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"I know you&amp;amp;#8217;re all dying to know who won the North American Wife Carrying Championship in Maine this past weekend, and I&amp;amp;#8217;ve got the answer.What&amp;amp;#8217;s that you say? You had no idea that was even a thing? Right, me neither. But trust me, you wanna hear about this craziness. The winners, FYI, were Finnish couple Taisto Miettinen and Kristina Haapanen who uh, finnished (get it?) with a time of 52.58. They are apparently world champs in a competition I didn&amp;amp;#8217;t even know had a championship. Congrats, guys! While I salute their skills, here are the reasons I would never ever ever compete in this competition: Well for starters, I don&amp;amp;#8217;t have a husband to carry me. (Oops!) There is no way I would let any man carry me around in the racing position, known as the &amp;amp;#8220;Estonian carry&amp;amp;#8221;. The woman hangs upside down with her arms wrapped around her man&amp;amp;#8217;s waist and her legs on his shoulders. Seriously, check out this video to see: video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player If I were going to let a man carry me in this position, which we&amp;amp;#8217;ve already established I would NEVER, I definitely wouldn&amp;amp;#8217;t let him carry me around in this position while running through a sand trap. Or a water hole. Or jumping over hurdles. (All actual obstacles in the event). There is no amount of money worth it to me to win if I had to win it in multiples of my weight--the winners took home the wife&amp;#x27;s weight in beer and five times her weight in cash. I know, I know, who cares about weight, it&amp;#x27;s just a number, and who am I to turn up my nose at hundreds of dollars? I don&amp;#x27;t care. I&amp;#x27;m not publicly revealing my weight for prize money, unless maybe it&amp;#x27;s my weight in flawless diamonds. The winning couple took home $530, which by my calculations makes that woman a lot easier to carry around on her husband&amp;#x27;s shoulders than I would be. Sorry guys, lots of italics and emphasis up there. But I just can&amp;#x27;t believe this is a real thing people do (and having been doing since the 19th century apparently)! Though I do respect that one contestant&amp;#x27;s appreciation of the time spent admiring her husband&amp;#x27;s butt. Could you ever imagine doing something like this with your guy? And am I the only one that would NOT want to reveal her weight, even for a very decent chunk of change? Other couple&amp;#x27;s bonding activities, no Estonian carry required: *You Have To See This Couple&amp;#x27;s Beyond Adorable Secret To a Long-Lasting Marriage! *10 Ways To Keep Each Other Happy *Foursomes are the New Threesomes (Relax, It&amp;#x27;s Not What You Think) "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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