Live in Scottsdale?
Got kids?
Got kids that like mud?
If so, odds are you and the minions were cavorting about the same city sponsored bog that swallowed the Slaybaugh family this past weekend. Saturday, 6/19/10, marked the 35th annual incarnation of the infamous Mighty Mud Mania event at Chaparral Park in Scottsdale, AZ. If you missed it, you missed out. The good news, though, is that the filthy fun will return next year. Follow the link below to see the pictorial carnage and get a gritty taste of one of the local customs that make Scottsdale Scottsdale.
Mighty Mud Mania 2010 in Scottsdale AZ
See you next year!
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This looks like a fun occasion!
That it is.
Oh man...I read this on your Property site and laughed my butt off. it reminds me of some pics you posted on FB recently that reminded me of a summer afternoon when I awoke from a nap to find BOTH of my kids completely covered in MUD Al Jolsen style and...well anyway this looks like a great event for kids and a nice advertising opportunity for the people at TIDE :-)
Funny you mention that, Russ, as it actually started out as a gimmick in 1976 for the maker of "Shout" pre-wash. They pulled out of subsequent sponsorship, however, when it didn't effectively counter the muck encrusted clothing worn by the participants.
UH-OH That's about as funny as it can be! I remember those ads about "shouting out the dirt" but at the time I was studying film making and working as an apprentice carpenter so I was not all that concerned with making my clothes "the whitest of whites" or however the slogan went?!?!
Oh I would love this! My youngest though...not so much. He once wore his football pants UNDER his girdle to practice "because I didn't want to get my uniform dirty, Mommy." Too funny. And what fun in Scottsdale!
Paul,
What many of the readers of your blog don't understand is that we here in Scottsdale, and across Arizona, live in a desert, and will go to almost any lengths to interact with water, in whatever form.
Interesting history - detergent co. encourages "dirtiness" to sell more product. (A lot more socially responsble than adding nicotine to cigarettes, huh?)