The Arrival of Cardinal Fang

 

In the small city of  Mosher in South Dakota, there is an annual tradition held on the third Sunday in December. The Mud-Wrestling  battle between the churches.

Originally a personal disagreement between the leads of the Lutheran and Catholic churches, the locals enjoyed the event as a celebration of community, with a evening of prayer and alcohol after the event.  Eventually, the local Rabbi and Sikh Guru got involved, and it became more of a Battle Royale.

Here is the build up to the 1964 event, with the arrival of defending champion, Cardinal Fang, with his seconds Monseigneur Biggles, and Deacon Blue (Actually, high school wrestling coach Bob "Muscles" Flowerdew... yes, a ringer.)

Bonus - More Ice Please

Today's Yule Lad - Þvörusleikir Spoon Licker Steals wooden spoons being used for cooking. Extremely thin from malnutrition. 

The Last View of Mrs Edna MacEwan

 

( Curses. Blogger's decided to use it's new posting format.)

This is the last known image of Mrs McEwan, who was reportedly attacked and carried away by the notorious South Dakota Cadaver Buzzard. 

What strikes me is the strange little handbag that she has.  What's the point of that?

Bonus -  In 2005, Helios flight 522 crashed into a Greek hillside. Was it really because one man forgot to flip a switch?

Some of America's Finest

I notice that this monument to the GOAT POTUSs is lacking any depiction of Donald J Trump.

Yet.

Bonus - The City of Golf Carts

Bonus 2 -

"Bye Mommy, Bye Daddy"

As strangers look on, young Melody Happschaft says goodbye to her parents. That'll teach them not to ignore her birthday wishes...

The strangers were more traumatised than Melody.

Bonus -

Fort Randall Dam, July 1953

Yup.

Another damned Fort Randall Dam slide.

Damned fine civil engineering.



Bonus - USS Enterprise, with stabiliser technology. CFB

Harrisburg South Dakota, Feb 1954

( Beware, it's quite a large image.)

No other info, but I'd be interested if some Harrisburgian fellow could take a new picture from the same location.

Bonus - Miss NASA Beauty Pageant

Fort Randall Dam, July 1953

Just a moment in time.
It would be fascinating if a blog-fan went there and took a picture from the exact same spot....subtle hint there.

Bonus - Cleaning out your inbox (not a euphemism)

Yes, a goddam Brontosaurus

From the collection at Wall Drug - where reality takes a 180 turn..

Obviously, it's not really a Brontosaurus... that's an obsolete name, and I shoould refer to it as an Apatosaurus

Bonus - Hospitalis, The Hospital Themed Restaurant in Riga