Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Golden Plunger Awards

And the award goes to...

Forget the Oscars and the Grammys—the awards committee at the Bathroom Readers' Institute is handing out its own honors... the highly coveted Golden Plungers. We've scoured the globe to bring you the people, places, and events most worthy of throne-room recognition. Take a look at some of the winners:

• The competitive world of hot dog-eating contests
• Buzkashi, the national sport of Afghanistan
• Book houses, corn palaces, and ice hotels
• Geocaching—the modern treasure hunt
• Leeches, dreadlocks, and Cheez Whiz
• The rudest hand gesture, rubber ducks, Richard Pryor, and mayonnaise
• Toliet-paper wedding dreses and duct-tape prom gowns, organic funerals, wolves, and much, much more!

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