In an unusual variation, Arizona police officers demonstrate the act of dropping a man onto a fire hydrant.

Pushing people onto fire hydrants continues to a be a popular pastime for people all around the world. A recent survey of moderate to large sized crustaceans suggests that pushing people onto fire hydrants is one of the most pleasurable activities one can engage in. Many of them even placed it higher than sex on a scale.

Pushing people onto fire hydrants likely started in the mid-Cenozoic period, soon after the advent of fire. It is theorized that Homo erectus discovered the art after watching one of their own fall onto a hydrant, thereby cutting himself up very badly, and possibly breaking a few ribs. Of course, that is just speculation. The earliest documented case of someone pushing someone onto a fire hydrant came in 655 A.D., in the small mountain village of Glacianova, Italy, where a crowd of angry farmers flayed and then pushed a Roman tax collector onto a fire hydrant. Records from the era suggest that the hexagonal nut at the top of the hydrant lodged between his 21st and 22nd vertabrae, rendering him a quadraplegic for the rest of his life. The townspeople celebrated this momentous occassion of rebellion by getting drunk and pushing each other onto fire hydrants. By the end of the jubilee, 75% of the town's people were mangled and permanently injured. Ominously, the record states that the remainder of the town headed towards Rome, in hopes of pushing a certain Roman emperor onto a fire hydrant.

Although many years have gone by since that early pushing of a man onto a fire hydrant, the culture of pushing people onto fire hydrants has only gotten bigger and more vibrant over the years. Today, many famous people enjoy the mentally and physically stimulating act of pushing people onto fire hydrants. For example, world famous politician Spiro Agnew enjoyed pushing people onto fire hydrants not only in his free time, but also while in office. Other famous people who like to push people onto fire hydrants include golfer Jack Nicklaus, professional hanger-on Dr. Phil McGraw, comedian Groucho Marx, child molester Gary Glitter, and Hollywood heartthrob Pauly Shore.