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Picture This: Slippery Slope
Spiegel ^ | August 27, 2013

Posted on 09/02/2013 1:14:11 AM PDT by deks

The pole, which is covered in grease and soap suds, is mounted on a barge in a bay so that it hangs at an angle over the water.

The contest, which dates back to the Middle Ages, is over when a contestant manages to snag a flag situated at the tip of the 10-meter (32-foot) pole.

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TOPICS: Humor; Weird Stuff
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This has got to be one of the more unusual national traditions - attempting to climb to the top of a 65ft pole which has been covered in grease.

More pictures at this link. . .

Climbing the greasy pole...

1 posted on 09/02/2013 1:14:11 AM PDT by deks
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To: deks

I bet Sandra Fluke could do it.


2 posted on 09/02/2013 1:46:14 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: deks

It’s like Herndon at USNA but individually and at an angle


3 posted on 09/02/2013 2:27:04 AM PDT by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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To: deks

On Evacuation Day, the British left their flag at the top of a greased pole in New York, where their army was headquartered. Maybe this tradition comes from something like that?


4 posted on 09/02/2013 3:24:01 AM PDT by OldNewYork (Biden '13. Impeach now.)
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To: deks

At Boy Scout Camp we had greased watermelon contests In Chesapeake Bay.


5 posted on 09/02/2013 4:40:44 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again,")
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Yesterday I won a waterproof bible by sliding a large beer-stein to the edge of a beam. They put the bible in water to show it is waterproof and I was like wow I got to win that. It looked like i pushed too hard but when it got to the edge it suddenly stopped. :)

After, the police let us play with their van. My daughter turned on the siren and flashing lights.

6 posted on 09/02/2013 5:42:42 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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Whoot...sounds like fun.


7 posted on 09/02/2013 4:21:19 PM PDT by deks ("...the battle...liberty against the overreach of the federal government" Ken Cuccinelli)
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To: deks
a waterproof Bible

That would be great to take camping...or if you need to look something up while in the shower :)

I've learned just a little bit about HTML while posting here...I need to look at the code on your home page and see how you arranged some of that.

8 posted on 09/02/2013 4:30:22 PM PDT by deks ("...the battle...liberty against the overreach of the federal government" Ken Cuccinelli)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

oops...see reply

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3061489/posts?page=8#8


9 posted on 09/02/2013 4:41:37 PM PDT by deks ("...the battle...liberty against the overreach of the federal government" Ken Cuccinelli)
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To: Lancey Howard

LOL


10 posted on 09/02/2013 4:43:45 PM PDT by deks ("...the battle...liberty against the overreach of the federal government" Ken Cuccinelli)
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To: OldNewYork
I did not know that :)

Interesting history and the 230th anniversary is coming up.

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11 posted on 09/02/2013 4:56:59 PM PDT by deks ("...the battle...liberty against the overreach of the federal government" Ken Cuccinelli)
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To: reed13k

Looking at the scaling times...climbing that greased up monument must be harder than it looks.


12 posted on 09/02/2013 5:05:55 PM PDT by deks ("...the battle...liberty against the overreach of the federal government" Ken Cuccinelli)
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yes, yes it was... but a good exercise in teamwork and perserverance.


13 posted on 09/03/2013 7:31:16 AM PDT by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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To: deks

I didn’t know either. It was an annual holiday in New York for long after, but because it was so close to the Thanksgiving Day that Lincoln popularized, it gradually lost its specialness, I guess. It’s been revived recently.


14 posted on 09/03/2013 2:51:16 PM PDT by OldNewYork (Biden '13. Impeach now.)
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