The first rule of Jell-O club is you do not talk about Jell-O club.

The second rule of Jell-O club is

New York is bringing new meaning to Bill Cosby's Jell-O Jigglers.

If you find that you're female, you've got a knack for stage names, you like to kick butt, and Jell-O sounds better than a warm bath, this is for you. Arlene's Grocery in New York features a monthly Amateur Female Jell-O Wrestling competition.

The use of the word amateur is deceptive, most of these women aren't satisfied until the ring of clear, unflavored gelatin is cherry red with blood.

By day Sandra Martinez works at a New York law firm, but by night she throws off her conservative image and becomes "Sandra Claws"an amateur female Jell-O wrestler.

At a grungy live music bar on New York's Lower East Side, she joined 11 other women to do battleseveral for the first timein a blue, blow-up kiddie pool decorated with orange fish and filled with warm, clear clumps of an unflavored version of the gelatin dessert.

"It (lets us do) things we probably want to do to women sometimes that we dislike, but we have a forum where we can express it in a fun and safe way," said Martinez, a 27-year-old business development specialist.

Men are not invited into the ring, because the girls are chickenyeah, I said itbut they are welcome to compete in hoola-hoop contests to feed their competitive spirits. Yay! They are also invited to pay 5 times more than women to get in. Women pay $3 for entry, men $15, or $7 if they are accompanied by a female. The event has been a living and breathing, sequined, bathing suited entity for three years now under the seasoned hands of organizer Dana Sterling.

"The show is done for the girls, put together by girls, as something that's a fun, friendly competition," said Dana Sterling, 31, who has organized the "Amateur Female Jello Wrestling" competition once a month for the last three years.

"It's really hard to explain to my mother," said Sterling, who by day works as a lighting designer. "It really is a sport, it's a satire sport."

"We work hard to promote it as a feminist thing and the night is really like a community night in that it is really what the women make of it," said Annie Rock, 26, one of the organizers.

Unfortunately, you just missed the last set of matches this past Sunday. They seem to land on the second Sunday of the month. If in the meantime you'd like to start your own Jell-O wrestling federation you can get everything you need, including an instructional video, at www.jellowrestling.com. Only Jello Wrestling brand Jell-O is backed with a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee for all your Jell-O wrestling needs.

catdad

Portland, OR

August 2002

DEC 13, 2006 10:43 AM

Clear, unflavored jell-o? Lame.

hey_fukko

Medford, OR

September 2003

DEC 13, 2006 12:16 PM

catdad said:
Clear, unflavored jell-o? Lame.

That's right!

I want to smell the cherry or taste the lime in the air as two bathing suited ladies grapple each other for the takedown!

mydogfarted

Oakland, NJ

June 2003

DEC 13, 2006 01:06 PM

Yet another reason Arlene's Grocery is awesome.

geo35

Minneapolis, MN

January 2003

DEC 13, 2006 01:09 PM

Holy Cow! Scantily-clad girlies rolling around in gelatine!

I can only imagine what this horrifying news has done to the Rapture Ready Index!!

Kleio

Winona, MN

January 2006

DEC 13, 2006 01:12 PM

I'll bet that'd be a lot better than baby-oil wrestling. Or, at least, probably wouldn't be as hard on my bikini...

Tinyhobo

Boulder City, NV

December 2006

DEC 13, 2006 01:16 PM

Kelio..you and me..I'd let you beat on me in the name of team 13

Kleio

Winona, MN

January 2006

DEC 13, 2006 01:31 PM

Promise you'll at least rip my bikini top off? :puppy eyes:

ASSH0LE

Las Vegas, NV

June 2003

DEC 13, 2006 02:23 PM

Somewhere there is a Mormon family that feels this Jello could be put to better use.

MrStitches

Brooklyn, NY

November 2003

DEC 13, 2006 02:41 PM

13avalonchase13 said:
Kelio..you and me..I'd let you beat on me in the name of team 13

I'd buy that for a dollar.

Varuka_Salt

I'm lost

October 2006

DEC 13, 2006 06:11 PM

K13IO said:
Promise you'll at least rip my bikini top off? :puppy eyes:

Just checked out your profile. If you're jello wrestling and hear a loud bang...that's the straps of your bikini making a sonic boom as I hastily remove it. :wolf eyes:

DCruz

Montreal-nord, QC

November 2006

DEC 13, 2006 06:26 PM

yeah, what's up with clear jello ! I want some red cherry flavored one Sounds fun though !

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Brooklyn, NY

May 2006

DEC 13, 2006 09:29 AM

Portland, OR

August 2002

DEC 13, 2006 10:43 AM

Medford, OR

September 2003

DEC 13, 2006 12:16 PM

Oakland, NJ

June 2003

DEC 13, 2006 01:06 PM

Minneapolis, MN

January 2003

DEC 13, 2006 01:09 PM

Kleio

Winona, MN

January 2006

DEC 13, 2006 01:12 PM

Tinyhobo

Boulder City, NV

December 2006

DEC 13, 2006 01:16 PM

Kleio

Winona, MN

January 2006

DEC 13, 2006 01:31 PM

Las Vegas, NV

June 2003

DEC 13, 2006 02:23 PM

Brooklyn, NY

November 2003

DEC 13, 2006 02:41 PM

I'm lost

October 2006

DEC 13, 2006 06:11 PM

Montreal-nord, QC

November 2006

DEC 13, 2006 06:26 PM