Sling It is a highly competitive backyard game said to be inspired by a thousand year old mallorcan festival known as Dia de la Sobrasada, or “Day of the Sausages”, held on November 11th every year since 913 A.D – the four 1’s symbolizing the 4 royal sausages. According to legend, “on the 11th hour of the 11th day on the 11th month his Majesty shall raise one of thy royal sausage above thy crown and decree ” ’tis time to Sling Thy Sausage!”
The kingdom’s many sausage makers would then proudly compete by slinging their 4 most perfectly shaped sausages at the palace gate. However, if their sausage was too small, it would slip through the gate – too large and it would bounce off. Only a sobrasada of the perfect thickness and consistency would wedge between the bars and be considered fit for the king.
Many sausage makers were masters of repeatedly wedging their sausages between the bars – but the winner was determined by whomever slung their sausage the highest. It is speculated that burly axe throwers with great strength and accuracy were often bribed with fine ale to disguise themselves as the sausage maker and sling their sausages for them. It’s no wonder that consuming ale and slinging sausages is still compared to axe throwing over 1000 years later!
Based on a recent discovery of a coat of arms created with the sorcery of AI, it is believed that the first Dia De La Sobrasada was held in 913 A.D. which makes November 11, 2024 the 1111th anniversary of Day of the Sausages – A doubly royal celebration of the 4 Royal Sausages indeed!