Yes, this really is the antidote to looking at Nostrildamus.
Posted on 05/28/2009 9:24:31 AM PDT by La Lydia
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- It was tense in Brian Peterkin-Vertanesian's Mount Pleasant living room Tuesday night. He had come so far and was so close. But he had known heartache in the past, and to rush things now could spell disaster. For four years, it has been Brian's dream to grow the world's longest eyebrow hair.
As Brian's friend and trainer Peter Mondale looked on, along with independent observers...Brian's wife used a pair of tweezers to spread a long, red eyebrow hair alongside a metal ruler sitting atop a wooden stool. Brian was kneeling, his forehead pressed against the stool, his hands clenched tightly around its legs.
It was Peter who had first heard about the record. A man named Frank Ames entered the Guinness record books in 2004 with his three-inch eyebrow hair. Peter was not capable of such a feat -- his eyebrows are disappointingly normal -- but surely his friend and one-time roommate was....Brian had normal eyebrows as a boy. They started to fill out in high school and exploded when he was in his 20s. Today, it looks as if two hamsters perch on his face. With his eyes on the record, and with Peter's unwavering support, Brian stopped trimming the crimson thatch....
Which brings us to Tuesday night. All of Brian's eyebrow hairs are long, but one is especially long, a hair above his left eye that he calls Wally. That's how he pronounces WLEH, or World's Longest Eyebrow Hair. He figured this impressive hair was in the neighborhood of six inches. It was long enough for him to chew on it, although he normally kept it tucked behind his left ear for safety.....
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Trainer????????
Yes, this really is the antidote to looking at Nostrildamus.
That picture matches the description of “two hamsters perched on his forehead.” There is a picture of the guy in this story at the link and he is a redhead. Bizarre.
“After looking at that picture of Waxman, I am forced to post the antidote:”
Your antidote needs an antidote. My eyes, my eyes.....
whyyyyyyyyyyyyyy????????????????
What about the GBWR for the navel that can hold the most lint?
Worry when you have furry ears and they're gray.
Some dream of time travel, or medical breakthroughs, or ending hunger, but others dream of record-breaking eyebrow hairs.
They need to swing by Scotland. On the train coming to Manchester I saw the biggest eyebrows ever!
Sometimes we all need a silly distraction — this is mine. It takes little real effort, sometimes a little extra care, and it gives amusement to many! You’ve all had a good laugh, no? My wife loves me (and encouraged my record attempt), and my coach browbeats me to strive for glory. Next, we need to raise the public’s respect and appreciation of browthletes (competetive eyebrow hair growers). :-D
Welcome to Free Republic. Thank you so much for providing my silly distraction for yesterday. I loved this story and admire your competitive spirit. At last, after all these years, the Post is beginning to cater to my taste in news: high-brow. :)
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