Posted on 07/03/2006 10:27:47 AM PDT by pissant
Sonkajarvi, Finland (AHN) - Could you carry your wife 250 meters on your back through an obstacle course? That's what one husband from Estonia did to win his wife's weight in beer, and even set a world record doing it.
Sandra Kullas and Margo Uusorg won the race Saturday with a winning time of 56.9 seconds. They were among 40 couples who competed in the annual race.
The course included pools and hurdles. The men could run or walk while carrying the women on their backs. The championship was being held for the 11th time and evokes the legend of robber Rosvo-Ronkainen who made prospective gang members carry heavy sacks while running through the forest before he would let them join his gang.
Kullas clung to Uusorg's back upside down with her legs around his neck. This is Uusorg's fifth world championship. The couple received laptop computers and 49 kg of beer.
Let me know when they have the beer drinking contest to see who gets to give their wife away!
what if the carrier weighs less than 49kg?
Of course the heavier she is, the more you have to drink to make her attractive. So you have to optimize the weight such that the next marginal pound of beer outweighs the decreased attractiveness of the wife.
Things like this are why we spend four years going to college. :)
The two laptop computers was a cool second prize. :-)
I like this rule.
Sounds great!
While we're at it, why not do some psychoanalysis on the folks who've chosen to be on our ping lists?
;-)
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