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Germans celebrate Snuff World Championships (it’s what Hitler would have wanted)

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Germans celebrate Snuff World Championships (it’s what Hitler would have wanted)

FOLLOWING news of Angela Merkel’s Hitler-like moustache, news of the 18th annual Snuff World Championships in Bavaria, Germany. The publicity shot is suggestive of times past, when Adolf Hitler made more snuff movies than you shake a big stick at.

The contest is not see which local can most look like a famous former local, rather to consume five grams of snuff in 60 seconds.

Says 2011 champion Christian Knauer Junior:

“It’s like being a football player, he also wouldn’t say after 90 minutes that his feet didn’t hurt and it was just a nice walk. Instead you have to get into it. The nasal mucosa suffers a bit, but that goes away after a few minutes, then it’s okay again.”

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Posted: 13th, July 2012 | In: Reviews | Comment