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October 08, 2012

SPORTS UPDATE

A Finnish couple has taken first place in the North American Wife Carrying Championship at Maine's Sunday River ski resort, just months after winning the world title.

(Thanks to Jeff Meyerson)

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Those Finns were ringers and should have been disqualified. Where are the American wife carriers?

Anyone? Bueller?

They came in third, Jeff ... or mebbe fourth ...

Which event reminds me of that Pearl of Wisdom ...

"When you get to the last Lapp, you must be near the Finnish line ..."

O the Ewe beat me to it. So all I can ad is...

"And fire engines are always Russian."

they may not finnish first in a race, but no one beats Lapp dancers

And roadkill is usually carryon ...

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