Don't People Read Anymore?

Back in the day, people worked and raised families and tended to their homes, and were too busy to come up with stupid made-up sports and games. Today, we have numerous versions of soccer, people hopping over stuff with flair, donkey basketball, chariot racing, paintball leagues, and tons of other made-up sh*t.

Luckily, there is a Web site devoted to such stupidity (of course there is): Strange Games.

Here are a few of the gems they have unearthed:

Medieval Egg Throwing
A kind of medieval version of Hot Potato.

British Shin Kicking Championships
Competitors wear long trousers with straw padding attached to their shins underneath (otherwise it would be plain crazy).

Greased Watermelon Polo
Smear a watermelon totally and liberally in Vaseline and throw it into your swimming pool. Then two teams jump in and try to wrestle it, using any means possible, to their end of the pool. There is also watermelon skiing.

World Worm Charming Championships
There are prizes for the most charmed and also for the heaviest single specimen.

Dance, Fight or Windmill
A bizarre children's challenge game which is childish, stupid, pointlessly violent.

Malaysian Top Spinning
Teams, consisting of up to 40 people (throwers, makers, catchers), set their tops spinning at the same time and it is the longest spin that wins.

Rhubarb Thrashing
Players climb into a dustbin and put on their blindfolds. They then proceed to hit each other around the head with their sticks of rhubarb. The winner is decided by 1 fall or a submission.

And it goes on and on. They are currently up to 125 of these. People have way too much time on their hands.