Folks in Beaver, Oklahoma, all 1,500 of them, are gearing up for their annual Cimarron Territory Celebration and world-famous Cow Chip Throwing Contest, a competition in which you could say the winner is determined through the process of elimination. Cow "chips", for the more urbane among us, are globs of mostly-dried cow poop, beautifully rounded and flattened just as they fall, with the aerodynamic properties of fat, fecal Frisbees®. Contestants vie for the annual King and Queen of BS crown by attempting to throw a chip farther than any of his or her opponents.
The current world record cow pie toss is an elusive fact. While it is listed at 182'3" by Leland Searcy in 1979, the Wisconsin State Fair holds its own competition each year and in 1991 multi-year cow chip chucking champ Greg Neumaier of Sauk Prairie, Wisconsin, managed a Herculean throw of 248'0", though it is listed merely as a state record.
As many as five thousand visitors from around the globe will travel to Beaver for Cimarron Territory Celebration events including a chili cookoff, carnival, parade, team roping, kids events, old fashioned church revivals, a motorcycle poker run, and a hobby and crafts show. The week-long celebration begins Saturday, April 10th, and culminates with the 41st Annual Cow Chip Throwing Contest the following weekend.
If you're up for the challenge it will cost you a $35 entry fee for the opportunity to select and throw two bovine biscuits. Here's how it's dung...er, done:
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