Shaq posed with a replica of the tallest man on record and the 7’1″ former basketball player actually looks average sized for once. How tall was Robert Wadlow? He stood at 8’11”, nearly 2 feet taller than Shaquille O’Neal, which is why he looks so little.
Whoever thought that anyone could make the giant personality look little, but that is exactly what the Guinness Book of World Records’ Tallest Man did, and I love it. Because if I were standing next to Shaq that is how I would look as compared to him. Nice for him to finally know what the rest of the world feels like when they pose for a photo with him.
BTW on a different note, is that something in his pocket or is that him? You know, I can’t stop staring at his crotch ever since I saw him tell Meredith Vieira last week that is true what they say about a man’s shoe size!
If you think your over zealous neighbor decorated their house with one too many Christmas lights, that ain’t nothing as compared to the Australian man who just entered the Guinness Book of World Records for his light display. David Richards strung 1,194,380 lights to make kids and kids at heart feel very happy this holiday season. The Australian father did this magnificent display to raise money for the charity SIDS and Kids ACT that helped him through a tough time back in 2002.
The good news for his neighbors is that he didn’t decorate his house (as in years past), but a mall. Back when he did his home he only used half as many lights. I think what he did is so much more spectacular with twice as many LEDs. Don’t you wish your mall would hire him to make it just as beautiful?
Colin Jones is in the Guinness Book of World Record for wearing the Most Neckties at Once. So how many was he wearing when he took the title on September 26th? He has 260 of them wrapped around his neck and his students were the ones who put them on him. The teacher has accumulated a lot of ties in his 30 year tenure and his students thought that he had enough to earn him a World Record. Well, his students are really smart because turns out he does.
So if you are wondering what to get him for Christmas? I think a tie clip would be nice, but a necktie would be nicer. This way he can he beat his own record if need be!
Han Yue entered the Guinness Book of World Records yesterday for the tightest parallel parking record with a car. On Friday, the Chinese Wheelman was able to park his Mini 3 Door Hatch 8 cm (3.15″) from the cars he parked between.
While watching him spin his way into that space was really cool, I would be more impressed to see him do that in Manhattan. Anyone who has parallel parked there knows you can squeeze your even closer to the other cars than 3.15″.
And I would be even more impressed if the person who got the title was a woman. Women, we need to show up these men and prove to them we can be more than YouTube jokes when we try to park. Ladies, who is with me?
Today in London, the Guinness Book of World Records‘ Tallest Living Man, Sultan Kösen who is 8’3″, met the man who is in that same book as the Shortest Living Man, Chandra Bahadur Dangi who’s 21.5″; and their meeting is of epic proportions. To see their height difference like that is quite incredible and fascinating. Doesn’t it just put a smile on your face?
