Everyone has heard of counting sheep to fall asleep but here is a new twist on counting the wooly creatures. The question posed recently by my page-a-day trivia calendar was "Where in the world were the first National Sheep Counting Championships held?" Well, my first thought was did they stay awake long enough to count very many sheep? How exciting was this championship anyway? Then I tried to guess where on earth this amazing competition took place and I naturally thought of two of my favorite places, Scotland and New Zealand. Both countries have lots of sheep available for counting. But alas I was wrong - close but wrong. The first sheep counting championship was held in New South Wales, Australia. My calendar went on to tell me that 'the inaugural sheep counting championship, in which competitors try to guess the precise number of sheep running past them, was held in September 2002.' Please note, the calendar did not tell me how many sheep there were or who won the contest. I strongly suspect that it was not because it was a boring competition but because, you know, they were counting sheep, and everyone fell asleep.
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