If you just happen to have a face like rubber, today’s the day to head up to the village of Egremont in Cumbria for the World Gurning Championships. According to my man-on-the-spot:
Contestants put their heads through a horse collar and have a set time in which to contort their faces in the scariest, most grotesque, silliest expression possible. False teeth may be left in, taken out or turned upside down if desired. The person who gets the most applause for their ugly face wins!
Dating back to 1267, the World Gurning Championships are the highlight of the Egremont Crab Fair, a celebration of the time when the local Lord of the Manor wheeled a cart of crab apples through the village as a goodwill gesture to the poor. Crab apples having a sharp taste, it’s thought the gurning competition originated from the faces the locals made when they bit into the sharp apples.
Her Majesty the Queen tries to copy a previous winner.
Pope John Paul II.
Acute constipation.
What can I say?
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