32 Southern Olympics events we’d want to see
The 2021 Tokyo Olympics are officially underway, and we are suddenly deeply invested in sports — like badminton and rhythmic gymnastics — we forgot even existed prior to July 23. We can’t help it; we love the thrill of the competition.
That’s why we decided to ask our followers on the It’s a Southern Thing ... page what events would exist only in the Southern Olympics:
Walkin’ barefoot across the sand in the summer.
Tree rope swing into a river.
Boiled egg peeling for deviled eggs.
Biscuit and gravy eating competition.
Synchronized front porch rocking chair rockin’.
Watermelon seed spitting contest.
Lightning bug catching
Climbing a greased pole
Duct tape improvisation
Cast iron skillet seasoning
Mosquito swatting
Guessing what’s in the butter container
Lawnmower riding races
Carrying every grocery bag at one time
Garden weeding in the sweltering summer heat
Homecoming mum making
Speed monogramming
Switch cutting
Driving through Atlanta traffic
ATV pulling wife riding a mattress through the mud race
Making grits from scratch
Snipe hunting
rolling in a semi-tire
Blizzard of ‘93 tall tale telling
Mullet toss
Chili cook-off
Catfish noodling
Bump starting old pick-ups that have dead battery
Turkey calling
Cathead biscuit making
Four way stop politeness competition
The hold my beer freestyle event
https://www.southernthing.com/southern-olympics-events-2654279659.html?rebelltitem=32#rebelltitem32
More entertaining than the synchronized under water basket weaving in Tokyo!
Blizzard of ‘93 tall tale telling....was this really a bad’un? last I remember was ‘78 in the midwest...course I was overseas in
‘93....
Sorry.... didn’t finish the read>...”Bump starting old pick-ups that have dead battery” ... isn’t this just pushing a car to start it with a dead battery???? I did this with my 2 & 4 year olds in Chicago about 18 years ago on a manual transmission...nervous yes, worried, no...
+++!!!
Oh, I see. Biscuits as big as a cat's head.
Gas Station Liability Lunacy
https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=48781
Excerpt:
...“New Mexico Court Rules Gas Stations Liable for Selling Fuel to Drunk Drivers”:
Drunk driving is dangerous. The NHTSA says that someone is killed every 52 minutes due to a preventable crash where at least one party behind the wheel is intoxicated. Now, the New Mexico Supreme Court is looking to hold gas stations accountable for their role in knowingly allowing drunk drivers to hit the road.
Last week the court ruled 3-to-1 that gas stations have a “duty of care” to not allow individuals who are intoxicated to purchase fuel. In fact, the ruling goes as far as to edict that any gas station which knowingly permits drunk drivers to fuel up their vehicles can be held liable for any injuries caused by that person behind the wheel while they are intoxicated.
New Mexico is the second such state in the U.S. to publish a ruling which places the burden of responsibility on gas stations—Tennessee was the first. However, it’s important to note that there is no state law that explicitly prohibits the sale of gasoline to an intoxicated party in New Mexico. The court instead cited a fatal accident that occurred in 2011 where a gas station sold fuel to an intoxicated person who later got into an accident and killed the driver of the vehicle that was hit.
How are they going to prove the “knowingly” part when so many sales are pay-at-the-pump with a credit card these days?
This is part and parcel of the drive to disassociate people from blame for their own actions and failures and displace it to large faceless entities that the left must rail against (corporations, “white supremacy,” capitalism). The person responsible for a DUI is the person who drives drunk.