WHATA BUNCH OF PLONKERS!
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This is guaranteed to bring tears to your eyes! In Taiwan, practitioners of the art of qigong—the ancient Chinese tradition which combines the spiritual with the physical—have been demonstrating their manhood in a very public way.
Chen Huey-he and two pals have been pulling a truck in Tapei with 100 women and children on board. Nothing unusual about that you might think, there are sponsored truck pulls going on all the time. True, but what made this event outstanding was that the rope was attached between the front fender of the truck and the athletes' willies. Ouch!
Chen, a 45-year-old mechanic from the southern city of Pingtung, actually volunteered for the event, which was organised by the Chiu-chiu Shenkung Association.
Tu Jin-sheng of the association, which promotes qigong all over Taiwan, asks: 'People compete with all four limbs, so why not this?Spectator Koo Yue-yuan had the answer: I'm afraid it might fall off,m he said. I wonder if they take on breakdown recovery work?