US: husband and wife win spitting contest
Jul 07, 2010 in Uncategorized
A husband and wife took top honours for the second straight year at the annual cherry pit spitting competition in southwestern Michigan.
Rick “Pellet Gun” Krause spit a pit 51 feet, 3 inches (15.6 metres) Saturday for his 16th win at the International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship. Organizers say Krause entered on a motorcycle, dropped to his knees in the spitter’s box and ejected the winning pit.
His wife, Marlene, took first place in the women’s contest, spitting a pit 34 feet, 6 inches (10.6 metres). It was her seventh win.
The Tree-Mendus Fruit Farm hosts the event. Orchard owner Herb Teichman launched the competition as a lark 37 years ago, but it now attracts competitors from the U.S. and beyond.
Source: AP, July 3, 2010