The Summer Redneck Games
The propane torch
Each July 8, the Summer Redneck Games are played in East Dublin, GA at Buckeye Park. Originally, the games were started as a reaction to a media comment that the summer Olympics in Atlanta would be run by a bunch of rednecks. The first year, there were 1,000 spectators, but now about 10,000 show up each year to view the spectacle that is the Redneck Games.
Each year, the Redneck Games are kicked off with the arrival of the propane torch and the lighting of the ceremonial grill. This year's "ofishal skedyule" includes live music along with the following events:
- Lighting of Ceremonial Grill
- Redneck Horseshoes (Plungers and toilet seats are the equipment for this game.)
- Bobbin' For Pigs Feet
- Hubcap Hurl
- Mudpit Belly Flop
- Armpit Serenade
- Butt Crack Competition
- Fireworks
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Previous years' events have also included Dumpster Diving, Seed Spitting Contest, Cigarette Flip, Big Hair Contest, Wet T-Shirt Contest, and the intriguing Bug Zapping by Spitball Contest.
The glorious winner of the Summer Redneck Games receives the ultimate prize: An empty, crushed Bud Light can mounted as a trophy.
New Line has reportedly picked up a movie pitch named "::imdb("tt0824766", "Redneck Games")::" that would have a has-been professional athlete finding redemption at the Redneck Games. I suggest you head out this year or next, before the movie comes out and attendance balloons from 10,000 to who knows how many spectators.
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