Dwarf tossing is a bar attraction in which dwarfs wearing special padded clothing or Velcro costumes are thrown onto mattresses or at Velcro-coated walls.
Participants compete to throw the dwarf the farthest.
The activity was popular in some Florida bars in the late 1980s.
Robert and Angela Van Etten, Florida members of the Little People of America, convinced the state’s legislators in 1989 that dwarf tossing be made illegal. A measure banning dwarf tossing was passed with a wide margin.
Now, Florida Republican state legislator Bill Workman has come up with a bold plan to help Florida’s economy: he wants to lift the ban on dwarf tossing to create jobs.
“I’m on a quest to seek and destroy unnecessary burdens on the freedom and liberties of people,” Workman said. “This is an example of Big Brother government.
“All that it does is prevent some dwarfs from getting jobs they would be happy to get,” Workman said. “In this economy, or any economy, why would we want to prevent people from getting gainful employment?”
Workman is actually crafting a bill to repeal the ban, which he will present to the Florida State Senate.
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