The Virginia legislature has passed a bill recognizing the town of Independence as the official home of the state’s annual toilet race.Since 1994, the “Grand Privy Race” has featured contestants riding bathroom fixtures on wheels around the town’s main streets, along with “plenty of delicious food” and “a parade featuring the winner of the ‘Potty Princess Pageant,’” according to the legislation.
Declaring the locale the official home of the commode competition will be “a tremendous asset to the town” as well as the surrounding county, lawmakers declared.
The measure was okayed by the House Rules Committee on a surprisingly close 9-5 vote, but then sailed through the full House by a margin of 88-7. The Senate adopted it on a voice vote and urged the members of the town council to “disseminate copies of [the legislation] to their respective constituents.”
