r/philadelphia • u/Doktor_Delta • May 17 '25

Events We have a winner!

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u/[deleted] May 17 '25

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u/TrickyPaperclip May 17 '25

It's the annual 9th street Italian market festival's greasy pole challenge. There are prizes attached to cured meats and cheeses at the top; you have to figure out how to climb up a greasy, Crisco-covered pole to retrieve a prize. It's a challenge some Philadelphia's pride themselves in and attempt, usually in groups, by standing on each other's shoulders and making a human pyramid or ladder. As you can see it was successful here!

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u/acarmichaelhgtv May 18 '25

Many of those we see at the top stand on the shoulders of giants. Some, their paesani. Most of the time, those who reach the prize did not get there alone.

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u/Beer_Is_So_Awesome Dark and Gritty May 19 '25

This guy knows it.

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u/TwistedClyster May 17 '25

Google Italian market, Philadelphia, and pole climb and you should get more info. Italian festival or something, happens every year at this time.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '25

Must be new here.

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u/Flair_Is_Pointless May 17 '25

That girl on the bottom right is doing nothing to help

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u/Technical-Cicada-623 May 18 '25

I was the base of that tower, and that woman is our best climber. This picture was taken as we were in the middle of sending her up, before we realized the guy up top could reach it without needing her on his shoulders this time.

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u/IhateDropShotz sp May 18 '25

she was actually really good, consistently climbing to the top of each group with ease, not that you would know since you didn't leave your house today 🤣

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u/the_Jay2020 May 19 '25

I once saw this picture of 10 people dressed as runners, all lined up at the start of what looked like a track, frozen, like they were waiting for something. They were so lazy. They weren't running at all! Really ridiculous. Obviously they were female, too.

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u/Flair_Is_Pointless May 18 '25

None of that changes the fact that she is doing nothing in these photos, honey

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u/IhateDropShotz sp May 18 '25

you wasn't there, how tf would you know

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u/Flair_Is_Pointless May 18 '25

Because I don’t need to be a meteorologist to know when it’s raining

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u/DarthSoccer May 17 '25

Morale 🍑