17 Completely Crazy Competitions You Won’t Believe Are Real
By
Waleed Raza in
Funny
On 8th November 2015
For many of us, winning the Premier League, the Super Bowl or an Olympic gold ain’t ever gonna happen. I know, it was hard for me to accept too. It doesn’t mean we can’t be a champion, though.
Turns out there are a lot of far more winnable competitions we can all get involved in. Although they come at a price. For these competitions are beyond weird, check it out….
#1 World Beard & Moustache Championships.
With 18 categories covering beards, partial beards, and moustaches this competition is serious business for men around the world. The 2014 event was held in Portland.
#2 World’s Ugliest Dog Competition.
Peanut here, unsurprisingly won in 2014, certifying him as the ugliest mutt on earth.
#3 Lawn Mower Racing.
Let's be real, this sounds like something only an American could love; but it's popular in the U.K. and Australia too.
#4 World Sauna Championship.
You think you've got some serious sauna game? Do you think you could sit in 110 degrees longer than everyone else? You could become the world champ.
#5 World Bodypainting Competition.
Fun, music, and a whole lot of paint. That's the theme of this competition, with winners decided by creativity, skill, and mastery of their art.
#6 World Worm Charming Championships.
Yup. Gross. But, people compete to ‘charm' up worms from the ground with tactics such as whispering, yelling, and even playing music.
#7 Extreme Ironing
If you don't get the ironing done right away, you're clothes get way too wrinkled and you might as well just forget about it at that point, right?
#8 World Worm Charming Championships.
Yup. Gross. But, people compete to ‘charm' up worms from the ground with tactics such as whispering, yelling, and even playing music.
#9 Wife Carrying Contests.
A simple Google search returned countless upcoming wife carrying contests all over the planet, but the world championship is held annually in Finland.
#10 Hot Dog Eating Contests.
No list about contests would be any good without hot dogs even though none of us want to eat them otherwise. As far as I can gather, the record is 69 in 10 minutes bun and all.
#11 Midget Tossing Contest.
Sorry to all the little people out there, but this is a thing and I'm just reporting it. I've never heard of this before, and with the sensitive nature of just about everyone I bet I'll never hear about it again.
#12 Rock-Paper-Scissors.
I know what you're thinking, this game is all luck, anyone could win but the ‘pros' claim that there are tells, just like poker.
#13 Cockroach Racing.
The roaches are released from a glass jar in the middle of the ‘track' and the first roach to reach the edge wins.
#14 Bed Racing Competitions.
Bed racing is really picking up as a great way to raise money for charities. Also about the only time you'll ever wear a helmet in bed.
#15 Pattaya Crocodile Egg Eating Championship.
Yes, it sounds incredibly odd, gross, and all things bad but there is even more weird factor here. The contestants compete to eat 10 eggs the fastest, but marks are deducted for messy eaters.
#16 Air Guitar Championships.
That's right, people fly all over the world to compete at pretending to do something cool. They have no talent beyond what you were already born with, an awesome imagination.
#17 The Redneck Games.
I'm going to be honest, of all the competitions and championships I've listed, this is the one I'd want to go to. Shown, is redneck horseshoes. Not shown, is the hubcap hurl, armpit serenade, or the mud pit belly flop. If that doesn't sound like a fun day; you aren't living.
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