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What is the point really?

By Rajesh Setty on Mon 26 Mar 2007, 11:16 PM - 3 Comments

When I was a kid, I loved to read Guinness Book of World Records. It was fun. I was looking at the website today and could not believe some of the things I read.

Here are three examples:

1. Radhakant Bajpai has the longest ear hair

2. Elaine Davidson of Scotland is the most pierced woman. She had a record breaking total of 720 piercings.

3. Lee Redmond has the longest fingernails. She hasn’t cut her nails since 1979.

There are hundreds of such records broken. And the point is….

Sorry I am drawing a blank here.

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Anonymous on March 28th, 2007

The point is entertainment. The problem is, your too old. My kids love the Guinness Book of World Records. I , like you, don’t get it. I do remember reading it as a kid.

Anonymous on March 29th, 2007

The point is… i think “something different” “somthing unique” “make some sort of record in life” etc. There was a TV show when I was in Bangalore during my school days. It was fun and exciting to watch. We used to memorize some of those records for quiz contests in schools.

Anonymous on March 30th, 2007

Thank you both for the comments.
Here is my problem with this. Let’s take an example. There is only one record holder who has the longest ear hair. Can you imagine the number of people trying to beat that record and growing ear hairs?
Apply this to any of the “meaningless” records and may be you will agree with me that there is so much of “wasted” talent trying to chase some of these things.
My $.02 of course.
Best,
Raj