In the tradition of the Thumb Wrestling Championships, the World Rock Paper Scissor Tournament and the National Beer Pong Tournament, we have another contender for the most insignificant and socially irrelevant pseudo-challenge. Ladies and gentlemen, step right up- it’s the National Texting Championships.

I love a fun-spirited competitive romp of cult cultural activities. I’m a thumb wrestling champ and a beer pong aficionado. Many crucial decisions in my life have been decided by a rousing game of rock paper scissors. But I simply must put my foot down with this National Texting Championships. Read More »

Are you an obsessive texter? Is texting your #1 form of communication? You think you’ve got the texting skills to pay the bills?

If the answer is yes, then you’re in luck. But now, you’ve gotta prove it. Time to get serious here.

Geeksugar.com reports the National Texting Championship and its last round, the East Coast Finals, on Saturday, April 21st in New York City. If you have an LG phone and text like a madwoman, get in on this: the winner of the East Coast finals wins $15,000, and the winner of the entire Championship wins a total of $25,000! Just for texting! What is this world coming to?!?

During the competition, competitors will be divided into pools and given phrases to text. The winner of each pool (the first person with no errors in the text) will advance on against other pool winners, as the texting gets more difficult. That means, you gotta be ready for symbols, numbers, and letters being thrown at you from every direction. And, the biggest challenge of all - NO abbreviations are allowed.

So, register NOW, start practicing by obnoxiously sending your friends random, meaningless texts and run up those phone bills if you have to - it may actually pay off.

Gd Lck u ppl! TTYL