r/joshswainbattlePosted by u/Josh_Dot_Exe21 hours ago
IMPORTANT: I am Josh Swain, and here are the official details of the event. See you soon.
Hello!
My name is Josh Swain (actually). Almost one year ago, under a spell of pandemic boredom, I made a groupchat of all the people on Facebook that I could find with the same first and last name as mine, and challenged them to fight for the right to keep this common name. This was a complete joke, and I have posted jokes to my twitter before, but when I posted the screenshots to my twitter
here, the internet ran with it, and ran with enough endurance for you all to remember a YEAR later. That doesn’t happen very often, so I’m afraid I have to oblige the internet and trek all the way across the contiguous United States to defend my name.
SO, I have seen a lot of information on the internet that might be misleading regarding the event, so I would like to set a couple of details in stone so that we can exercise this complete act of absurdity without reigning terror on the wonderful residents of Lincoln, Nebraska.
The details are as follows:
- The Coordinates have officially changed to 40.858689, -96.784136, or known by it’s street address as Air Park Green Area, 4500 NW 45th St, Lincoln, NE, 68524. (not Bowling Lake Park as others have suggested) I originally picked the coordinates at random, and they landed on some farm owner’s land who did not agree to host such a ridiculous event. Please be courteous and proceed directly to the new coordinates. We will take an available green lot, and create our own venue there.
- As per the original post, the date is Saturday, April 24th, 2021 A.D. at 12:00 PM (CDT, UTC-5) I will be showing up one hour earlier at 11:00 AM just to scout the location and warn any nearby park goers of what events are about to transpire.
- As of writing this post, I am the only Josh Swain that I know of that will be there. No other Josh Swain’s have contacted me thus far with concrete plans of attending. Should another Josh Swain arrive, we will have a grueling and righteous battle of Rock, Paper, Scissors. If no other Josh Swain’s arrive, then you will be a witness to the coronation of the rightful Josh Swain.
- [EDIT] Bring a pool noodle, or a lot of them! First Name Josh's will be allowed to fight Due to the limited number of Josh Swain's, the Swainbowl will be followed by a pool noodle fight with any person with the first name Josh, then proceeded by a complete pool noodle fight with anyone who would like to join.
- The city of Lincoln still has a mask mandate for large gatherings. I am not going to tell you how to live your life as a guest in your home, however, wearing a mask when you can would be greatly appreciated. I am not going to be the mask police, but just know that if you’re wearing a mask that I love you.
- Bring Nonperishables! We will be having a food drive for the Food Bank of Lincoln! Stay tuned for more charitable info to come!
And lastly, like I said, it is very rare to have the attention of a lot of people at once, if there is anyone in Lincoln that is personally in contact with a children’s hospital, food bank, etc. please reach out to me at
joshswainprojects@gmail.com and maybe we can have a donation link or a drive at the event as well.

Thanks so much again everyone for making this probably the weirdest thing that has ever happened to me. Please help me in sharing this new information and if you have any concerns please leave a comment and I will be sure to update this post on
/r/joshswainbattle,
/r/swainbowl, and
/r/lincoln, I look forward to seeing you all soon.
Sincerely