular. Video, you mean? Thanks! Glad we could share the day. And coming home to the night-blooming cereus offered an interesting counterpoint.

By: mostly quiet regular

mostly quiet regular — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:57:40 +0000

Nice nutshell Dave! and a great photo.

By: Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 13:57:21 +0000

In reply to Kat. Judging from the Google results for "outhouse races," they occur everywhere from the Ozarks to Michigan to Alaska! (I might go back and edit the post to put that in. By the time I finished the video last night, I ran out of time to write .)