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This comes from my September issue of Discover magazine Save the Date September 1-2 "International Bognor Birdman" Bognor-Regis, England Men, both naked and in Mary Poppins costumes, fling themselves from an elevated pier in human powered flying machines for a $50,000 purse and a change to smash the current distance record of 293 feet. September 2 "Miss Klingon Empire Beauty Pageant" Atlanta, GA Winner is crowned with a "fabulous" eight-inch tall rhinestone and sterling silver tiara. Kelsey Grammer is not eligible to compete. September 2 "Great British Duck Race" London, England In a sad bid to break a 2001 Guiness World Record set in Sinapore, the Brits will attempt to regain imperial dominance by sending 165,000 rubber ducks down the Thames. September 5-7 "Air Guitar World Championships" Oulu, Finland Presumable, they're still into heavy metal there. September 28-29 "Beef-A-Rama Minocqua, WI Sixty dripping roasts totaling more than 1,200 pounds of meat are paraded through the streets of a small town, with $50 to the winner of the "for the Love of Beef" poetry contest. September 29 "Roadkill Cookoff" Marlinton, WV Born a few years ago, when West Virginia finally legalized its inhabitants' widespread method of hunting and gethering. Down-home dishes include Thumber Meets Bumper, Asleep at the Wheel Squeal, One Ton Wonton, Rigor Mortis Bear Stew, Tire Tread Tortillas and Deer on a Stick. September 27-30 "18th Annual World Chicken Festival" London, KY A quarter of a million people descend on the home of the first KFC to see, among other things, the 10.5 foot-wide "World's Largest Skillet" cook 600 chicken quarters at once. Also, a Colonel Sanders lookalike contest.
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