Rohit Timalsina, 25, a Nepali youth has made an entry into the Guinness Book of World Records, local newspaper The Kathmandu Post reported.
His claim to fame?
Holding international standard 21 lawn tennis balls on his palm for 14.32 seconds.
He shattered Frenchman Arnand Deschamp's record who had held 19 balls for 10 seconds.
Timalsina achieved the feat at Satdobato Lawn Tennis Court, in the south of Kathmandu, on June 14, 2008.
Guinness authorities contacted him a few days ago and though he has received the certificate, his name will appear in the hallowed book only in the 2010-11 edition, according to the report.
Personally I’ve always found the Guinness (and the Indian version Limca) pretty fascinating but definitely not stuff like this.
Quite frankly, this kind of ‘record’ is just plain crazy bullshit.
How can that be a feat and who really cares and most importantly WHY DO IT?
Is anyone gaining by that? Is any scientific theory being proven? (other than the fact that the guy is probably overcompensating with 21 balls for his own lack of 2)
Personally I’ve always found the Guinness (and the Indian version Limca) pretty fascinating but definitely not stuff like this.
Quite frankly, this kind of ‘record’ is just plain crazy bullshit.
How can that be a feat and who really cares and most importantly WHY DO IT?
Is anyone gaining by that? Is any scientific theory being proven? (other than the fact that the guy is probably overcompensating with 21 balls for his own lack of 2)
And for that matter is it even entertaining?
Would you pay to watch someone hold tennis balls in his palm?
Has entertainment really come to this?
But then again, when Rakhi Sawant fooling some ass to be her “to-be-husband” is considered as entertainment, this is pretty good actually.
Has entertainment really come to this?
But then again, when Rakhi Sawant fooling some ass to be her “to-be-husband” is considered as entertainment, this is pretty good actually.
Have a nice weekend.
Luv
Vish
I could not agree more....entertainment has now become almost like the next fix...even if it means selling crass stuff on reality tv- marriage (rakhi & her retinue), truth & lie detectors (saach ka samna) and now there is going be a show where married couples will be expected to take care of others infants- the idea i believe is to test whether the couples can deal with kids of their own later....gosh-imagine the plight of the infants- I witnessed a promo of the show the other day while flipping channels ; the infants were just bawling away....and the producers expect us to enjoy this spectacle and call it entertainment....outrageous!
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