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."
LOL
No kidding. There's actually an AWARD for bad grooming habits?
If you are talking about men, yes the shinking is sad. But women are different, important stuff gets bigger and bigger and bigger......
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"...
LOLOLOLOL!!!
I'll be using that little ditty!
So groooooooooooooooooooooooooosssssssss!!!! LOL
Sorry, long and strangely located body hair just doesn't do it for me! LOL
If he merely owned the motorcycle shirt, it would most likely be an OCC or West Coast Choppers shirt.
I wonder if you gave that German lady enough rope, would she hang herself?
Some people have all the fun. ;)
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