There are lots of sports for fun. The most strangest funny sports are dwarf tossing. Traditional entertainment at a number of Australian, Canadian and American pubs which competitors must throw sports equipment as far as possible. The uniqueness of the competition in that the throwing objects are … dwarfs. Naturally, dwarfs do not do it for free. The right to throw a dwarf costs around ten dollars. There was time of debates on the competition: is it ethical or unethical to throw a dwarf? Human rights activists demand ban this “barbaric fun”, but the dwarfs themselves defend their right to be thrown, stressing the fact that sometimes it is the only possible chance for them to earn and the process of flight gives them pleasure.
Royal Shrovetide Football is another kind of funny sport. Imagine a football, which involves the entire city. The task of this royal football is to bring the ball to opponents' goal. A couple of thousands from rugby crowd is squeezed into a maze of streets! This event is held annually in the English town of Ashbourne on Pancake week that is already over 800 years! The title of "royal" game was in 1928 when the Prince of Wales personally announced the beginning of the next match. The match lasts from 14-00 to 22-00. Townspeople are divided into two teams: living north of the river, are automatically considered as "northerners", to the south - "Southerners." Restrictions on the number of players don't exists. The role of the gate operates two mills located in different parts of the city, and a field for the game is the entire city. So that knowledgeable people avoid leaving their cars on the street, while attending a game, but store owners prefer to arrange a day off. The method of delivery of any ball is applied. Prohibited:
- to fight, use of force techniques;
- to carry the ball on the vehicle of any kind;
- to hide the ball from the eyes of other players, that is, under the coat, bag, etc.;
The area of the game shouldn't be the place of the cemetery, urban gardens, historic and other places that may be damaged by the game.
The game is more like wrestling a landfill in which the ball has one or the other team. For those who prefer to watch the game from outside the local drinking establishments mounted television screens, broadcasting the match. The game is so deeply entered the life of the townspeople that Ashbursky Infantry Regiment during the Second World played a trench version of this game.
