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[From BBC[^]
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, India ranks third behind the USA and the UK in the number of records claimed each year. But this leaves out the large number of often bizarre and obscure record claims that never make it to the Guinness Book, but that are compiled in similar local compendiums such as the Limca Book of Records and the India Book of Records.
The records include:
- the longest garland made of cakes of cattle dung (2 km)
- performing yoga on horseback (10 hours)
- lighting electric bulbs by passing a wire through one's nose and out of one's mouth (30 sixty-watt bulbs)
In 2007, a 15-year-old boy, under the watchful eye of his doctor parents, performed a caesarean section in a hospital in Tamil Nadu, in an attempt to be recognised as the world's youngest surgeon. Unsurprisingly, the police and the medical authorities took a dim view of this particular attempt on a world record.
/ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: Unsurprisingly, the police and the medical authorities took a dim view of this particular attempt on a world record.
I'm pretty damn sure the mother wouldn't be that impressed either... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I like it.
Medical care provided by teenagers.
Keeps them out of trouble.
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: In 2007, a 15-year-old boy, under the watchful eye of his doctor parents, performed a caesarean section in a hospital in Tamil Nadu, in an attempt to be recognised as the world's youngest surgeon. Unsurprisingly, the police and the medical authorities took a dim view of this particular attempt on a world record.
It's been 7 years, I'm curious what eventually happened. Were the boys idiot gene donors jailed for what they did? Normally I'd ask if their medical licenses were revoked too; but clearly that wouldn't stop them.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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It gets even more interesting. From this circa 2007 NYTimes report[^]:
"He [the father] said this was not the first surgery performed by his son and that he had been training him for the last three years. The state health secretary, V.K. Subburaj, said Thursday that the government would investigate. "We'll get the report and then we'll see whether there are any violations," he said. "Prima facie, it looks like there is a big violation."" No shyte.
From the same report:
"Indians have long had a special fascination with world records, and reports of unlikely feats are staples in the media. Last year, a 4-year-old boy, Budhia Singh, attempted to run a 70-kilometer, or 43-mile, marathon to earn a spot in a local record book. Doctors stopped him after 65 kilometers when he showed signs of extreme exhaustion."
I don't think I could run 7km, let alone 70. 
/ravi
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How to survive the climate-change apocalypse: Should I take my family (and could I eat them)?[^]
"If you can trust your family, take them, but perhaps make a contingency plan for which one you'll all eat first, and discuss it in secret with the others. (You might also make another plan about who'll be eaten second, and discuss this with whoever's left. If no one discusses eating anyone with you, distrust them all.) If your family includes any young children you are not prepared to eat then your chances of success are more or less zero, but you're probably accustomed to that feeling."
Actually I quite like the idea of thousands of sick bastards like this suddenly abandoning their homes and heading for the hills of Cumbria where they play a sick game of eat or be eaten.
It will reduce traffic and bring houses prices down a bit for us normal folk.
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I love some of the comments:
marmotte27
Note concerning living on hillsides: Beware of landslides.
TGondii
Trees that fall down in the middle of the woods land on other trees;
trees that fall down at the edge of woods fall down on you.
madmonty
Yes but if the tree falls in a wood when no one is there, does it make a noise?
and if it didn't who would give a sh!t, especially being under ten feet of water.
jllondon
A bear, I imagine. They have form for sh!tt!ng in the woods.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Erudite_Eric wrote: Actually I quite like the idea of thousands of sick bastards like this suddenly abandoning their homes and heading for the hills of Cumbria where they play a sick game of eat or be eaten.
but...if you are in the tube with one of them to Cumbria (or what ever) and she was pregnant would you give up your seat?
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Of course he would! Then he gets two to eat for the price of one! EOGOF 
(Eat One, Get One Free)
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Erudite_Eric wrote: make a contingency plan for which one you'll all eat first, and discuss it in secret with the others.
which one tastes best wrapped in bacon??
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Dennis E White wrote: which one tastes best wrapped in converted into bacon?
FTFY!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I used to think that it was necessary for me to intervene when stupid happens.
I'm glad to see that society pretty much takes care of it on its own.
Google Glass Wearers = Glassholes
See *snicker*[^]
Perfect.
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Hey... you there... yes i'm talking to you ... you ******* Glasshole! 
kinda luv that Sound 
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MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
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MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
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The electronics required to build a small device to hide behind the cistern of a toilet that says "OK Glass, Video on" when it detects movement would be fairly trivial and would probably put an end to this stupidity.
In fact, any pop song with "OK Glass" in the lyrics would work too.
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Everybody will be a Glasshopper soon.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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That information is Glassified
Hmm i wonder why its doing that......ARGHS NO STOP, ROLLBACK ROLLBACK...F*** That's how i learned to "Always Backup"!!
Dogs are man's best Friend,
Cats are man's adorable little serial killer
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Cannot be, it is already available in my school's Master Glass.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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So, they're more stupid than we had thought 
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On the contrary, they appear to be successful. They've been indexed by google in many places, good luck getting rid of all of that.
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harold aptroot wrote: On the contrary, they appear to be successful.
Stupidity and success are not necessarily mutually exclusive. We have a lot of living examples
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I'm not sure they that stupid after all.
What they want? Attention! They got it...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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They get paid by the Google result. The number in the search is an identifier for an individual being paid to post spam as much as possible. The more results returned, the higher their stack of cash.
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