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Post 1

Jabberwock


Olney, in North Buckinghamshire, England, is where I live and this is the historic Olney Pancake Race, which was first run - from The Bull inn to the Church of St. Peter and St.Paul -as it still is - in the 14th century:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX1dpx2yrUo&NR=1smiley - oksmiley - ok


Jabssmiley - smiley


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Post 2

Taff Agent of kaos

the jabberwocks lair!!!!


is it brillig??? and do slithey toves gire and gimmble in the wabe???

and are the burrogroves all mimsey???smiley - winkeye

smiley - bat


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Post 3

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

At the beginning, they seemed to be carrying pans with pancakes in them. Are they supoosed to carry the pans the whole way?


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Post 4

Jabberwock


smiley - laugh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mkiHjhOxh8&NR=1


This one's the 2008 version. More general background to the event, with lots of gireing and gimbling and what-not !

Jabssmiley - smiley


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Post 5

Jabberwock


Exactly, Paul.They have to toss the pancakes and try not to drop them before they set off, too.smiley - ok

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Post 6

PedanticBarSteward

How on earth do you get away with it without having armies of paramedics and Health and Safety Inspectors demanding that people have passed a course in pancake tossing?


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Post 7

Jabberwock


smiley - laughsmiley - shhh

Perhaps it's because we're tucked away in the countryside, well away from the nosey parkers of the metropolis.

Jabssmiley - smiley


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Post 8

aka Bel - A87832164

I really enjoyed watching those videos. Thanks for sharing, Jabs. smiley - smiley


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Post 9

Superfrenchie

smiley - wah Can't watch videos!!!!!! smiley - wah


smiley - eureka I'm going back to my parents' for the weekend, I'll watch them then! smiley - biggrin
smiley - ok


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Post 10

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

So, are they carrying the pans of pancakes to the people at the finish line?


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Post 11

gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA

Somewhat reminiscent of the bunch of loonies who run down a 1 in 4 hill, trying to catch a cheese!!!!


smiley - laughsmiley - laughsmiley - laugh
GT

(Can't be bothered Googling the details at this time of the mornig!!!)


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Post 12

Reality Manipulator

Jabs I am very interested in local customs and in Essex at the Bell Inn at Hordon-on-the-Hill where very old hot cross buns have been put on one of the beams.


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Post 13

Dene - specialist in red herrings

We have an annual waiters and waitresses race.

http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-visalia


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Post 14

Dene - specialist in red herrings

I should have said that our race is similar to the one indicated in my previous post.


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Post 15

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

I wonder if many of these unusual races had their genesis in end-of-winter cabin fever. People were so bored by this time of the winter that they seized upon any excuse for a little excitement. If pancakes or eggs or trays of food could be worked into it as well, so much the better! smiley - cheers


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Post 16

myk

Maybe cabin fever ! Maybe parent fever??

In the UK our school sports days were full of such feverish peruits.
Just googled "sports day" and it seems we in the UK are not the only header in the world! smiley - laugh

Here is the premier event of the day maybe : (?)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/uk/newsid_3211000/3211835.stm

and for those who like team sports:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_legged_race

those are the two premier events IMO - but the pancake race takes some beating smiley - tongueout *Pancakes* smiley - tongueout - "beating lol- get it smiley - bigeyessmiley - laugh


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Post 17

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

It must get dull when the only exciting moment of the day is when one gets to see the cream get whipped. smiley - tongueout


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Post 18

myk

Yea that cream never stood a chance smiley - smiley


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Post 19

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

Very tiring. At the end of a long day of whipping, it must feel beat.


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Post 20

zendevil

Sado-masochism has a long history of involvement with dairy products i think....

As for Morris dancing & maypoles; well, draw your own conclusions...(in a plain brown envelope, please)smiley - biro

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