"There's competive eating, why not competitive burping?"

1 Aug

The other day I was thinking about things I’m good at.  Honestly, the list isn’t all that lengthy.  One thing that did come to mind was belching, or to most people, burping.  That’s right, I am really good at burping.  I have the natural talent to pretty much burp at will, just by taking a moment to breathe in some air.  I can’t really explain how this is done, but whether you want loud burps, long ones, or to hear the a-b-c’s in burp-language, I can pretty much do it all.

I wondered — are there any legitimate burping competitions out there?  I did some minimal Googling, and while that yielded some notable results, I didn’t come across anything that seemed particularly legit.

In a world where we have sanctioned eating competitions that are recognized in the mainstream world, I don’t understand why there are no burping competitions.   In my opinion, watching/listening to burping is no more disgusting than watching a person consume absurd amounts of food in a rapid fashion.  In fact, one could make the argument that visually, watching someone pig-out is even more unappealing than the whole burping thing.

Perhaps it’s the fact that eating competitions are scored in a cumulative way — the person who eats the most hot dogs in the allotted time wins.  It’s cut and dry.  A burping competition might require some judging.  But whatever, figure skating and gymnastics are judging-based sports/competitions, too.  So, I don’t buy that thought-process.

I just think people are hypocritical morons.  If some mofo eats 60 hot dogs in ten minutes, he’s worthy of our admiration — but if afterward during the press conference, he belches, well, now he’s a disgusting lowlife.

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