Indianapolis man paints his ball every day – for FORTY YEARS

[TykeClone]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/09/22/man_paints_ball_forty_years/

Some men are born great, some have greatness thrust upon them and others achieve greatness by painting a baseball every day for four decades until it weighs 5,000 pounds.

Mike Carmichael from Indianapolis embarked on the journey that would become his life's work when he first slapped a coat of blue paint on the ball in 1977.

 

[Acylum]

Not what I was expecting.

 

[CoKane]

I misread the title

 

[bringmagicback]

I don't know exactly what this man has done that is illegal but I know its something with those clowns on the wall. Arrest him.

 

[3TrueFans]

I don't know exactly what this man has done that is illegal but I know its something with those clowns on the wall. Arrest him.

In the middle of that paint ball isn't a baseball, it's a severed head.

 

[TXCyclones]

In the middle of that paint ball isn't a baseball, it's a severed head.

As long as it's the severed head of a clown I might be ok with that.

 

[kentkel]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/09/22/man_paints_ball_forty_years/

"Hmm...his face looks VERY familiar!"

 

[BoxsterCy]

Big ball is on a chain.

Whar Miley?

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

Does Guinness now just give out world records for anything? What is his for, the worlds dumbest hobby?

I saw a couple of weeks back some idiot in India decided to quit his job so he could concentrate on his training to break the world record for number of selfies in an hour.

 

[Cyclonick182]

I don't know exactly what this man has done that is illegal but I know its something with those clowns on the wall. Arrest him.

Clearly the clowns are to detract would be thieves from stealing his precious...

 

[CysRage]

Why doesn't he say it's a pumpkin? He would win the state fair every year.

 

[Wesley]

Is that Gary Busey's brother?

 

[NickTheGreat]

All puns and jokes aside thats kinda an interesting story. Kinda :twitcy:

 

[cyrocksmypants]

"Hmm...his face looks VERY familiar!"

First thing I thought when seeing the pic.

 

[cstrunk]

Definitely read balls.

 

[stateofmind]

Not what I was expecting.

I misread the title

Definitely read balls.

And yet you all still clicked.

 

[LindenCy]

And yet you all still clicked.

Honestly, I read "eye ball" at first.

 

[Cyclonick182]

And yet you all still clicked.

Maybe its some really cool new thing guys are doing that drives chicks wild?

 

[cstrunk]

And yet you all still clicked.

Maybe its some really cool new thing guys are doing that drives chicks wild?

Yeah, you just never know what you'll read about these days. I wouldn't want to miss out on something good, even if it ends up being something bad. I'll take that risk.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Does Guinness now just give out world records for anything? What is his for, the worlds dumbest hobby?

I saw a couple of weeks back some idiot in India decided to quit his job so he could concentrate on his training to break the world record for number of selfies in an hour.

He'll never do it. I'm pretty sure one of the Kardashians must have that locked down...