HARRISBURG (TNS) — It’s a tradition each year at this one festival in Philadelphia, Pa., for people to scramble up a greased-up pole for the shot of claiming prizes like meat and cheese.
This festival happened nearly a month ago. And the meat and cheese that was left unclaimed is still dangling from that greasy pole.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports how the annual Italian Market Festival occurred 26 days ago as of the publishing of this article.
These 26 days saw various bouts of heat and humidity in the city. And because of a miscommunication between festival organizers and the crane that usually takes the unclaimed prizes down — a surge of festival-goers later in the day due to the weather cause clean-up crews and the rented crane to leave without, well, cleaning anything up — those sacks of meat and cheese are still dangling off that greasy pole as you’re reading this, making for what Inquirer reporter Mike Newall deems “the world’s worst wind chime.”
“I’ve been praying it doesn’t hit anyone,” told maintenance man, Jibri Lee, to the publication.
Fox 29 continues to report how report Hank Flynn made a trip to South Philadelphia in order to check out the situation for himself. He confirmed, thankfully, that there wasn’t a noticeable smell emanating from the pole.
Organizers confirmed that getting a rented crane back into a busy, historic market is a bit difficult, according to the Inquirer. But they are working on it.
For now, the meat and cheese remain dangling in the breeze. In the heat. In the humidity.
