Sunday 12 August 2007

SchwingMania

Aarau is working itself into a bit of a frenzy about the upcoming SchwingFest. Here is a small selection of the window displays put up in shops around town in anticipation of the event (sorry about all the reflections in the pictures, but they were taken through windows). Don't ask me what any of it means, though. I'm as clueless about traditional Swiss wrestling in hessian sumo pants with milk churns and cows as the next person.










6 comments:

Nick Jensen said...

I wasn't gonna say anything, but since I'm a lewd and slightly rude character (and Kim will testify to that), I just can't let it slip.
That third last image is just perverse...

I mean those weird shorts even makes it look like standing-up-guy has undone his fly...

- crazy swiss'. Must be all that thin mountain air gone to their heads...

rswb said...

Yeah, there were some dodgy looking pictures of the little boy and the cow, too (at least the cow had the good grace to look a bit nervous). I think it's really the "open fly" look that is the problem.

Incidentally,apparently the prize for winning the hessian wrestling pants competition is a cow. Weirdos.

Anonymous said...

Swiss porn!!

rswb said...

That's some very niche porn, with the hessian and the cows and all.

Anonymous said...

So this is that culture thing that everyone says we are missing out on in Australia...

rswb said...

Yes, that and the stone-throwing part of the festival, too. Sadly, I think they don't have regulation pants for that event.