Florida Man Games Coming To The Sunshine State
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We’re all familiar with Florida Man and now the Florida Man Games are coming to the Sunshine State.
Florida Man is constantly running wild down here. In fact, the other day I was asked by someone if I was ever nervous about moving to Florida after hearing about the wild and crazy stories about Florida Man. I think it keeps things interesting. And no matter where you are in the state, even right here in Fort Myers, you never know what might happen.
Florida Man Games Coming To The Sunshine State
The first-ever Florida Man games are coming to St. Augustine February 24 at Francis Field. So what are the Florida Man Games? Picture Florida Man competing in Olympic-style games. But definitely not the same kind of sports. In this version, you’ll see games like Weaponized Pool Noodle Mud Duel, Evading Arrest Obstacle Course, Beer Belly Florida Sumo and the Category 5 Cash Grab.
And this makes the Florida Man Games even cooler because the refs are original American Gladiators Dan “Nitro” Clark and Lori “Ice” Fetrick.
General Admission tickets are on sale starting at $45 and the event’s website says to “Get ready to laugh until it hurts.”
You can find more info and purchase tickets here
Florida Man Humor To Make You Laugh For TikTok Tuesday
Florida is a great place to live. It sure is quirky. But that is part of its charm. Social media always has some crazy story about Floridians. In addition, people who visit from other parts of the country are often taken aback by our weather, our insects and creatures, and lots more. At least one Southwest Florida TikTok user has had great success trying to explain Florida with his funny and unique videos. Here is some of his so-called Florida Man humor to make you laugh for TikTok Tuesday.
I’ve been following Josh Robinson, AKA omgitswicks, for some time now and I always get a kick out of his characterization of Floridians and how he turns everything from humidity and hurricanes, to mosquitos, into characters for his videos. He is a Southwest Florida native. He gets it, gets us. Robinson is always eating something from the Publix deli in his videos. Another famous prop is his old school flip phone that he allegedly uses to catch the crazy that often times defines Florida. Whatever he is doing works. He has more than 295,000 followers.
Here is a good example of how he tackles the ever changing and every challenging weather we have in Southwest Florida.
If you are on TikTok, you should follow too. However, you do not need a TikTok account to watch these videos that I’ve assembled. We’ll use mine. All you have to do is scroll down and then hit play. They are all office friendly. They are also fun to share with your with your “northern” and “midwestern” friends. If you live in Florida, you will relate, and get a kick out of these videos. There were so many to share that it was hard for me to pick just five.
But here they are. Florida Man humor to make you laugh for TikTok Tuesday.
Marija is a morning show host on WXKB/B1039, midday host on WRXK/96KRock and night show host on WPBB/98.7 The Shark. She loves to write about food, travel, and things to do around the state of Florida.
