Ten-time winner Cherry Pit Spit champ "Pellet Gun" Krause, July 1997
Posted on 07/08/2002 9:50:12 AM PDT by Cagey
A father and his two sons came first, second and third in the annual Cherry Pit Spitting Championship in Michigan.
Rick Krause, the 12-time championship winner, was defeated by his eldest son, Brian.
And his youngest son, Matt, took third place in the contest in Eau Claire.
Brian, who's 24, spat a cherry pit 18.6 metres while 48-year-old Rick managed 17.1 metres and 19-year-old Matt covered a distance of 13.8 metres.
Brian, who's in the Guinness Book of World Records for his 1998 spit of 22 metres, said: "This is the first time we ever did that."
His son, Braden Krause, won the under-five division with a spit of 4.3 metres.
And Rick's wife, Marlene, spit 9.3 metres. They were married at the contest six years ago.
Herb Teichman, owner of the event's site, the Tree-Mendus Fruit Farm, said: "Cherry pit spitting is like good sneeze. They're both therapeutic."
Story filed: 11:56 Monday 8th July 2002
Ten-time winner Cherry Pit Spit champ "Pellet Gun" Krause, July 1997
And people make fun of Southerners?........lol
"Do you, Marlene, take Pellet Gun, to be your wedded husband?"
"Hold on yer honor, I gotta fire off one more of these dang pits...... ptooooooooooo......Yea, I do.
No way, not in WI! /sarcasm ( I live in WI. We north folk know all the good sports.)
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