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Caption Time - The Redneck Games
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Posted on 07/09/2007 2:46:18 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
The Redneck Games began as a joke in response to the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. In response to comments that the 1996 games would be held by a bunch of rednecks, D. J. Mac Davis started the Redneck Games, held annually in East Dublin, Ga.

Geddy Lehman shows off his trophy after winning first place in the mud pit belly flop...

"Freight Train", the unofficial mascot at the 2007 Summer Redneck Games, holds the ceremonial torch...

Debbie Abear sells food at the 2007 Redneck Games... The daylong yearly festival celebrates the southern redneck way of life.

A reveler wears his homemade beer can goggles.....

"Redneck Grandma" climbs out after her jump during the Mud Pit Belly Flop competition...

Geddy Lehman makes a crowd-pleasing dive to win the 12th annual Redneck Summer games mud pit belly flop contest....
TOPICS: Humor; Sports
KEYWORDS: caption; dixie; redneck; rednecks
Makes ya durn proud to be a redneck, don't it?
To: al baby; Allegra; Auntbee; BJClinton; Dashing Dasher; dfwddr; exile; feinswinesuksass; ...
To: Responsibility2nd
It’s good to know there are a few sane people left.....
I’m not sure where though.
Still, that’s got to be a sight that chills the heart of
any liberal.
Rebel flags, oh the horror.
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posted on
07/09/2007 2:51:18 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Responsibility2nd
It's become such a tradition, that couples are now getting married during the Games.
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posted on
07/09/2007 2:51:48 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(...forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
To: Responsibility2nd
Mah' kinda' fun!!
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posted on
07/09/2007 2:52:13 PM PDT
by
GoldCountryRedneck
("Flying is like Life: Know where you are, where you're going, and how to get there." - 'Ol Dad)
To: Responsibility2nd
To: Responsibility2nd
Wouldn’t be nothin’ else..
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posted on
07/09/2007 2:55:51 PM PDT
by
silentreignofheroes
(When the Last Two Prophets are taken, there will be no Tommorrow!)
To: ErnBatavia
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posted on
07/09/2007 2:56:55 PM PDT
by
TightyRighty
(July 21, 2007 - The End Is Near)
To: TightyRighty
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posted on
07/09/2007 2:58:36 PM PDT
by
silentreignofheroes
(When the Last Two Prophets are taken, there will be no Tommorrow!)
To: Responsibility2nd
Just sorry that injuries kept me from competing this year.
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posted on
07/09/2007 3:04:35 PM PDT
by
Uriah_lost
("build bridges where you can - but draw lines where you must." -Fred D Thompson)
To: Uriah_lost
To: Responsibility2nd
Mmmm, alligator on a stick! Good eatin’! Tastes like chicken!
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
07/09/2007 3:21:08 PM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Press 1 for English, press 2 for deport)
To: Reaganesque
Man, thems good vittles!
I wonder how the possum is this year?
To: Alas Babylon!
I wonder how the possum is this year?It's awessum...
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posted on
07/09/2007 3:45:49 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will. - Ben Stein)
To: TightyRighty
Probably helping her adjust the garter...
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posted on
07/09/2007 3:47:12 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(...forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
To: EveningStar
To: Responsibility2nd

Barbara Bailey, also known as "Redneck Granma,' participates in the mudpit belly flop at the 2007 Summer Redneck Games in East Dublin, Georgia, July 7, 2007. The Redneck Games began as a joke in response to the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. REUTERS/Tami Chappell (UNITED STATES)
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posted on
07/09/2007 6:21:54 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... For want of a few good men, a once great nation was lost.)

Ben Jones throws a pig's foot from his mouth as he participates in the "bobbin for pigs feet event" at the 2007 Summer Redneck Games in East Dublin, Georgia, July 7, 2007. The Redneck Games began as a joke in response to the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. REUTERS/Tami Chappell (UNITED STATES)
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posted on
07/09/2007 6:22:45 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... For want of a few good men, a once great nation was lost.)
To: SevenofNine
To: monkapotamus
That sweet he won first prize
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posted on
07/11/2007 10:13:33 AM PDT
by
SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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