A message has just arrived in my Inbox headed 'Lewes Arms Beijing Pub Olympic Games, 8th - 24th. August 2008'. The intention is to get some sort of sponsorship from the Beijing Chinese Restaurant in Lewes High Street so that the name can be used without fear of misleading the public:
'Proceeds to Sasha Roberts Fund and a foreign charity.
Please come to a organising session upstairs at the Arms, 8pm Wednesday 19th June. If you can't get there, have an idea or can help with something, let me know.
Among the less lunatic suggestions so far are:
Individual Events Indoor Archery (arrows with suckers) Hammerbag (shot put with handbags) Balloon Javelin (long balloons) Feather Duster Fencing Gutterbutts Welly Throwing Shove Ha'Penny Pea Throwing Men's Open Washing-Up Speed Smoking Arm Wrestling Backgammon 3-D Noughts & Crosses Other board games One-Legged Race 5 Minute Chess Pickled Egg Race ? Chinese Egg Race Gurning Carpet Bowls Dust Pan & Brush-the-Street Indominant Hand Tiddlywinks Yard of Ale Reverse 100 Yards
Team events Beer Race Flunking - Dave says four teams have expressed an interest Barrel Rolling Four-Legged Race Toads Wheelbarrow Race Scooter Race (like team cycling)'