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Re: dog shows and monster trucks



To quote my favorite Winnie the Pooh character, Eeyore, "Oh, help."


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> From:         Leon Terwillerger[SMTP:leonter@HOTMAIL.COM]
> Reply To:     Archives & Archivists
> Sent:         Monday, June 26, 2000 9:35 AM
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> Subject:      dog shows and monster trucks
>
> Interesting facts about Dog and Monster Truck Shows
>
> The interests of dog show fans and monster truck show fans track
> similarly,
> albeit in different economic ranges.
>
> The vector combustion ratio for monster trucks is similar to those of the
> space shuttle's.  Vector Combustion ratios have little to do with dog
> shows.
>
> More monster truck shows are held in the north than in the south.  More
> dog
> shows are held in the south than in the north.
>
> Monster truck models are sold at Wal-Mart.  Dog show action figures are
> sold
> at Hammacher-Schlemmer.
>
> On average dog show and monster truck show fans own 2.3 VCRs per family.
> They tend to record different shows.
>
> Monster truck shows draw larger crowds to larger venues than dog shows.
>
> More pork rinds are sold at monster truck shows than dog shows, but more
> watercress sandwiches are sold at dog shows than monster truck shows.
>
> For two years in the mid 1990s the League of Monster Trucks (LMT)
> sponsored
> the "Monster Dog Show" featuring only very large dogs.  Unpopular with
> purists, the shows proved unsuccessful.
>
> Monster truck shows require more Port-o-lets than dog shows.
>
> Monster truck show fans tend to be Evangelicals while dog show fans tend
> toward Episcopalian.
>
> The "American Association of Municipal Animal Control Officers" tried in
> the
> 1950s to put an end to dog shows believing they led to an increase of
> strays.  They are now the main sponsors of "Beefy Bill -- The Crazy Wild
> Man" a monster truck participant.
>
> There is a sharp divide between monster truck fans and the fans of swamp
> races, even though both feature outsized vehicles and huge tires.  Dog
> show
> fans don't seem to care.
>
> There are plans to hold the world's Largest Monster Truck Rally in a 300
> acre natural amphitheater near Lodestone, Ohio.  This three week long
> event
> would feature races, jumps and finally a one million dollar
> winner-take-all
> demolition derby.  In conjunction with this event the North American Dog
> Confederation will host the largest outdoor dog show of the last fifty
> years.
>
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