Season 5 ~ Episode #53 - - - The 5 Weirdest Conventions

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K-ModPermalink Reply by Gumbo123 on March 21, 2014 at 1:13pm

they forgot to mention:

Ok...you might laugh at it. But this convention is true and it happens. The first was in Suntec, Singapore in 2001 and since then it has travelled to various cities around the world, including Beijing, India, Moscow, Taiwan, and Macau. The objectives of this convention are to bring sanitation and clean water to over 2 billion people around the world who still need it. World Toilet Summit 2014 will be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

PURE SPECULATION FESTIVAL

"By geeks,for geeks". Yeah.... you gotta see buch of geeks - or so called - in this celebration. This festival started since 2004 by a group that called themselves The Four Stooges, and offers programming dealing with science fiction, fantasy,pop culture, gaming, anime, comic books, and webcomics.

HIGH TIMES CANNABIS CUP

The High Times Cannabis Cup is the world’s preeminent Cannabis festival. Founded in 1987 by Steven Hager, the High Times Cannabis Cup is held each November in Amsterdam. The first American iteration of this event was held in Denver, Colorado on April 20, 2013 (see 420). The event allows judges from around the world to sample and vote for their favorite marijuana varieties. These judges-at-large decide the Cannabis Cup (overall winner in the cannabis variety competition), best new product, best booth, best grass, best hash and best Nederhash

LEBOWSKI FEST

Lebowski Fest is a gathering of fans of the cult film/pop culture phenomenon, The Big Lebowski. The festival has been held for ten years in as many cities, and The Dude himself (actor Jeff Bridges) attended the Los Angeles Lebowski Fest in 2005. This year, in addition to a local gathering in Los Angeles (April 25 - 26, 2014), the big get together will be held in Luisville, KY from July 11 - 12, 2014 at the Executive Strike & Spare bowling alley.

Permalink Reply by Lilian Brandon (Tachyonic Raven) on March 31, 2014 at 7:59am

I yawned when Rhett read off the info for the Yawn City one. Apparently just hearing the word "yawn" was contagious for me. :P