With a title like that, who wouldn’t want to read this book?!

“If you’re in the mood to explore what’s new and different in the daredevil human sport world, check out No Dribbling the Squid (Andrews McMeel) by Michael J. Rosen. You’ll get a front-row seat to such thrilling sports as octopush, elephant polo, swamp soccer, toe wrestling and professional shin kicking.

There’s the Wife-Carrying World Championships, held annually in Sonkajarvi, Finland; the Mudslinging Festival in Chiba, Japan; and, in a small Spanish town, something called the Devil’s Jump, where babies are lined on mattresses for contestants to long-jump over – a tradition that justifies itself by the belief that it takes the devil out of the infants.”

“The author admits most of the sports covered in his book involve inebriation, anesthesia, unusual equipment and choking hazards – often all at the same time. He also warns these are not things people who have certain phobias – fear of heights, depths, speed, fire, tight places, and a few we’ve never heard of, like emetophobia (fear of vomiting) and myxophobia (fear of slime) – should try at home.”

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