Wife-carry championship

vivify

rain

Sports

11 Aug 23

vivify

rain

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11 Aug 23

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There's a competition in Finland called wife-carrying. The video below is the 2023 championship:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wife-carrying

Kewpie

Felis Australis

Australia

Joined: 20 Jan 09
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13 Aug 23

@vivify said
There's a competition in Finland called wife-carrying. The video below is the 2023 championship:

[youtube]pbRj1R6jW2w[/youtube]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wife-carrying

Looks like fun. Loved the way the rule-book defined "wife".

AThousandYoung

Are we the baddies?!

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Joined: 23 Aug 04
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13 Aug 23

Sounds like one of few sports trans females wont have an edge

Kewpie

Felis Australis

Australia

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21 Aug 23

@AThousandYoung

you just had to throw in a prejudice, didn't you?

Pianoman1

Nil desperandum

Seedy piano bar

Joined: 09 May 08
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21 Aug 23

@vivify said
There's a competition in Finland called wife-carrying. The video below is the 2023 championship:

[youtube]pbRj1R6jW2w[/youtube]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wife-carrying

I’d really like to see the husband-carrying version!

Ponderable

chemist

Linkenheim

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26 Sep 23

@kewpie said
Looks like fun. Loved the way the rule-book defined "wife".

Probably the definition was a bit different when it was established; if we believe wikipedias history of it 😉