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...Burryman - who is sewn, head and body, into a suit of prickly burdock burrs so that all the ambient evils of South Queensferry near Edinburgh will stick to him. Maybe the key to the mysteries of True Brits is to be found in the World Bog Snorkelling Championships in Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales. We know who came up with the bright idea of swimming submerged two lengths of a 60-m trench of freezing ooze: a local hotelier with rooms to let. And we know when: 1986. Last year, he added bike- bog-snorkeling (the same deal, on wheels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oddball Olympics | 4/4/2004 | See Source »

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