SPAIN HAS SIESTA COMPETITIONS??!!%#&@$#%??

People sleep a siesta on couches during the first Siesta Championship in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010. The participants of the siesta contest win points for the first person to fall asleep, the loudest snorer, best original sleeping position and best dressed sleeper. Doctors are present to check if the contestants are really asleep.

The contest was being run by the newly formed National Association of Friends of the Siesta and was sponsored by the Islazul shopping mall in Madrid's Carabanchel district. Each sleeper gets only one shot, and the top prize of euro1,000 ($1,400) goes to the person with the most points when the contest ends Oct. 23. [USA Today]

America, you're great and all but, I've met some one else...

America...I mean, U.S.A...can I call you U.S.A? Let me start off by saying that it's not you, it's me. We have had a lot of great times together. Having been founded on that whole 'life, liberty, pursuit of happiness' sha-bang, we've found plenty of commonalities.

I gave you some of the best years of my life - you really know how to treat a lady. I never traveled with anyone til I met you. Remember that cross country trip, when I got to be a part of you and all of your majesty? Mt. Rushmore fellas got it goin onnnnn.

You have your "no drinking til you're 21" thing. Like. It's great that you have standards. But we aren't getting any younger. You have your "work yourself to death" thing. Like. It's great that you have motivation, passion. But when we spent some time apart. That trip to Europe in 2007 broadened my horizons. Traveling to Chile was really...well, it was just really.


And you've always wanted me to do what's best for me. Be successful, capitalize on opportunity.


WELP. Those Spaniards drive a hard bargain. Siesta Competition?? I would dominate. Sign me up for effin citizenship. Sorry U.S...we're through. See you at Thanksgiving!

Here's to life! To liberty! and to siestas.