During the ceremony, the Pollywogs undergo a number of increasingly embarrassing ordeals ( such as wearing clothing inside out and backwards; crawling on hands and knees; being swatted with short lengths of firehose; kissing the Royal Baby's belly coated with axle grease, etc . ), largely for the entertainment of the Shellbacks.
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Jif peanut butter doubles as axle grease and shaving cream ( as long as it's smooth, not chunky ); Morton Salt is a great flea repellent; Vaseline is the perfect trout lure; Tidy Cat litter provides outstanding traction for cars stuck in snow or mud; and Efferdent is a quick and effective way to polish diamonds.
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The merchandise includes a $ 5.99 T-shirt, a $ 2.99 coffee mug and a racing jacket for $ 59.99 . Electric cars designed to look like the racers that Pennzoil sponsors cost $ 39.99 . The more practical-minded can buy a quart of oil, an oil filter, a tub of axle grease or a can of Gumout.
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Currently, the pole is covered in lanolin and placed in the centre of a pit of muddy water referred to as the " Grease Pit ", but from the first climbing of the pole in 1956 to 1988 the pole was covered in axle grease and it was only sometime between 1957 and 1967 that the pit was added to the event.
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The merchandise includes a $ 5 . 99 T-shirt, a $ 2 . 99 coffee mug and a racing jacket for $ 59 . 99 . Electric cars designed to look like the racers that Pennzoil sponsors cost $ 39 . 99 . The more practical-minded can buy a quart of oil, an oil filter, a tub of axle grease or a can of Gumout.
