Originally posted as a disscussion on Havenheed.

In regard to the creation of a new or national sport [for a vegan nation] I would like to suggest something that might be termed "The Raw Food Olympics." They would be a series of fairly simple competitions that involved raw food in some way. 

The most obvious possibility is eating contests. Pie eating contests are fairly common throughout the U.K. but let's face it; any wimp can eat soft cooked meat in a soft pastry case. Something like nettle/garlic/onion/lemon eating competitions would require beings of greater stamina.

It would be a great idea to challenge outsiders to take part. So many meat eaters would would hate to be beaten by a vegan. But in order to win they would have to eat even more vegan food than a vegan. So either way it would be a success for our nation.

It would be nice to have a variety of simple games imagined in time to run parallel to the London Olympics this year. It probably wouldn't be that hard to organise as you could just use a park as it would be summer.

Forage food would be free of charge. Might be worth having a pre-run of one event in a town hall or something. I also think betting is a n aspect worth considering. Obviously it needs to be con