What would you do for $300 and a year's supply of sandwiches? Chug vast quantities of salad dressing... on camera? These guys would -- and did.
It was all for a competition hosted by a subway-style sandwich shop in Oregon . Called "Cheba Hut", it's primarily weed-themed, with sarnies boasting names like "The Shwag," "The Chronic" and "The White Widow". Of course.
It’s the same concept as American Idol — people battling it out to see who’s best. But in this case, if you lose, instead of getting a tongue-lashing from Simon Cowell, you get your nose broken or you get knocked unconscious. I mean, those guys have some serious stones. The mixed martial arts fighting takes incredible skill. Hell yeah, I like mixed martial arts — now you know.
It has taken nine years for America to recover from the shock of competitive air guitar. Now, as US Air Guitar enters its second decade, the story of competitive air guitar is no longer that it exists, but rather how each individual contender uniquely excels at his craft and how it advances the sport itself.
Saturday night twenty-two uniquely excellent competitors from across the country descended upon Chicago for a sold-out show at the historic Metro. From the hip streets of New York to the dusty pueblos bordering El Paso, TX; from the shores of San Diego to the heights of Denver, they came here to answer one question: who is the finest professional air guitarist in America, and who will represent the stars and stripes against two dozen other countries at the World Air Guitar Championships in Finland?
After our 10-week search across the country, America roaringly answered that question: NORDIC THUNDER (Justin Howard). Nordic Thunder was clad in presumably unwashable viking leather chain mail and smelled like six metal bands sharing an RV. After entering the compulsory round at the top of the heap, Nordic sealed the deal with his signature Power Slide, leaving two long tracks of blood wherever his bare knees took him.
Ever heard of The World Testicle Cooking Championship? It's Serbia's most popular testicle-cooking (and consuming) festival, now in its seventh year. Those crazy Serbs cook up and gobble down buckets of bulls' testicles, a chewy treat that allegedly brings virility and testosterone rushing back into your life.
But these precious animal organs aren't just boiled in a pot and piled into a bowl. Over in Serbia, testicle-cooking is a true art, as they're used in goulashes, moussakas, even pizzas -- and washed down with copious amounts of wine or beer. Keep reading for more pictures and video footage.
Come on down to the village of Ozrem, near Belgrade, and you can try some bull, boar, camel, ostrich and even kangaroo testicles. (What do you mean, no?)