The joys of crab racing
Some of you may be aware of this already, but I only just became aware of the craziness that is hermit crab racing. I went to the Ohio pet expo this weekend and I was suprised to find that there is a National Crab Racing Association (NCRA) that apparently has been in existence since 1979. You can check out the website here. In particular, please enjoy the song about crab racing in which the singer sounds like a gambling addict except instead of casinos he spends his time in seedy beachfront taverns packed around a round table with 50 hermit crabs with colorful shells painted to resemble every type of ball known to man (basketball, tennis ball, soccer ball, baseball, football...) slowly moving as the "commissioner" sprays water at them to keep them moving. Okay, so the song is not that discriptive, but my imagination filled in the gaps.
I also enjoyed watching pigs perform (the Hog Wild Review which is apparently a tv show you can watch on animal planet or something).
7 comments:
Wow - since 1979. Thanks Abby, now I have that song stuck in my head.
"Crab Racin', Crab Racin'"
Exactly. Since I made the mistake of going to the website an getting the song stuck in my head, I thought that I would get you guys to do it too. There's nothing like shared pain, right?
So I clicked on the link to see the webpage, played the game, and then backtracked to the knitting blog to share my thoughts on crab racing...and the song came too. I can't get it to stop, even though I navigated from the page long ago! Yikes, I can't take much more of it.
It is STILL going. I'd better close this browser.
Cool - makes me want to go to Jamaica! Hey - I am!
Debbie,
When are you going to Jamaica?
Man! You guys keep making me laugh out loud. SUCH a fabulous break from work!
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