Friday, February 13, 2009

donkey basketball

Last night, the Middlebury PTO had a fundraiser called Donkey Basketball.  I guess from talking to some people like my Mom and some at work that this is common, or at least isn't new, but I've never heard of it before and so this was my first experience.  So Jackie and I headed to that last night and ended up have a pretty fun evening (small town fun!).  People ride donkeys in an attempt to play basketball.  You can only shoot from on the donkey, either the passer or the receiver has to be on a donkey, and you have to have the reins of your donkey in order to be able to touch the ball.  

Needless to say, all the games were very low scoring.  I think for the first five minutes I couldn't stop laughing, it was absolutely hilarious.  And it kept on for the entire evening, I haven't laughed that hard in awhile.  We got a ton of pictures of the evening, and also a few videos, and I thought I might try a first for me and see if I can upload the videos to here...
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2 comments:

  1. Wow. Those poor donkeys! I wonder how used to that they are. I also wonder about the floor of that basketball court! I'd think that would tear it up.

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  2. I think they are somewhat used to it...I was really surprised that not a single one messed during the games. Afterwards, Jackie and I were on clean up duty, and the floor didn't really look that bad. I thought that last night and Jackie mentioned she thought they had some sort of special hoof-wear to protect the floor.I wonder about the donkeys as well. Granted, they won a lot last night as most of the riders will be pretty sore from hitting the deck pretty consistently.

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