Monday, June 27, 2011

6/26: Super Mario jockeys for position

Super Mario just logged in his seven thousandth win.

Not collectively, not for any particular game and not for any of the OTHER super Marios out there who are sports stars -- Mario Williams, Mario Henderson, Mario Lanza, etc. Nope, this guy is Mario Baillargeon, he's Canadian, and he just won -- not ran in but won -- his seven thousandth harness race. 

(Passing on what I just learned about harness racing: it looks like but is not chariot racing, the "chariot" is called a sulkie, and considering that Baillargeon is only 35, he basically had to win a race a day for the last 20 years. Oh, and he's not a jockey but a driver, of a vehicle that has exactly one horsepower.)

Cheers and bonne chance for Baillargeon on his next goal, winning $100 million in prize money. He's already at $80 million, which is probably making everyone out there at home who have two times won a free Subway sandwich feel like they're just flushing their life away.