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"King of Spin" Breaks Record
An anonymous reader submitted a link to a CNN article where
you can read about some wacko that broke the
world record for
spinning. He spins in a 5 meter circle for hours on
end. He gets to be on CNN. It takes all types to make
the world go round.
I got it.
Where do I sign up for the international orchestra? I can kinda be in tune while singing in the car....
Hmm. You'd think the King of Spin would be someone in Microsoft's PR Department..
I'm going to get in the Guinness book by being the "King of Spew." I'll get monstro drunk and vomit for four hours straight.
That'll be cool.
(What a wacko.)
You use china at breakfast? Wow.
I saw a whirling dirvish on MTV's Oddville (or whatever is was called), and there was a whirling dirvish on there (I believe he was Egyptian). He had some decorations that looked nice when he spun. From what he said, he could outdo this guy easily. I think it was his job, too.
I got to see a "whirling dervish" show while I was in Egypt (the term is probably derogatory, btw), and I would be surprised if they had not already surpassed this Chinese man's feat. If you ever get to Egypt, check out such a show (just ask about the "spinning dancers").
... and go see a "spin doctor".
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There ya go...more crap for you NT-using, cigarette-smoking, Katz-reading, superbowl-watching, socially-inept losers!
ok,i don't mind the big block chevy approach but what about the fuel tank size,a big block guzzle a lot of gas for doing burnout,might limit his ability to do a record ??
Canadian AC
but then,the stang might take a good amount of gas too....
I got taught how to do spinning in a dance class once. My old dance teacher used to live in this weird comune full of dancers in Boulder in the 70's and they used to spin round for hours apparently.(Somehow I don't think this it that much of a record, if it is a record at all.
The trick is to keep your eyes focussed on the horizon and come to a (very) slow halt rather than a sudden stop - that way you never get dizzy and can keep it up for as long as you want. You have to imagine a string comming out of the top of your head to keep yourself upright and kinda shuffle round on your feet.
The best part of it, though, is that you completely zone out and lose all track of time. The first time I did it I thought I'd been spinnig for about 5 minutes when actually it was more like 50.
I stil do it sometimes, Its a great buzz and you end up in a completely different place. Just do it somewhere soft (like on your lawn) in case you fall over.
Paul M
"There are no innocent bystanders. What where they doing there in the first place"
William S Burroughs
get a mustang,rebuild the bottom end,add extrude honed head (Trick flow,SVO,etc....iron or allu,don't matter),take a stock intake,saw it,remove about 1 to 1 1/2 inch of runner lenght,weld and extrude hone it,coat the piston,the port and the combustion chamber with ceramic coating,you should have a good 400hp motor then (if built right),take a big big fuel cell,add it in your stang and then,you should be able to spin for hours on end,you're advised to make modification to the suspension (so it's drivable).
Canadian AC
Wait, here's an idea! Take the Mustang, bounce it off a few trees (and maybe a minivan) so it'll handle better, donate to an unsuspecting relative, and then grab a GM F-body, drop in a big block (and maybe some blowers to add some treble), get some 15" wide tires on the back, and spin until you puke.
Ought to be be good for five or six world records, depending on how long the process takes.
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,if you want a no compromise car,get a ferrari,the stang suspension system (and i really mean a system as poor as it is) work beautifully for the budget they sinked in it,a Vette does have a better suspension but last time i checked,it was also more expensive (due to the increased development time and $$$$).
a mustang is a fast car for a certain budget compromise
Canadian AC
Modify the suspension so that it's drivable??? I thought that was the general rule for *all* mustangs... Of course decades later they've realized the, horse and carrage, solid rear axle *may* not be the best... Maybe there is hope.. :)
Even CNN shouldn't do storie like this.
How about a contest to see how much sperm you can produce? I'd enter that one. Hell, I've got tons of sperm just sittin around doing nothing!
-A.P.
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Any know references regarding his MTBF and data transfer rate ?
got dizzy just reading this one...
what a jackass. then again, being on cnn is not such an honor. most of their "political analysists" couldn't count their balls twice and get the same number (well, the male ones).
Is this subject matter more relevant than JK's postings? Is StarTrek info? If not, where are the hundreds of heated "Not 'News for Nerds'" responses?
At least be consistent with your prejudices, people!
Makes me want to blow chunks just thinking about it. retch!
"shop smart:shop s-mart" ash
How many revolutions per minute do you have to do to be considered "spinning"? I do one slow one every day for the last 20 years - does that count?
The next Cmdr Taco duplicate will be ready soon, but subscribers can beat the rush and see it early!
Either that or the little kids will start spinning to their little hearts content.. and vanish .. :-( and they will end up on the cereal boxes and milk cartons. WAH! :-( ... either that or they'll just get sick.
A have a feeling that the "King of Spin" already set the "King of Spew" record shortly thereafter. :)
Okay. Maybe not.
Hey, Ive always been a great spinner, I would like to try to beat his record! Anybody know where I should start?
Elijah Chancey www.elijahsadventure.com nomadic IT consultant, bicycling across america "all that you touch / and all
- A.P.
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Carville is a crackerjack, leave hime alone.
So where would a person with great talents such as this work?
Microsoft!
yes it is fantastic , what the open source movement can do for a washed up journo. You too can read his fabulous account of installing Linux and giving up , falling the pit of despair as he is a clueless b**t**d , and yet is embraced by some people run this site .Men are from mars women from venus, JKatz is from Uranus
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Does he do this for a living? How do people like this live with themselves?
The Nitro :)
-Master Switch, one more element in the machine
soon little kids everywhere will want to be this guy, and he'll wind up on a box of cereal in china.
-A.P.
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"One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad
"Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"
...and here I was thinking that Clinton was The King of Spin [tm].
oh wow....now if i was to break the world record, i'd REALLY not have a life.....but that is a really cute story.