Latest news...
5th December - The Wacky Nation Flash Mob has been postponed due to Facebook closing down our site. Look out for our new Wacky Nation Business Facebook page due soon and keep an eye on this page for the new Flash Mob date.
1st December - James came 5th in the Pantomime Horse Grand National, held in Birmingham.
Before and during.
17th November - James will be munching his way through lots and lots of yummy mince pies at the 'Big Eat' contest tomorrow at Wookey Hole in Somerset, aiming to beat his pathetic effort of 15 pies in 2007. Come down and cheer him on, but don't forget the sherry! For extra motivation, i am open to sponsorship bribes to get through even more mince pies for charity...just don't stand too close if you do.
9th November - Training for the Wife Carrying going well. We've mastered the Piggy Back Technique and Sally's diet is still track - just another 2 stones for her to lose somehow before now and the start line.
9th November - It's all happening today. For the Londoners amongst you, don't forget to pick up a copy of the Metro on Monday, which features Britain's Craziest couple, thats us, and hopefully the new wife carrying champions.
9th November - We've just entered the Pantomine Horse Grand National (see Coming up). Unfortunately, the entry fee is £50 so if any nice, wealthy people are reading this and would like to sponsor us (it's for charity) please email us. You never know, if i win you will even get some publicity. Unfortunately i have four left hooves so have neigh chance winning.
8th November - Don't forget to enter the Wacky Nation Competition to win a signed copy of Wacky Nation
6th November - PRESS RELEASE -Wife Carrying Contest at Hereford Racecourse.
HELP! For anyone who has met us, they will know that i am not exactly the world's strongest man and Sal is not destined for a career on the catwalk. I am therefore in desperate need of a get out plan to avoid a potentially back breaking crawl on Sunday as i attempt to carry Sal. Any ideas much welcomed, although i would be more appreciative if anyone could lend me their wife for the day...as along as she is 5 foot and weighs less than 7 stone!
29th October NEW - The festive season is fast approaching and that means one thing - The Santa Run. There are loads all over the UK in December from Aberdeen to Newtown to Paignton. Click here for a list to choose from.
15th October NEW - Coming to a book shop not very soon - 101 wacky ways to injure yourself.
From bleeding knuckles in a marbles contest to broken toes whilst playing Swamp Soccer. Somehow, we suffer misfortune wherever we go. Then again it must be the clutz in me, as I have managed to hurt myself on 13 occasions compared with Sal's one bout of Laryngitis. The events are not dangerous, it's only the odd fool like myself who spices things up with acts of idiocy and over-zealousness or choosing downright stupid places to stand with a camera. Click here, for a full list of our injuries over the last three years.
13th October - Last 16 in the World Conker Championships. More soon, including details on how i suffered two nasty injuries
Wednesday 1st October NEW - the Wacky Nation Book Launch at the Mascot Grand National
Come and meet us (and buy loads of copies of our book) at the official launch at the Mascot Grand National at Huntingdon Racecourse on Sunday 5th October. There are 75 mascots taking part in the race that involves some running and getting over six hurdles (easier said than done when you have big fluffy feet). The race is started by England footballer, Theo Walcott and the proceeds of the event go to the Willow Foundation, www.willowfoundation.org.uk , a national charity set up by Arsenal legend, Bob Wilson and his wife, Megs, that funds and organises special days for seriously ill 16 to 40 year olds throughout the UK.
James is also a last minute competitor in the Mascot Grand National in the fluffy disguise of Hugo the Hound (see below), the official mascot for Huntingdon Racecourse. Let's hope i do him and the racecourse proud. Make sure you cheer me on.
27th August NEW - We need a dog… We're hoping to enter the Best Pair in Show at Draycott in the Clay in Staffordshire this Sunday. It's a contest to see which owner and dog looks most alike.
Unfortunately, we don't have a dog, so we need to borrow one and pass it off as our own fluufy best friend. If anyone has a floppy haired terrior or perhaps a czechoslovakian wolfdog (for Sally!), please get in touch. Big ears essential! Or maybe a handsome looking labrador for moi?
Do you know a dog like this?
There's always the Best Couch Potato class if we're desperate!
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27th August NEW - fame at last! Watch Rory & Paddy's Great British Adventure on Channel 5 tonight at 9pm and see us enter the Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling Championships (i'm the one looking stupid in a nice pair of orange trunks).
get in touch for autographs!!
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26th August NEW - Semi finalists. Both of us made it into the Semi- finals at the World Gravy Wrestling Championships...is that beef i can still smell. Read all about it on our blog.
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Tune to Kerrang Radio (www.kerrangradio.co.uk) on Bank Holiday Monday to hear all about our exploits.
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See the action at the Westleton Barrel Races at www.eadt.co.uk
and www.westletonbarrelfair.com
Not as easy as i thought!
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Forget the Beijing Olympics and watch instead the alternative Olympics at
Races, championships and competitions devoid of any other agenda other than sheer enjoyment. Who needs gold medals anyway...
Updated throughout the Olympic games to offer you an antidote to all that synchronised swimming and triple jumping malarky!!
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Russian Egg Roulette Championships - 2008
Sal goes for the blindfolded look...
while Bamb uses egg-gression and gets angry
...sadly we both lost in the first round and were back on the M1 before you could say fried egg!