Swiss wrestling
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Check out this link about La Lutte Suisse… Swiss Wrestling. 200,000 people attended the weekend sporting event which is also called Lutte à la culotte (which means, and I am not making this up, wrestling in your underwear).
This is a national sport, believe it or not. And if you win the championship, they give you a cow.
There is a second event which involves throwing a really heavy rock as far as you can. The record is just over 4 meters (over 13 feet). That should give you an idea of how heavy the rock really is. BTW, this really heavy rock is not the original really heavy rock that was used in competition over the centuries. The original stone was kidnapped by separatists (terrorists) and has never been recovered.
However, I am pleased to tell you, no underwear has ever been kidnapped. Go figure.