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1. Law of Mechanical Repair – After your hands become coated with  grease, your nose will begin to itch and you’ll have to pee. 2. Law of Gravity – Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll  to the least accessible corner. 3. Law of Probability – The probability of being watched is directly …

“Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to min’….” “Auld Lang Syne” was played by Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians as a New Year’s Eve song for the first time, eighty years ago today — on December 31, 1929. Though it was played as the band’s theme song for years, and it had even occasionally been sung…

By Alix Strauss, Kirsten Stamn | Travel+Leisure                           An 80-pound wedge of Styrofoam cheese brings in the New Year in Plymouth, WI. (Richard Fellenz) New Year’s Eve is ultimately about the countdown, and it’s made official when something drops at midnight. Across America,…

Lebanon, PA Weighing more than 100 pounds, the giant bologna that is dropped in this Pennsylvania city brings crowds from all over. The meat is later donated to local shelters. 9th and Cumberland Streets; (717) 273-7215; lebanonpa.com/events. —Kirsten Stamn     Source: http://travel.yahoo.com/ideas/wackiest-new-year%E2%80%99s-eve-ball-drops.html

Bartlesville, OK In 2012, for the eighth year and counting, the town of Bartlesville will drop a giant green olive into a large martini glass that waits at the base of a 221-foot-tall building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Price Tower Arts Center; (918) 336-4949, ext: 19; pricetower.org. —Kirsten Stamn          …

Havre de Grace, MD Known for manufacturing duck decoys, Havre de Grace releases a mammoth 10-foot-by-15-foot wooden illuminated duck decoy. Created by a local resident, the faux fowl is released from a 102-foot ladder truck. Havre de Grace Middle School Grounds; (410) 939-2100; hdgtourism.com.  —Alix Strauss         Source: http://travel.yahoo.com/ideas/wackiest-new-year%E2%80%99s-eve-ball-drops.html

Prairie du Chien, WI You’ll have to get in line for a good luck kiss from a 20-plus-pound fish in Prairie du Chien, where revelers await Lucky, the frozen carp. Donning a crown, the spray-painted fish is lowered 110 feet from the air into a wooden cradle at the stroke of midnight. St. Feriole Island;…

Brasstown, NC A live opossum is lowered by a rope from a plexiglass cage in Brasstown, considered the opossum capital of the world. This may seem like a natural New Year’s festivity to longtime residents, but PETA has recently spoken out against the event. Clay’s Corner gas station; (828) 837-3797; clayscorner.com. —Alix Strauss

Hershey, PA A seven-foot, 300-pound silver Hershey’s kiss is raised 50 feet up the side of the Hershey Press Building—not dropped.  The reason why? Two children’s hospitals overlook the street where the event happens, letting sick kids kiss the New Year hello without leaving their room. 27 W. Chocolate Ave., (800) 437-7439, hersheynewyears.org. —Alix Strauss

Duncannon, PA A 10-foot sled makes its way down 110 feet from a restored fire lookout tower each New Year’s Eve at midnight. It’s a homage to the Lightning Guider, a sled manufactured at the Standard Sled Factory, which operated in Duncannon for more than 80 years. Sled Works on Market Street; (717) 834-4311; sledworks.com.…
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