Postmodern pentathlon
It seems that the media's interest in 'weird sports' such as pie-eating, air guitar and gurning shows no sign of abating.
But in this multi-tasking age, surely being a champion cheese roller, or the world's best wife-carrier is no longer enough. I propose a new challenge to find the top all-round 'athlete' of the age, a 'postmodern pentathlon' testing a range of skills. Taking place over two days, the event would begin with a psychologically challenging round of 'paper scissors stone'. Next up would come the air guitar battle, followed by the pie-eating contest. Day two would kick off with a no-holds-barred 'gurn off', the whole shebang ending with a wife (or husband) carrying race, the starting positions of the contenders being determined by the points accrued in the previous rounds. First to cross the line wins.
But in this multi-tasking age, surely being a champion cheese roller, or the world's best wife-carrier is no longer enough. I propose a new challenge to find the top all-round 'athlete' of the age, a 'postmodern pentathlon' testing a range of skills. Taking place over two days, the event would begin with a psychologically challenging round of 'paper scissors stone'. Next up would come the air guitar battle, followed by the pie-eating contest. Day two would kick off with a no-holds-barred 'gurn off', the whole shebang ending with a wife (or husband) carrying race, the starting positions of the contenders being determined by the points accrued in the previous rounds. First to cross the line wins.
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