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A Children’s Treasury of people running atop Porta-Potties at the Kentucky Derby (video)

May 9, 2011, 1:49 PM EDT

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It’s a tradition nearly as old as the Kentucky Derby itself. OK, not really: The Running of the Porta-Potties, in which drunken louts scurry on the rooftops of plastic privies while being pelted with all manner of cups, bottles and even chairs, is a relatively new thing at the Derby. This year they placed tarps over the Porta-Potties in an attempt to prevent  shenanigans, but it didn’t seem to help.

Here are some great examples from the past four years, leading off with a 2011 dash, and ending with my favorite, a guy in a leprechaun costume:

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