With the opening of the 2012 Olympics just a few short weeks from now, there was another Olympiad taking place in London this weekend – the Chap Olympiad!
Amongst the events in the Chap Olympiad are Butler Racing,
ironing board surfing, where contestants mount their ironing boards and are carried over the finishing line by their butlers and housekeepers;
umbrella jousting, where two chaps on bicycles approach each other along a boundary and use their brollies to knock each other off, protected by Bowler hats and reinforced copies of the Daily Telegraph
and the shouting at foreigners event, where contestants must pit their gentlemanly skills against a curmudgeonly, uncooperative foreign shop assistant.
The Chap Olympiad describes itself as a celebration of eccentricity and athletic ineptitude with the emphasis on panache and style over sporting prowess. I am only sorry to have missed the trouser creasing event, but I am not sure that I could handle the excitement of it all!
Only the Brits.
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DeleteOMG, hilarious!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for this!
For the non-athletic amongst us
DeleteFunny, Meg! Reminds me of Monty Python's "upper class twits."
ReplyDeleteTotally spot.on!
Delete@Mary, I was thinking Monty Python when I was going through this post, too! This must be so much fun in person.
ReplyDeleteI would love to think up the games!
DeleteMeg what fun!! I would have really enjoyed watching this event! I would also love to hear what our friend Reggie thinks of this!
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Karena
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Hopefully reggie will comment
DeleteWhat a way to get one's exercise!! Mary
ReplyDeleteAs the carrier or the carryee?
DeleteARE YOU KIDDING ME???
ReplyDeleteIt's just so english!
DeleteBritish humor is just the best! Sent to clients in UK + I am hoping they went. Hysterical! xxpeggybraswelldesign.com
ReplyDeleteI would love to have been there too!
DeleteLove the way the Poms (as we call them here) make fun of themselves
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