Ferret Olympics. While the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece have been getting most of the national sports coverage, Springfield, Oregon, was hosting an Olympics of their own. This past weekend, a Eugene area animal shelter hosted the 2004 Ferret Olympics. The main event consisted of a timed run through an 18-foot dryer hose. Boots took home the gold with a time of 6 seconds. That was half as fast as the silver medalist, Sparky, who took 12 seconds to run the course. Other events included a paper bag escape, a cup tip and a digging contest. No word on the winner of those events.
Due to the similar body types, I suggest that someone should arrange a televised match race between Boots and the eventual winner of the National Dachsund Races which will take place at the end of September. My money would be on the Doxie in either the open air or the dryer hose.
Phone book ripping. The Ferret Olympics weren't the only weird event that ocurred in Oregon recently. There was phone book ripping as well. Sixty-nine year-old Ed Charon reclaimed his title as phone book ripping champion by tearing through 39 Portland white pages directories in 3 minutes. Each book contains 1,004 pages. "Of all the phone books I've torn, I've found that the Portland ones tear better," Charon said. What kind of man spends his life perfecting phone book ripping? A retired pastor of Umpqua Trinity Fellowship. That's who.
