On this day in 1966, the community of Bowsman, Manitoba held a parade of outhouses through the streets.
Then they burned the outhouses in a giant bonfire to celebrate the arrival of indoor plumbing.
This is the story of The Biffy Burn :)
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Then they burned the outhouses in a giant bonfire to celebrate the arrival of indoor plumbing.
This is the story of The Biffy Burn :)
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Once that was done, the residents didn't need outhouses anymore.
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The outhouses were decorated with toilet paper and balloons, loaded onto trucks and paraded through the community towards the sewage plant.
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"The time has come to destroy friends
Who have held up their ends
Through the years."'
With that, the outhouses were lit on fire.
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In 1970, a cairn was built to celebrate what is locally called the Biffy Burn.
On top of the cairn is the wooden model of an outhouse.
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