Morbid Soap Box Derby Delight

February 27, 2006 2:39 PM

On your mark, get set, bring out your dead! Commemorating the deceased, Manitou Springs style. More pictures here.
posted by Hesychia (8 comments total)

With all the great ideas and participation (Pizza Hut) in this celebration, why did some jackass have to dress up like a Klingon?
posted by NationalKato at 2:43 PM on February 27, 2006

Is coffin racing a winter or summer Olympic sport?
posted by Cranberry at 2:52 PM on February 27, 2006

Where's the Carthedral when you need it?
posted by zonkout at 2:53 PM on February 27, 2006

Manitou Springs is just outside of the very right wing Colorado Springs (USAF Academy, Focus on the Family, etc). It seems that all of the liberals and hippies from that part of Colorado have been ghettoized into Manitou Springs.

See also the annual Manitou Springs Fruitcake Toss.
posted by MonkeySaltedNuts at 3:19 PM on February 27, 2006

NationalKato, it appears that racing teams dress up in team uniforms. There are teams of pirates, zombies, and pink ladies. I think he and the redshirt next to him are part of a coffin racing team.
posted by obol at 3:54 PM on February 27, 2006

any excuse for a party! But what a way to go!
posted by annieb at 3:55 PM on February 27, 2006

there's always a damned Klingon!
posted by kingpixel at 4:16 PM on February 27, 2006

Gahggh.
posted by longsleeves at 7:53 PM on February 27, 2006