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Wacky Nation James Bamber

Wacky Nation von James Bamber

Wacky Nation James Bamber


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Zusammenfassung

A guide to the UK's bizarre sports: From Cheshire's World Worm-Charming Championships to the cricket match played on a sand bank in the Solent every year. It includes ratings for such games as Spectator Fun, Pain Factor, Training Required, and Chance of Becoming World Champion.

Wacky Nation Zusammenfassung

Wacky Nation: 50 Unbelievable Days Out at Britain's Craziest Contests James Bamber

James Bamber and Sally Raynes provide an indispensable guide to the UK's most absurd, bizarre and even foolhardy - but curiously British - 'sports' imaginable.From Cheshire's World Worm-Charming Championships to the cricket match played on a sand bank in the Solent every year, there's a rarely-spoken-of British tradition of holding very strange contests and weird world championships in which getting muddy, sick and a little upset are not mere side effects but positively celebrated. Welcome to the wacky nation...James and Sally present 50 of the oddest contests you'd never imagined existed. With a strong practical, get-involved-if-you-dare streak, Wacky Nation charts these unusual days out, with ratings for Spectator Fun, Pain Factor, Training Required, Chance of Becoming World Champion and more. There are tips on winning or simply remaining unscathed, based on the intrepid authors' own experiences, alongside numerous absurdly comic anecdotes.Keen to chase a Double Gloucester down a hill? Desperate to learn the fine arts of skiting and gurning? Harbour a strong desire to hold the World Nettle-Eating title? Wacky Nation is here to help.A sports-book-gone-wrong fortified with a strong dose of Monty Phython, Wacky Nation is both the potential start of some oddly British family fun and a sneak armchair look into the twisted world of bizarre British life.

Wacky Nation Bewertungen

'This book is testament to the fact that eccentricity is alive and well across the country. This is a very silly, completely bonkers but surprisingly engaging book that could guide you to some extremely unusual events across the country. ' -- Sunday Telegraph
'This is a very silly, completely bonkers but surprisingly engaging book that could guide you to some extremely unusual events across the country. ' -- Clover Stroud, Sunday Telegraph
'It's quirky, funny and, well, just plain mad' -- Morning Star
'An original, very amusing and often fascinating read - get involved if you dare.' -- Student Direct

Über James Bamber

James Bamber and Sally Raynes are the creators of www.wackynation.com. Between them, they hold the World Russian Egg Roulette title, won silver in 2006's World Snail Racing Championships and, in the same year, Sally claimed second place for World Stinging-Nettle Eating (women's event), having devoured 30 feet of nettles. Shin-kicking is not their forte, having come last in this competition, and James was disqualified in stone-skimming.

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR013836686
9781848310629
1848310625
Wacky Nation: 50 Unbelievable Days Out at Britain's Craziest Contests James Bamber
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Icon Books
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