One of the fun presents I received for Christmas is a page a day Trivia calendar. Each day I'm presented with a trivia question - answer on the back of the page. I have known, or been able to guess all of the answers until yesterday when I learned that the original manuscript of John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" was eaten by his dog? Really? The dog ate his manuscript? Does this mean the dog had good taste or was the manuscript written on particularly tasty paper? Did the dog eat the whole manuscript? It is a fairly lengthy novel after all. Did the dog survive?
While I was still pondering these questions, I read today's entry. It seems that Finland hosts a world championship race in the sport of Eukonkanto. What is Eukonkanto? Turns out it's also know as "wife carrying". I think that might be a sport worth watching. If it was televised, I would watch that instead of football or golf. Maybe Fort Wayne should introduce it as part of the Three Rivers Festival.
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