Hubba Bubba

We all love to chew gum, and definitely bubblegum when we were young kids. We would go to the supermarket and beg mom, dad, or our older sister even for 50 cents so we could buy that pack of Bubble Yum gum. Then when you got it we would put 1 piece in our mouths or maybe 2 and begin chewing. At least I know that I did. Now, it was time to start blowing those bubbles. I can remember having contests with my brother to see who could blow the biggest bubble and now, I can't even remember who won most of the time.

Today though, people are very big on sugarless gum, even myself, and classic bubblegums like Bubble Yum and Bazooka are not as popular these days. I use to love the mini comic strips in Bazooka gum!

Anyways, I wanted to know who holds the record for blowing the biggest bubblegum bubble and found out that the record belongs to Susan Montgomery Williams. She made this record in 1994 and the bubble that she blew was 23 inches wide. Wow! I think I may start practicing again, thats one big bubble!

Dog Ears!

So recently I got a dog, a puggle, and he is just the cutest thing ever. I mean, yes, he is messy and everything, and he does things like goes to the bathroom where he is not suppose to and he chews on things that are not for him but he is totally loveable! He loves to play fetch and tug of war like most dogs and he loves to walked. One of the cutest things about him are his ears because they are so long and floppy like a beagle's ears. So with dogs on my brain and how cute my dog's ears are I wanted to find out what dog has the longest ears in the world.

Then I came across a dog who holds the record, in the Guinness World Records, for the longest ears on a dog. His dog's name is Tigger and he lives in Illinois. His ears measure 13.75 inches and 13.5 inches! That is so long! Break that down and you get a foot, give or take an inch. That is amazing and funny. There are such wacky records in the world.

It could be my preference, or the fact that I have just gone dog crazy since I have gotten a dog, but I think that dogs that have the long floppy ears are better looking. Just look at the picture for yourself!

Odd collection?

Okay, sometimes I hear things that are really silly. Especially when it comes to collections, so today I was looking for people who have the most of something in the world and I came across this woman who loves penguins and has a collection full of penguin stuff. Her name is Birgit Berends and she has a grand total of 2,520 penguin things. From little figurines to cute plush dolls, to posters. This woman from Germany has been collecting all of her penguin nic nacs from 1990. After I found that out it made me think of my own collections and as silly as it may seem I collect anything Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh! Yeah, I am no longer a child but that is what I like to do. I have plush dolls of Eeyore from Florida, figurines from happy meals, pez heads, magnets, pens and the list goes on. I started my own collection when I was about 10 and each yesr it grows even more.

I am sure that most people have collections but just don't own up to it. Dont be embarrassed if your collection is something out of the ordinary like that of Birgit Berends. I have a collection of a classic cartoon character. You may have a collection of old records or a collection of baseball cards. Other people are more unconventional and have collections of bubble gum wrappers or the gag bags that are on airplanes. Weird but true!

Hey, how did he do that?

Criss Angel, the new icon in the illusion world. A man with many tricks up his sleeve, and the one question that he leaves among his many fans is...how did he do that? I mean just recently this guy was on the Oprah Winfrey show doing random things, one of which was beating Houdini's record of how fast he could escape from a straight jacket while suspended upside down in the air. Well, of course, Angel did end up beating Houdini's record as well as doing other things on Oprah's talk show.

One of his other stunts, or tricks, or illusions, or whatever you want to call them was when he took a knife and faced it upright on a table. He then asked an audience member to come up to the stage and place the knife under 1 of 4 styrofoam cups as he turned away. When she was done he turned around and began to smash his hands down on the styrofoam cups and remarkably he did not stab his own hand! Lucky or supernatural?

One of the last stunts he did while on the Oprah show was telling Oprah herself to write a number down on a piece of paper and to show the audience what the number was that she chose. He had no clue what it was but from from her 'body languauge' he was able to figure out what number she chose! If this doesn't spark any interest maybe catch an episode of his show and see him walk on water, make people disappear an reappear, or rip up newspaper, put it all together in his hands and somehow the newspaper is in one piece again.

These things can't be possible right, right?

Don't Hold Your Breath

Some of you may remember from a couple of years ago, in 2006, a stunt man by the name of David Blaine attempted to break the record for who can hold their breath under water for the longest amount of time while freeing himself from chains that held him under water at the same time. The stunt took place right in Manhattan, at the Lincoln Center and attracted a lot of attention. It was a week long endurance challenge that aired on the ABC network. Blaine stayed in a glass sphere full of water for one week! Sadly for him, he missed the record by about 2 minutes but was grateful for the support that he recieved from his fans.

My take on the wole thing is that I am always amazed at what people push their bodies to do, or even how people survive bizarre accidents. Its amazing to think that someone actually held their breath for 8 minutes and 58 seconds, or even Blaine's record of 7 seven minutes - give or take a few seconds. He didn't reach his goal but he can always try again and continue to train.

The other side of me says though, that that is a dangerous task to try to tackle. From science, we all know that experts always say that it is not a healthy idea to hold your breath because it cuts off the circulation to your brain and can cause brain damage as well as damage your lungs! If I were David Blaine I would try to do something else amazing with my body instead of putting the health of my insides in danger.

Stretchy!

Ah ha ha ha! That is the first thing that I think of when I look at this picture. Then I say, well maybe this guy was obese, lost a lot of weight and now has really lose skin. Perhaps he was thinking of getting it removed but then changed his mind because he discovered that he would make the record for the man with the most stretchiest skin. The truth behind this man though is that he has a medical condition called Elhers-Danlos Syndrome. His name is Garry Turner, from England, and as of 1999 he holds the record for Stretchiet Skin. But his skin is not the only thing that is extra stetchy,so is the inside of his body. Turner's organs and everything else internal is susceptable to collapse along with the fact that his blood vessels can rupture at any time.

Now, I suppose first impressions are not everything because what I thought to be light hearted is really a life threatening condition. I would really hate to have to worry about hypermobility of my joints everyday. Now, hypermobility is when your joints move more than the average person, you have extended motion. Stuff like this has many side affects and can cause early deaths. Its cool to look at but I dont want parts of my body to be moving around in awkward positions, do you? On the other hand, Garry Turner seems to enjoy every moment of his 'talent'.

Smallest Waist On A Living Person

Ok, every now and then on TV, I'll see a special on record breakers. You know, the people across the globe setting odd and wacky records. It has always intrigued me how people do the most out of the ordinary and random things and draw so much attention to themselves, while fasinating others everywhere. For that reason I have decided to create this blog for the sole purpose of introducing some of the most fasinated record breaker holders in the world. The person that I will start with is the woman with the smallest waist in the world. Her name is Cathy Jung and as of 1999 she was crowned Smallest Waist On A Living Person. Her waist is only fifteen inches. Thats as wide as well, a jar of mayo or even a honeydew melon!

Now my first question was, how did that happen? It couldn't have been a natural thing...well its not! Cathy Jung has been wearing a corset for 24 hours a day, for the past 12 years! She takes the time out to lace up every day and says that she enjoys her life just like anyone else-with a 'normal' waist size. Looking at her though leaves me to ponder because well...its looks quite uncomfortable to say the least!