I discovered last evening that the hockey this weekend includes the Gopher Women's Hockey 2nd Annual Teddy Bear Toss. This is a fun event which occurs after the team scores its first goal of the game. Fans are encouraged to throw new or gently used teddy bears onto the ice. The bears are collected and donated to charity.
I have posted this video before but it is lots of fun and worth posting again, the Calgary Hitmen 2011 Teddy Bear Toss.
There were over 25,000 bears thrown onto the ice that night in Calgary.
We won't have that many fans or nearly that many bears but we think the teddy bear toss is a good thing and we participate.
Today was another day plenty nice enough for a walk. Yesterday's walk to BestBuy and back through the mall included, coincidentally, a stop at Goldy's Locker Room. The stop yesterday was unrelated to the teddy bear toss which I was not at that moment aware was coming up this weekend. I did notice, however, that they had some stuffed gophers and bears and dogs and sock puppets, you no doubt get the idea.
Today's walk therefore took me along pretty much the same route and back through the mall to Goldy's. We are now plenty good to go on this whole throw a stuffed animal onto the ice thing. We have a bear and a dog.
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So what was story about the long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs?
9 hours and 19 minutes is the length of today, here -- per Weather Underground.
10 hours and 36 minutes in Port Charlotte.
9 hours and 6 minutes in St. Paul.
8 hours and 49 minutes in Hibbing.
I see a trend.
I LOVE our stuffed animals. Awww. They are so cute and cuddly. I can't wait until Sunday! (Because of the hockey also, of course.)
That's a great video and a great idea. You'd think with that many cuddly teddy bears, someone could have come up with a live octopus to throw on the ice. Just for variety.
Those stuffed animals are totally adorable. I approve.
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