While the Spring Festival was a lot of fun, it inevitably had to come to an end. When it did, there were a lot of things to clean up, put away and other similar things. There were also a number of things to take note of.
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The Mister and Miss Farmhand Pageant was considered a lot of fun, both for the competitors and the spectators. Some of the more amusing moments were from guys and/or girls trying to get potential dates with competitors and not doing a really good job of impressing potential dates.
This was also indirectly responsible for "farmer failures", which were people trying to impress potential bondmates and getting hurt. In one such example, a guy tried to impress a mare by replicating her record "hay bale toss", but straining his back in the process.
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The Spring Festival Bachelor/Bachelorette Auction was just as big a success as the Fall Festival Auction, with another $20 billion raised for various charities. But what it also proved was that stupid stunts to attempt to attract a potential bondmate's attention wasn't just limited to guys. What always was funny was when two girls set their sights on one guy and compete with each other to prove one as better bondmate material than the other. It also seemed to explain why relationship SNAFU's were a classic source of comedy, even if many uplifted Animalians still didn't understand it.
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One of the things looked forward to was the first official UFC-A tournament. To help with gathering interest, as well as get things together for the opening of the Mesozoic Fight Club, it was decided to make preorder packages available on the internet. But when there were already more than half a million packages sold in the first week of their release, it was somehow surprising and not surprising at the same time.
"Most of the packages are being sold to Italians." Said Brett to Dr. Jones at a meeting before official training would begin for the first members of the UFC-A.
"I'd better let the Rhino Guard know to help provide security at the event." said Dr. Jones. On seeing Brett's confused look, Dr. Jones explained, "Italian soccer fans are notorious for the rowdiness, and this tradition goes back more than 2000 years. The only difference was that, instead of cheering for a goal, the ancient romans would be cheering for a massacre."
"Duly noted." replied Brett, not knowing what else to say.