I don’t know if outhouse stuffing is standard festival activity but, like the belt sander races, it’s a Snowdown tradition. It is a formalized affair. First the portapotty is declared clean by the gentleman with red mittens. You can see that the team on the left has already shed their coats.
A team starts to file into the outhouse as the gentleman with the earflaps and red mittens keeps count
two, three, four
five six
seven eight nine
The chamber is declared full,
the door is shut and the crowd chants to ten.
Then the door bursts open and everyone spills out. It’s like watching a film clip run forwards and backwards.
This time around, 16 people were squished in the Affordable John. Last year, the winning team was 20 people (and yes, there is a minimum age requirement so no one assembles a team of toddlers.) You wouldn’t think it, but outhouse stuffing is another surprisingly entertaining winter activity.
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