Posted on 01/25/2021 3:12:12 PM PST by nickcarraway
A pair of Idaho men broke a Guinness World Record when one used both hands to throw popcorn that the other caught in his mouth.
David Rush, who has broken more than 150 Guinness records to promote STEM education, teamed up with neighbor Jonathan Hannon to break the record for most popcorn thrown and then caught with the mouth in one minute (team of two).
Hannon, who is ambidextrous, threw popcorn with both hands and Rush caught the flying snacks in his mouth.
The men managed 54 catches in one minute, beating the previous record of 37, which was set in 2016 by Ashrita Furman and Bipin Larkin.
Rush said the most difficult part of the record was predicting where the lightweight popcorn would go when thrown. He said the stickiness of the popcorn also led to "a few errant throws."
Hmmm... almost as good as my dog’s popcorn catching skills.
He spits out each piece, looks like they simply are bouncing out most of the time.
I had a dog that can do twice that. Just shoot the popcorn as fast as you can and she could catch it.
Did I read that right? Someone finally caught Corn Pop?
... And people said he would never amount to anything.
How profound. When I appear before my Creator to account for my life, I’ll be sure to mention that.
If he’s concerned about STEM education then the record he needs to work on is record low number of H-1b visas.
File under: Things we become ‘experts’ at during quarantine.
I had a Rottweiler that could catch popcorn in complete darkness. I shut off the lights one night and she ate a large bowl of freshly popped corn in complete darkness. One piece at a time. Took about an hour.
Finally, news that really matters!
;-)
A dropped ball doesn’t count as a catch in football. It shouldn’t count as a catch in popcorn either.
Mayor Petey shore is talented.
Used to have a Racoon named Zorro. If We made popcorn We would have to make 2 bags, 1 for Us and 1 for Zorro. He would finish His bag and then come to try to get Ours. And scrambled eggs He would eat by the dozen, as fast as He could shovel them in His mouth. I miss Him...
I always wanted a racoon.
Well good for him.
We raised Him from a Baby, still hadn’t opened eyes yet. So We were the first ones He saw. I know that’s scary. He slept with Us wrapped in a towel and when bigger in Headboard. He went just about every place with Me like Homedepot and I’d get a basket and He would ride in it around the store. I’d roll the Suburban driver’s window down to about 2” like for a Drive In Tray to hook to and He would grab the big rectangular outside mirror at the top with front feet and the window with the rears and ride down the road at whatever speed with His mouth open like a Dog. People would do a triple take at Traffic Lights. He was a lot of fun. Had a 6’ diameter 2’ deep metal Cattle Tank made into a Hot Tub/Pool and He would be in it with or without Us. I had a 2 x 6 ramp for Him to go in and out with.
Then one day He decided that He would go live in the woods and He left.
And then came the Triplets next year from the same house that Zorro came from in Austin. We named them, Larry, Moe and Curly. More on them later.
I was gonna say there may be a place in Biden’s cabinet for a guy with this talent.
they legal in NC?
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