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Some of the record breakers look cracked
posted by
adventurer02
on July 4, 2015 at 12:12 AM
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You can tell whether people read things or not, Jack ...
based on clicks.
Don't you ever count them?
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 14, 2006 at 12:17 AM
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You're welcome, Prof.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 14, 2006 at 12:15 AM
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Thanks.
MPO.. Thank your very much for the list. I will go into it now.
regards.. Prof
posted by
PROF-SUMAKEL33
on March 14, 2006 at 12:14 AM
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mpo,
Weird proclivity? Oh no! I didn't think anyone read that, so I scratched it! Oh well, at least someone read it.
Now I started off with your other blog, then I came here to see if you gave me any backtalk, and now I'm lost.
Oh, btw, you don't have finite memory? Where does that stuff store? In the ethereal zone? I don't know what to say. I have to go back to your next post and gripe about the color of the letters and tell you what to do when the lights go out.
posted by
Jack_Flash
on March 14, 2006 at 12:11 AM
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Well, Prof, if you enjoy lists:
http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/LifeBlog/344423
http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/LifeBlog/347629
http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/LifeBlog/348084
http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/LifeBlog/352471
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 13, 2006 at 11:23 PM
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Very interesting.
Dear MPO, I like to read to things about ten top most. Before I usually buy a book of list just to for entertainment.
regards.. prof
posted by
PROF-SUMAKEL33
on March 13, 2006 at 11:16 PM
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Can't argue with that logic, MPO.
posted by
Captain_Gulliver
on March 13, 2006 at 10:25 PM
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All good points, Aaron ...
except for the ones that
weren't.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 13, 2006 at 10:17 PM
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Judging by these, Billy ...
apparently it still is.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 13, 2006 at 10:16 PM
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Among several drawbacks, Ben.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 13, 2006 at 10:15 PM
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In this case, Layla ...
the Guinness Book of World Records.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 13, 2006 at 10:14 PM
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Well, at least now, brettnik ...
you should have a very strong grasp of the concept.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 13, 2006 at 10:12 PM
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Thank you, abhilasha ...
I guess the strangeness is partly
the point. Although, of course, the primary point is the
pointlessness.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 13, 2006 at 10:11 PM
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587 digits of pi...not bad
How long did that take to memorize? More importantly, do you think you could recite them while someone else was saying random numbers near you?
Anyway, about the motivation thing. Many of the more outlandish guinness records come from India. In a country of over a billion people, some folks will do anything to try to gain some recognition in a search for significance. I am an endless font of knowledge, I know.
I would prefer that guinness stick to less obscure records, and maybe just throw in a few goofy ones for show. Also, they should do something about their beer. It's like drinking a loaf of whole-grain bread.
posted by
AaronB
on March 13, 2006 at 5:10 PM
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I wonder if nobody else cares if its still considered a record? Like the
eating watches thing? Hmmmm.
posted by
FreeManWalking
on March 13, 2006 at 1:09 PM
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Its a bad idea to ingest metal. One can't go through the high security scanners and detectors.
Congratulations, you've won in the Famous Face.
(B)
posted by
A-and-B
on March 13, 2006 at 1:06 PM
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W O W...
Where DO you find this stuff????
Awesome...!!! :-)
~L~ xoxo
posted by
Anony_Miss
on March 13, 2006 at 12:47 PM
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wow--and I thought I knew the meaning of pointless
posted by
brettnik
on March 13, 2006 at 12:18 PM
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hiiii
these are really strange ones..but made a good read..
posted by
abhilasha
on March 13, 2006 at 11:07 AM
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It's cool, shypettite ...
I wish I could have done the whole thing for you, but it's kinda long.
Hopefully, someone else will volunteer to chip in.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 13, 2006 at 9:42 AM
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"Other" and " ready" - I made mistakes
posted by
shypettite
on March 13, 2006 at 9:33 AM
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Do people everything
to get pther attention? Yaaak!
P.S. One more time Thanks for correcting me. You was only one, till now, but I hoping, I will have entire text readt till his Birthday. I am still waiting. Will it be onother record???
posted by
shypettite
on March 13, 2006 at 9:31 AM
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I like to send "mixed messages".
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 13, 2006 at 9:11 AM
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What, MPO? You don't believe I just pecked it out from sheer memory?
Weren't you just telling Jack about not acecpting a "finite memory?"
posted by
Captain_Gulliver
on March 13, 2006 at 9:04 AM
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Did you find that on the internet, Gulliver?
Btw, Darren Aronofsky's movie "Pi" is pretty good. Kinda strange, though.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 13, 2006 at 9:00 AM
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M.P.O.
euuuuuu
posted by
Nanaroo
on March 13, 2006 at 8:59 AM
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Possibly, Nanaroo ...
you know, it's amazing what some people are willing to put in their mouths.
I remember one time, at a carnival, seeing a guy swallow a lightbulb.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 13, 2006 at 8:58 AM
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PS...I could to to a million digits if you would like...
But I thought I would save MPO's space
posted by
Captain_Gulliver
on March 13, 2006 at 8:55 AM
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M.P.O.
does that mean that Kim Do always knows what time it is?
posted by
Nanaroo
on March 13, 2006 at 8:54 AM
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Aaron: Pi...at least for 587 digits...and I'm not even autistic.
3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679
8214808651328230664709384460955058223172535940812848111745028410270193852110555964462294895493038196
4428810975665933446128475648233786783165271201909145648566923460348610454326648213393607260249141273
724587006606315588174881520920962829254091715364367892590360011330530548820466521384146951941511609...
Does that count?
posted by
Captain_Gulliver
on March 13, 2006 at 8:53 AM
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Thank you, Doctor ...
I suppose the motivation is simply the Warholian pursuit of his or her "15 minutes of fame".
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 13, 2006 at 8:51 AM
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Original, I wonder how long it took to confirm the accuracy of the "one" to "one million".
That list probably required another decade just to "proof read".
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 13, 2006 at 8:49 AM
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Quote:
''If you want to be smart, don't waste memory space on dumb stuff,''
That's assuming you only have a finite amount of mental space.
As I've reiterated countless times, I prefer having as wide a pool of knowledge to draw from as possible. This way, at the very least, I will always have something to contribute to every conversation.
I guess, maybe, it's just a weird proclivity of mine.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 13, 2006 at 8:44 AM
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Pointless is an Adequate Description
It is a mystery to me after courses on human behavior to understand what motivates people to achieve certain records. What is the actual benefit? Good post!
posted by
Dr_JPT
on March 13, 2006 at 5:31 AM
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World records always seem so silly to me, but then so do many things.
posted by
Original_Influence
on March 13, 2006 at 4:42 AM
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mpo,
The book of world records has too much trivia in it. I don't remember all of the stuff in your blog because I have a trivia filter that I have maintained for years. If you waste memory cells on trivia, you don't have enough left over for important stuff. ''If you want to be smart, don't waste memory space on dumb stuff,'' is my motto.
The maggot bath is particularly dumb. Maggots could be called flesh-eating parasites, but they are actually fly larvae. The only flesh that they are interested in devouring is dead and decaying. They won't eat healthy flesh, and are therefore perfectly safe to bath in. As a matter of fact, there is a variety of larvae that are actually implanted in human flesh for treatment of injuries that cause necrosis of tissue. They devour dead tissue, thus preventing gangrene. They are actually ''health bugs.''
I often refer to the Guinness book of world records as the ''Dumbbell Yellow Pages.'' 
posted by
Jack_Flash
on March 13, 2006 at 12:36 AM
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Kinda like "Rain Man", I guess.
I wonder if that guy wrote non-stop for 16 years? It would be awesome if, in all that time, he never left his desk once. And, like, someone else had to come in and "change" him, several times a day.
Also, some of the records don't even make any sense. Or, at least, leave many unanswered questions.
For instance, why only an orange? How come there is no record for pushing a grapefruit? Or, even, a kiwi?
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 12, 2006 at 9:58 PM
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Patience
Wasting a few days is nothing, but I don't understand the poor schmuck who typed out one to one million. Didn't he realize after the first few hundred that this is going nowhere fast? I really suspect he has some kind of mental condition.
More random trivia: there are some people (autistic, I believe) who memorize 50 000 plus digits of pi. I just multiply by 3 and then add a little.
posted by
AaronB
on March 12, 2006 at 9:36 PM
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I suppose that's one way to look at it, Straightforward ...
although, I would argue that even
reading about some of these "achievements" is a waste of time.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 12, 2006 at 6:52 PM
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Guiness records - pointful or pointless?
I have two opinions about the pointfulness or pointlessness of these Guiness records.
For one, I tend to agree with the comment of Captain Gulliver that we are digressing or shall we say deteriorating as a civilisation that we try to make records of various silly things.
But on the other hand I think that maybe if there are people willing to create these records, then there is a break that the average person gets from their daily routine watching or reading about these things which are out of the humdrum of life.
posted by
Straightforward
on March 12, 2006 at 6:27 PM
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Cool ...
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 12, 2006 at 6:11 PM
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Their roads to fame are paved with danger and trash. Lol.
Congrats! You've done well in the quizzes. Here are 6 clicks to your credit.
(B)
posted by
A-and-B
on March 12, 2006 at 5:31 PM
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I'm sure you have plenty of company, Gulliver.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 12, 2006 at 2:45 PM
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Yes, food4thought ...
and, to think, my mother says
blogging is a waste of time!
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 12, 2006 at 2:43 PM
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MPO: PG-13 funny...considering my last post on Aliduke's Tower.
*blush. Kinda makes me feel like the sleezy guy at the bar tonight.
posted by
Captain_Gulliver
on March 12, 2006 at 2:34 PM
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So know we know...
What non-bloggers do with their time.
posted by
food4thought
on March 12, 2006 at 2:20 PM
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One thing that surprised me, Gulliver ...
was how few really vulgar, dirty or disgusting records are contained in the book. Since, needless to say, those are what I sought out first.
I guess the Guinness people want to keep it "PG-13".
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 12, 2006 at 2:08 PM
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Hummm, my son picks his nose...
I wonder if I should apply him for the most buggers consumed in a day. LOL...he'll never forgive me by the time he reaches adolescence.
posted by
Captain_Gulliver
on March 12, 2006 at 2:02 PM
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Another good point ...
(well, sort of).
Quite frankly, Gubby, I don't believe that "record" for a second. I suspect he just eats that stuff for "show". I mean, it's not like the Guinness people can monitor every meal.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 12, 2006 at 2:01 PM
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That's an excellent point, Gulliver ...
I wonder how a person even first conceives of attaining such a record. I mean, what's the thought process?
Assuming, of course, there is one.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 12, 2006 at 1:57 PM
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Glass and metal shards.. right. I wonder what the "carb content" of that diet is..
He probably nourished himself on the blood and stuff which seeped through the tears in his gut...
posted by
Gubby
on March 12, 2006 at 1:56 PM
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MPO: After a post like that...
you realize what an utterly pathetic state our civilization has digressed to. 4,000 years ago, we set ourselves to building Pyramids. 3,000 years ago we constructed a Great Wall over half a continent. Now...we push oranges with our noses.
Hummm...
posted by
Captain_Gulliver
on March 12, 2006 at 1:47 PM
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That's the curious thing about fame, I suppose ...
you can "earn" it, without ever doing anything even remotely significant.
Which I see as a good thing, actually.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 12, 2006 at 1:24 PM
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Thay have gained fame for their body endurance if nothing else was accomplished. Lol.
(B)
posted by
A-and-B
on March 12, 2006 at 1:11 PM
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