Erin The Great

It’s my 100th post!! I feel like I’ve reached some crazy great mile stone and because of that this particular post should be awesome. What to write about, what to write about… hmmm…

As a lot of you know, I live in Provo. There isn’t a lot to do here, so people do things and invent things to keep themselves entertained. For the most part (when we’re not studying) we do normal stuff like Facebook, Youtube, and pranks, but it isn’t until we get sooo bored that the really strange ideas just start coming out. One such example of, we’ll call it Provo-tainment (Provo Entertainment), is called Spoon Rodeo. Spoon rodeo is when you wait for an unsuspecting victim. When you know the person hasn’t seen you, you tackle them and become the ‘big spoon’ as you wrap your leg around the other person like you would if you were spooning them on a couch and have one of your friends call ‘spoon!’ to make sure it was done right. Then you get up and walk away.

More forms of Provo-tainment include Truck Tubbing. This is where you get a truck and put a tarp in the bed and fill the bed with water. You can drive around town while relaxing in luke-warm water!

Naked Snow Run - Basically causing a stir by running onto BYU campus in the snow… in a bikini…and a pair of sneakers. We just call it the Naked Snow Run for the effect and the looks you get while you’re running are absolutely priceless!

The two at the bottom you should do at your own risk… I’m not condoning such behavior because it’s dangerous…but it is rather entertaining.

Sobe Bombs – These are tons of fun at big bon-fires. You drink the Sobe and poke a thumbtack through the lid. You then take gasoline and fill the bottle to the base of the neck and loosely screw the top back on. You have to screw it so it doesn’t fall off but not to tight that the pressure buildup doesn’t make the bottle explode shooting glass everywhere. You then place the bottle in the coals with flames hopefully taller than the bottle and watch the fun.

Molotov Cocktail launching - This was made up one wintery day out of boredom during Christmas break. You take rubber piping and make a slingshot. Then you drink a case of whatever you can so you can put gasoline or lamp oil and top it off with a rag sticking out. You light the end and sling shot it into nothingness… preferably in snow so you don’t start a fire. Trust me, the explosion is worth it.

When life in Provo gets just a little too boring, these are just some of the crazy things people do. Luckily I’m at the end of my ‘I’m immortal’ phase of my life. This is one of many reasons that I blog… it’s safer and legal.