conger cuddlers keenly disappointed
August 3, 2006The citizens of Lyme Regis in the UK have hurled dead eels at one another for some 30 odd years. It’s a much-anticipated event (conger cuddling, it’s called) of ‘Lifeboat Week’ with funds raised going to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Two teams of nine each stand on flowerpots while a large eel on a rope is utilized to knock as many off as possible, with the last man still standing declared the winner.
However, and there’s always a ‘however’, the animal rights people heard about it. Or should I say, the dead animal rights people.
This year, a buoy was substituted. Needless to say, the traditional spectacle lost some of its charm.
