A beach ball that was dropped and bounced around on Elm Street in downtown Dallas on Sunday.
It was all part of Carnival Cruise Lines’ attempt to break a record for the world’s largest beach ball.
According to Guiness the ball needed to be at least 10 meters in diameter and had to be made of real beach ball material.
This post was written by bullets on October 29, 2008
Manuel Uribe, who hasn’t left his bed in six years, married his longtime girlfriend Claudia Solis on Sunday in northern Mexico.
Wearing a white silk shirt with a sheet wrapped around his legs, Mr Uribe smiled as Miss Solis, 38, walked down a flight of stairs wearing a strapless ivory dress, a tiara and hot-pink lipstick.
He later broke into tears as a notary declared the couple husband and wife in a civil ceremony attended by more than 400 guests. For the traditional first dance as newlyweds, the couple held hands and swayed to a romantic ballad.
In 2006, Mr Uribe weighed 87st 12lbs (560kg), earning him the Guinness World Record as the world’s heaviest man.
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This post was written by bullets on October 28, 2008
