Is this the strangest contest ever?

July 18, 2000 3:34 PM

Is this the strangest contest ever? Guess what the winning couple's prize is for this? Answer: your wife's weight in beer. The even have a snazzy URL for the competition. Kooky.
posted by mathowie (4 comments total)

At least it's more interesting than baseball!I linked to this a couple of weeks ago. Go Estonia!"The festival originated in the 19th century when it was common practice in Finland to steal women from neighbouring villages."
posted by Mr. skullhead at 4:05 PM on July 18, 2000

Maybe they could combine the contests...perhaps we could steal our weight in wives or something?
posted by Ezrael at 6:53 PM on July 18, 2000

Sorry, I meant to say steal our weight in beer and just had a glitch...an interesting glitch, but a glitch. Sometimes I forget that preview function is there to help me.
posted by Ezrael at 6:54 PM on July 18, 2000

Loads more stuff like that here.
posted by Mocata at 3:28 AM on July 19, 2000