WHY I LOVE ME, 14
>> Thursday, February 19, 2009
It's a short week what with Dead President's Day and all, but there is no time off in Drivel Land. The posts must go on! I bring to you the 14th edition of Why I Love ME!
"She's a lumberjack and she's OK.... "
Meet Timber Tina Scheer. Tina is the owner of Timber Tina's Great Maine Lumberjack Show in Trenton, Maine. If you have ever visited Acadia National Park, you passed by Tina's place.
Tina is technically a lumberjill . She may look familiar to you as she had a brief stint on the "reality" show Survivor. Tina has traveled all over the world performing and competing as a lumberjill.
Why a lumberjack show? Glad you asked. In the 1870's, the Downeast/Acadia region of Maine was one of the largest logging ports in the US. The tall white pines were coveted for the masts of sailing ships. After the winter cuttings and the spring log drive, those wascally wumberjacks challenged each other to the "Olympics of the Forest". Hmm..a local market here sells a pie called Fruits of the Forest. It is taking every bit of self-restraint I have not to run with that.
The Great Maine Lumberjack Show re-enacts that Olympics of the Forest thing at every show. You can see log rolling, axe throwing, chainsaw carving, underhanded chopping, speed climbing and lots more. Tina states her show has "a modern twist" mixed in with history and nonstop action as well as lots of comedy. There are lumberjacks as well, but the lumberjills steal the show.
Don't Mess With JillsSince the song has been stuck in my head since the first draft, you too should have to sing this all day long. Sit back and laugh with Monty Python where you will definitely see some fruits of the forest:
Check out the Tina Timber Great Maine Lumber Jack Show web site. After perusing their site, maybe then you will love ME.
Maine: Where the men are men and so are the women.
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14 comments:
You have self-restraint??????
I'm not sure that this will bring me to love ME...
However... that lumberjill with the two headed broad axe could love ME most anytime...
I don't think I want to meet Tina or her hair in a dark alley at night. But if I do, please let it be sans axe.
wow thats a big saw
How could i learn to love ME when you say it's "where the men are men, and so are the women."
Flydragon: Not usually...but I didn't feel like fending off the Fruit People.
LL: I am surprised you didn't pick Timber Tina... the hair and all. You'd have something in common.
RG: There's a lot of hair going on there, that's for sure!
AmyOops: I hear bigger is better.
Orion: If you like manly women, then come on over! If you are looking for the delicate flower type, rip Maine right off your travel map.
Tag, you're it!
She gives me wood.
The post was interesting but I lost my milk through my nose over your last line. I hate when that happens.
I'm not messing with any of those lumberjills!!
Stihl saws - Now THOSE give me a woody!
NND: I'm IT? Really? The new IT girl? Woo Hoo!
Moooooog: You must know Wirecutter (see above this comment block).
NND: Hope you were able to salvage your milk!
Kirsten: Wise idea - scary, huh?
Wirecutter: Why am I not surprised?
Oooh, we saw a lumberjack show on Grouse Mountain in BC - it was great fun. No jills though, only jacks. And blazing sunshine reflecting off the snow. It's a wonder my retinas weren't wiped.
Jay: I'd rather see the jacks than the jills, 'cause the jills are a bit on the scary side if you ask me!
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