@Trinnity's thread made me think of this event, and I decided that it deserved its own thread.
There is an almost 600 year old footrace that started in 1445 in Olney, England.
A woman was making pancakes when she heard the church bell ring for Shrove Tuesday services.
Late, she ran from her kitchen carrying the frying pan with a pancake still in it.
The village people started a 1/4 mile women's race in her honor, with each contestant carrying a frying pan and flipping a pancake a few times during the race.
The town of Liberal, KS got in the act 70 years ago and has a friendly competition with Olney.
Liberal was named for a guy who had a water pump and gave out free water to passing wagon trains
They thought that was mighty liberal of him.
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