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N.Y. Man in Record Book for Eyebrow Hair
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| 8/23/05
Posted on 08/23/2005 5:17:18 PM PDT by martin_fierro
N.Y. Man in Record Book for Eyebrow Hair
1 hour, 27 minutes ago
SARANAC, N.Y. - A 43-year-old North Country man has made the Guinness Book of World Records in a new entry for the longest eyebrow hair.
Frank Ames of Saranac in Clinton County measured in at 3.078 inches, or about 7.8 centimeters.
"I don't know why it grows like that; it just always has," Ames told the Press-Republican of Plattsburgh.
Ames's journey toward notoriety began almost two years ago when a co-worker at Bombardier Corp. noticed the bushy brow and suggested he try for a record. Ames then decided to go for it, but discovered that no such category existed. So, he made a phone call to Guinness and was sent a bunch of forms to fill out and rules for officially getting recognized.
Ken Joy, a machinist and measuring expert at Bombardier, measured the hair in February 2004 with Plattsburgh Mayor Daniel Stewart and the city's entire Common Council standing by as witnesses.
Now, Ames is on page 24 of the 2006 edition, in the "Body Parts" section.
"It's crazy how much people want to know about this," Ames said Tuesday. "I've been on radio shows all day. I could build children's hospitals all across the world, and this is what I would still be known for."
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To: 3rdcanyon; 75thOVI; albee; Amityschild; andie74; Andy'smom; annyokie; Augustus McCrae; Babu; ...
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
08/23/2005 5:18:39 PM PDT
by
RDTF
To: martin_fierro
I'd ask for a photo if I weren't afraid you'd post it...
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posted on
08/23/2005 5:18:40 PM PDT
by
decal
("The Republic was not established by cowards, and cowards will not preserve it")
To: decal
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa....TOO LATE!!
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posted on
08/23/2005 5:19:02 PM PDT
by
decal
("The Republic was not established by cowards, and cowards will not preserve it")
To: martin_fierro
For the curious:
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posted on
08/23/2005 5:19:38 PM PDT
by
DouglasKC
To: martin_fierro
I actually have a "stray hair" in the same area myself. Never got THAT long though.
Please, Guiness, DO NOT start a category for longest nose hair.
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posted on
08/23/2005 5:19:57 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Proud "Free Traitor" & Capitalist Pig)
To: Clemenza
I actually have a "stray hair" in the same area myself. Never got THAT long though. The article grabbed me because two days ago my wife plucked a hair from my eyebrow that was well over an inch long.
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posted on
08/23/2005 5:21:09 PM PDT
by
DouglasKC
To: Paul Atreides
Thufir Hawat was deeply saddened.
To: martin_fierro
Rooney must have not entered this year's competition.....
To: martin_fierro
If this guy has a 3" eyebrow at age 43 I can only imagine how long they will be when he is 73.
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posted on
08/23/2005 5:28:45 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: JoeSixPack; blackie; pt17; BraveMan; Tijeras_Slim; Jersey Republican Biker Chick
True story: I knew my eyebrows were due for a trim when the wind kept blowing them into my eyes when I rode my motorcycle.
Wonder how this guy gets by (or if he merely owns a motorcycle shirt).
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
08/23/2005 5:32:50 PM PDT
by
RikaStrom
(The number one rule of the Kama Sutra is that you both be on the same page.../Exeter 051705)
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
08/23/2005 5:32:53 PM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
(What's the use of happiness? It can't buy you money. ~Henny Youngman)
To: Clemenza
I actually have a "stray hair" in the same area myself. Never got THAT long though.
Wifey cuts my hair, and always wraps up the procedure with trimming those little strays...and I always give her the same warning:
"Don't Gephardt me, dear!"
To: martin_fierro
The guy in the background didn't bother competing...
To: martin_fierro
I'm not impressed. Any idiot can grow eyebrows.
Everybody knows that ear hair is the true mark of accomplishment.
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posted on
08/23/2005 5:39:30 PM PDT
by
Maceman
(Pro Se Defendant from Hell)
To: Ditter; mhking
Isn't it a sin that eyebrows, noses and ears continue to grow... and everything of importance .... shrinks...
Just Damn....
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posted on
08/23/2005 5:40:31 PM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
(What's the use of happiness? It can't buy you money. ~Henny Youngman)
Comment #19 Removed by Moderator
To: martin_fierro
Notice that the certificate indicates "to have achieved a length...." Is that really an "achievement"?!
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posted on
08/23/2005 5:46:08 PM PDT
by
jdm
(The answer to the extra credit question on a Columbia U exam is always choice C: "Bush's Fault.")
To: Maceman
To: ErnBatavia; Clemenza
I've found these to work very well for trimming eyebrows:
To: martin_fierro
No kidding. There's actually an AWARD for bad grooming habits?
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posted on
08/23/2005 5:50:32 PM PDT
by
andie74
("No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent." -- John Jay)
To: Dashing Dasher
If you are talking about men, yes the shinking is sad. But women are different, important stuff gets bigger and bigger and bigger......
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posted on
08/23/2005 5:51:09 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: Dashing Dasher; Ditter; Delmont; SortaBichy
Isn't it a sin that eyebrows, noses and ears continue to grow... and everything of importance .... shrinks...
Now I'm starting to understand what "The Frau" (Teutonic woman I worked with) meant when she'd say that with older guys, "The bells are longer than the rope"...
To: ErnBatavia
LOLOLOLOL!!!
I'll be using that little ditty!
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posted on
08/23/2005 6:12:22 PM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
(What's the use of happiness? It can't buy you money. ~Henny Youngman)
To: Maceman
So groooooooooooooooooooooooooosssssssss!!!! LOL
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posted on
08/24/2005 1:09:14 AM PDT
by
codyjacksmom
(I've gone out to find myself... if I get back before I return, please keep me here!!!)
To: martin_fierro
Sorry, long and strangely located body hair just doesn't do it for me! LOL
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posted on
08/24/2005 1:10:53 AM PDT
by
codyjacksmom
(I've gone out to find myself... if I get back before I return, please keep me here!!!)
To: martin_fierro
Wonder how this guy gets by (or if he merely owns a motorcycle shirt).If he merely owned the motorcycle shirt, it would most likely be an OCC or West Coast Choppers shirt.
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posted on
08/24/2005 5:12:27 AM PDT
by
ctlpdad
(Liberals - weeds in the lawn of society.)
To: ErnBatavia
I wonder if you gave that German lady enough rope, would she hang herself?
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posted on
08/24/2005 7:38:55 AM PDT
by
Delmont
(Zuwarah-Love of my life, Velveeta)
To: martin_fierro
Some people have all the fun. ;)
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posted on
08/24/2005 9:02:05 AM PDT
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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