Event Hosted By Darci Link To Event Start slideshow 1st Annual Redneck Olympics Written By Darci 07/19/2008 click for full size Holy moly this here Redneck Olympics were more fun than eating Spam while watching Nascar! Thanks to the fine athletes who came and showed off their skills...ya'll better start training for next years games! A very special thanks to my very own Redneck, Josh, who helped me hunt for hubcaps, paint plungers, build a Redneck torch and all of the other details that made the RO a very fun and successful event! Also thanks to Paul for being the grilling master! We couldn't have asked for a nicer day, 80 degrees and the smell of victory (and Pabst) was in the air. We started the games with the lighting of the Bud Light torch and announcing of the teams. The first team was John & Paul: Team Fulsum Prison Crew. Dennis and Josh were Team Jethro LeRoys. Lori and Cody were team Rocky and Bullwinkle. Ian and Nikki were Team True Southerners. Murray and Annette were Team Dumpster Divers. First competition was Get dat der paint off da plunger (say that 10 times fast!) The game was just that, a plunger with the wooden part painted and you got a sheet of sandpaper. The top 4 with the most paint rubbed off got points. The next competition was That's a frozen shirt, and whoa I'm dizzy. One teammate bent over and had to circle around their plunger 10 times then run and get the frozen shirt and bring it to their teammate. They then had to get dat der frozen t-shirt unfrozen and on their pardner and run to the finish line. It was HILARIOUS seeing the strategies and the sweat trying to get these shirts undone. By now crowds from the park have gathered to watch the festivities and have some laughs with us. The next event we were going to Shoot dem coons but our guns weren't properly functioning so we improvised and Threw them cans instead. 3 different sized rings and each person had 3 shots at each size to get points. After dodging cars on the freeways to round up hubcaps for the hubcap hurl the event was fun. 3 rings of twine and if any part of the hubcap landed in it you got points. The Spit dat der pit competition was a close one! 4 lines on a cloth marked points they got after spitting a cherry pit. The strategies were hilarious! The final and funniest competition was the Butt Darts. Each person had to put a quarter in their buttcrack, then waddle to a paper with a shotglass. 100 points if you made it in the glass, 50 in the bullseye, 25 anywhere on the paper. One passerby was asked if he wanted to try it and he said sure, proceeded to put the quarter in between his knees and we said...no, no it doesn't go there...he dropped the quarter pretty fast! Annette was the only competetor in the Buttcrack competition and she won an array of Redneck prizes, a T-shirt, dancing flower, Redneck Yoga cards, Redneck recipe book, and Redneck Rubber Duckies. The teams all had a shot at winning the Redneck Olympics but after Ian dropped 2 quarters in Butt Darts the True Southerners proved they were by coming from behind to win the whole thing. Second place was only 10 points behind, Team Dumpster Divers, third was Team Jethro LeRoys, then Team Fulsum Prison Crew, and then Rocky Bullwinkle. We had a lot of food and fun and as Joyce mentioned it's not the quantity of people that matters, it is the quality. SO TRUE, what a great time...my stomach ached for days from laughing. Can't wait for next years' festivities and be on the lookout for new, exciting events! More Photos

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Darci	Redneck Olympics Well the hard work paid off and it was one of the best events I've hosted so far. So glad I have Cody as a Redneck Jr. fan, he's a sugarpie and looking forward to seeing him again! Thanks again to everyone who came to watch and participate...next year's will only be better!
Lori	Diva of the Rednecks! Well Darci, you might need to have a fan website. Cody thinks you are an entertainment center on wheels. Every time I'm on-line he thinks I'm on MiD and wants to know what event YOU are hosting that he can come to. No, I don't think the close-up to Annette's butt has anything to do with it. Some of those kids at the adjacent playground may have different opinions... Go Rednecks! And Yes, lets all cheer NASCAR (which of course stands for... Non Athletic Sport Created Around Rednecks! Thanks for all of the prep work you did and investments you made. It was such a blast! The no-shows really lost out and I am honored to have been in the very 1st Redneck Olympics!
AmyC	GREAT event! What fantastic these pics are, Darci. Kudos on what looks like lots of thought and hard work making it look like goofy fun. In NYC, Butt Darts was Ass Quarters...that must be the Big City name for them! T-rrific, no matter what it's called!