Name: The Wife-Carrying Championships
Location: Sonkajärvi, Finland
When's the party? 4 July
The set-up: The challenge is to carry your beloved 253 metres over sand, grass and asphalt, and comes complete with a couple of water obstacles to make it cosy. You can drop her as many times as you like - it's only a 15-second penalty. Ouch. Only joking, darling.
Festival fact: Victory is rewarded with a barrel of beer equal to your partner's body weight. Defeat is rewarded with compulsory entry in the beer-barrel-rolling and strong-man competitions.
Top tip: Forgot your wife? You can borrow one in Sonkajärvi - as long as she's over 17. The Wife-Carrying Championships authorities don't stipulate that your partner has to be a lawful spouse. In fact, the contest was originally inspired by 19th century brigands, who would carry off village wives and loot.
Ok who's mad enough to do that from Accyweb?
Location: Sonkajärvi, Finland
When's the party? 4 July
The set-up: The challenge is to carry your beloved 253 metres over sand, grass and asphalt, and comes complete with a couple of water obstacles to make it cosy. You can drop her as many times as you like - it's only a 15-second penalty. Ouch. Only joking, darling.
Festival fact: Victory is rewarded with a barrel of beer equal to your partner's body weight. Defeat is rewarded with compulsory entry in the beer-barrel-rolling and strong-man competitions.
Top tip: Forgot your wife? You can borrow one in Sonkajärvi - as long as she's over 17. The Wife-Carrying Championships authorities don't stipulate that your partner has to be a lawful spouse. In fact, the contest was originally inspired by 19th century brigands, who would carry off village wives and loot.
Ok who's mad enough to do that from Accyweb?