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Coopersville Outhouse 500


h1 March 27th, 2007

At the end of winter, some West Michigan cities do some strange, but entertaining, things.


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7 comments to “Coopersville Outhouse 500”

  1. Very cool! Thanks for the link on my Flickr photo. I also compiled a video of the races, not near as well done as yours, though. Here’s the link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=V_Kd6_68V9c.

         by Jake Belder March 27th, 2007 at 8:47 pm

  2. Good craic there Josh, good craic. Did you catch the tribute Taxiplasm just did re. this site? Peace out from West Philly!

         by Jimmy CraicHead March 27th, 2007 at 10:38 pm

  3. Coopersville Outhouse 500…

    GENTLEMEN, START YOUR OUTHOUSES! The Coopersville Outhouse 500. Excellent vlog by Wandering West Michigan, which is going onto the blogroll in about 2.1 seconds…….

         by Michiblogger March 28th, 2007 at 12:03 pm

  4. Great video and wonderful interviews Josh! I’ll be back to see what you’re up to next. Dee Dee

         by Dee Dee Smith March 29th, 2007 at 2:35 pm

  5. Very cool. I love when communities come up with their own type of races. Steve Garfield covered belt sander races a few months ago and that was great.

         by Clintus April 4th, 2007 at 12:06 pm

  6. Great video josh. I’m alittle late in catching it but I caught it and that’s what matters.

    Had no idea michigan had such great and unique high culture as this. A tradition that no doubt goes back centuries.

    This is the stuff that the outsiders just don’t hear about. It’s an insightful piece of Michigan idenity, pride and will no doubt be an attractive selling point to tourists in the winter… that and snowmobiling. :)

    I think Chuck Olsen of Minnesotta would have a hard time finding anything to compare to this though I’d love to see him try.

    No doubt. :)

    Cheers!

    -Mike

         by Michael Meiser July 7th, 2007 at 7:35 pm

  7. BTW, My monroe group is doing so well we had to do a spin off.

    http://www.flickr.com/groups/monroe-michigan/

    Spinoff…

    http://www.flickr.com/groups/the-barns-of-monroe-county/

    It’s big time farming country here. We had to make an entire group just dedicated to the barns. :)

    Cheers!

    -Mike

         by Michael Meiser July 7th, 2007 at 7:37 pm


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