If it ain't Dutch dominos, it ain't much dominos.

November 15, 2008 9:07 PM

Where does the domino theory still apply? Why, Holland, of course, where a new record for most dominos toppled was just set, in their annual Domino Day. See the 2006 competition (and brush up on your Dutch) here: part 1 and part 2. No one can deny, the Dutch have a way with dominos.

You might like to check out the goings-on at Weijers Domino Productions, "The Number One Dominotainment Company in the World", and the people behind Domino Day.

posted by flapjax at midnite (11 comments total)

It seems surreal to me to see a modern Dutch crowd hoot and holler for dominoes falling around 1950s Americana memes.

When I was young my illusions of cool and ultra-steady domino setters were painfully crushed when I discovered that they left "fall break" spaces in their big setups to avoid premature collapse.
posted by Burhanistan at 10:05 PM on November 15, 2008

Obviously, words are useless. . .
posted by ws at 10:26 PM on November 15, 2008

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posted by Kronos_to_Earth at 10:37 PM on November 15, 2008 [3 favorites has favorites]

That was very odd, and fun. They even have an ident for Domino Day!
posted by athenian at 1:13 AM on November 16, 2008

I thought this was about the impending Dutch housing crisis.
posted by dhoe at 2:31 AM on November 16, 2008

Not *really* dominos though, are they? They've got no spots on them. It should technically be called Plastic Domino-sized Block Day, if you ask me.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 2:39 AM on November 16, 2008

Heartless sparrow killing block knockers.
posted by mandal at 3:31 AM on November 16, 2008

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Damn!
posted by Kirth Gerson at 3:40 AM on November 16, 2008 [2 favorites has favorites]

Good thing there wasn't an incredibly bad dude like Takashi Kamiyama there.
posted by cimbrog at 10:09 AM on November 16, 2008

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I give up.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 4:33 AM on November 17, 2008

That sparrow-killing link is great, mandal, thanks. There's follow-up at Wikipedia; the shooter got a 200 euro fine "for illegally killing an animal belonging to a protected species" and the bird was stuffed and mounted at the Natuurhistorisch Museum in Rotterdam.
posted by mediareport at 4:29 PM on December 13, 2008