Maybe Foolish Friday is more appropriate. There are plenty of competitions that make me scratch my head and wonder. Like shoving wieners and hot-dog buns that you've dunked in water in your mouth to see who can keep down the most after ten minutes. Or how about racing down a steep hill after a wheel of stinky cheese? As someone with acrophobia, you know what my thoughts are of speed-walking half a mile 80 feet in the air on a 1.5-inch-wide wire for a chance at $10,000.

I thought I had heard of it all until a friend and client told me about the deadly Sauna World Championship, where contestants sit in a sauna with temperatures higher than water's boiling point. I'm not a fan of sitting in a sauna, but apparently some people are willing to give their life for the chance at the title.

Have you heard of this before? Are there any competitions that make you question the sanity of the competitors?

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