He threads 39 strands through the head of a needle
The Guinness Book of World Records has recently added another unlikely tour de force. A Xinjiang man is claiming to make the world's thinnest noodles.
Thinner than a human hair if just one kilo of flour was made into a single extra long noodle, it would stretch over two-thousand kilometers. After winning official recognition by the London-based Guinness World Records Li Enhai demonstrated his noodle mastery in Urumqi. It took less than two minutes. Then to convince spectators, he threads 39 strands through the head of a needle.
Li is famed as "The Noodle King" in China. And this latest stunt has been a full 26 years in preparation.
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Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Sunday, April 1, 2007
10 COMMANDMENTS FOR THE ADULTS
Face and accept the reality of getting old, its consequences and the limitations which growing old brings. Act and behave your age.
Quit fooling yourself by trying to look like you were in your youth.
Focus on enjoying people, not on indulging in or accumulating material things.
Plan to spend whatever you have saved. You deserve to enjoy it and the few healthy years you have left. Travel if you can afford it. Don't leave anything for your children or loved ones to quarrel about. By leaving anything, you may even cause more trouble when you Are gone.
Live in the here and now, not in the yesterdays and tomorrows. It is only today that you can handle. Yesterday is gone, tomorrow may not even happen
Enjoy your grandchildren (if you are blessed with any) but don't be their full time baby sitter. You have no moral obligation to take care of them.
Don't have any guilt about refusing to baby sit anyone's kids, including your own grandkids. Your parental obligation is to your children.
After you have raised them into responsible adults, your duties of child-rearing and babysitting are finished.
Let your children raise their own off-springs.
Accept physical weakness, sickness and other physical pains. It is a part of the aging process. Enjoy whatever your health can allow.
Enjoy what you are and what you have right now. Stop working hard for what you do not have. If you do not have them, it's probably too late.
Just enjoy your life with your spouse, children, grandchildren and friends. People, who truly love you, love you for yourself,
not for what you have. Anyone who loves you for what you have will just give you misery.
Forgive and accept forgiveness. Forgive yourself and others. Enjoy peace of mind and peace of soul.
Befriend death. It's a natural part of the life cycle. Don't be afraid of it. Death is the beginning of a new and better life. So,
prepare yourself not for death but for a new life.
Quit fooling yourself by trying to look like you were in your youth.
Focus on enjoying people, not on indulging in or accumulating material things.
Plan to spend whatever you have saved. You deserve to enjoy it and the few healthy years you have left. Travel if you can afford it. Don't leave anything for your children or loved ones to quarrel about. By leaving anything, you may even cause more trouble when you Are gone.
Live in the here and now, not in the yesterdays and tomorrows. It is only today that you can handle. Yesterday is gone, tomorrow may not even happen
Enjoy your grandchildren (if you are blessed with any) but don't be their full time baby sitter. You have no moral obligation to take care of them.
Don't have any guilt about refusing to baby sit anyone's kids, including your own grandkids. Your parental obligation is to your children.
After you have raised them into responsible adults, your duties of child-rearing and babysitting are finished.
Let your children raise their own off-springs.
Accept physical weakness, sickness and other physical pains. It is a part of the aging process. Enjoy whatever your health can allow.
Enjoy what you are and what you have right now. Stop working hard for what you do not have. If you do not have them, it's probably too late.
Just enjoy your life with your spouse, children, grandchildren and friends. People, who truly love you, love you for yourself,
not for what you have. Anyone who loves you for what you have will just give you misery.
Forgive and accept forgiveness. Forgive yourself and others. Enjoy peace of mind and peace of soul.
Befriend death. It's a natural part of the life cycle. Don't be afraid of it. Death is the beginning of a new and better life. So,
prepare yourself not for death but for a new life.
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Interesting facts you learn when you have sons
1. A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq. ft. house 4 inches deep.
2. If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them w ith roller blades, they can ignite.
3. A 3-year old Boy's voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.
4. If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong enough to rotate a 42 pound Boy wearing Batman underwear and a Superman cape. It is strong enough, however, if tied to a paint can, to spread paint on all four walls of a 20x20 ft. room.
5. You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on. When using a ceiling fan as a bat, you have to throw the ball up a few times before you get a hit. A ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long way.
6. The glass in windows (even double-pane) doesn't stop a baseball hit by a ceiling fan.
7. When you hea r the toilet flush and the words "uh oh", it's already too late.
8. Brake fluid mixed with Clorox makes smoke, and lots of it.
9. A six-year old Boy can start a fire with a flint rock even though a 36- year old Man says they can only do it in the movies.
10. Certain Lego's will pass through the digestive tract of a 4- year old Boy.
11. Play dough and microwave should not be used in the same sentence.
12. Super glue is for ever.
13. No matter how much Jell-O you put in a swimming pool you still can't walk on water.
14. Pool filters do not like Jell-O.
15. VCR's do not eject "PB & J" sandwiches even though TV commercials show they do.
16. Garbage bags do not make good parachutes.
17. Marbles in gas tanks make lots of noise when driving.
18. You probably DO NOT want to know what that odor is.
19. Always look in the oven before you turn it on; plastic toys do not like ovens.
20. The fire department in Austin , TX has a 5-minute response time.
21. The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earthworms dizzy.
22. It will, however, make cats dizzy.
23. Cats throw up twice their body weight when dizzy.
24. 80% of Women will pass this on to almost all of their friends, with or without kids.
25. 80% of Men who read this will try mixing the Clorox and brake fluid.
2. If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them w ith roller blades, they can ignite.
3. A 3-year old Boy's voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.
4. If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong enough to rotate a 42 pound Boy wearing Batman underwear and a Superman cape. It is strong enough, however, if tied to a paint can, to spread paint on all four walls of a 20x20 ft. room.
5. You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on. When using a ceiling fan as a bat, you have to throw the ball up a few times before you get a hit. A ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long way.
6. The glass in windows (even double-pane) doesn't stop a baseball hit by a ceiling fan.
7. When you hea r the toilet flush and the words "uh oh", it's already too late.
8. Brake fluid mixed with Clorox makes smoke, and lots of it.
9. A six-year old Boy can start a fire with a flint rock even though a 36- year old Man says they can only do it in the movies.
10. Certain Lego's will pass through the digestive tract of a 4- year old Boy.
11. Play dough and microwave should not be used in the same sentence.
12. Super glue is for ever.
13. No matter how much Jell-O you put in a swimming pool you still can't walk on water.
14. Pool filters do not like Jell-O.
15. VCR's do not eject "PB & J" sandwiches even though TV commercials show they do.
16. Garbage bags do not make good parachutes.
17. Marbles in gas tanks make lots of noise when driving.
18. You probably DO NOT want to know what that odor is.
19. Always look in the oven before you turn it on; plastic toys do not like ovens.
20. The fire department in Austin , TX has a 5-minute response time.
21. The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earthworms dizzy.
22. It will, however, make cats dizzy.
23. Cats throw up twice their body weight when dizzy.
24. 80% of Women will pass this on to almost all of their friends, with or without kids.
25. 80% of Men who read this will try mixing the Clorox and brake fluid.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Face Sculptures
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Tiger Illusion
Monday, March 12, 2007
World's longest hot dog
The current world record holder for the world's longest hot dog, which was created at the Akasaka Prince Hotel in Tokyo, in 2006. The hot dog, certified by Guinness as the record holder, was 60.3m in length.
This photo, by Tim Lindenschmidt, shows the hot dog after it was assembled, but before it was cut into pieces and eaten.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Friday, February 2, 2007
Google Flight
Friday, January 26, 2007
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Day & Night at the same time in the same place
THIS PHOTO IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. BE SURE TO
READ THE TEXT BELOW TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING
OF WHAT YOU ARE VIEWING. IT IS HISTORIC TOO AS THIS
IS THE LAST MISSION FOR COLUMBIA .
The photograph attached was taken by the crew on board the Columbia
during its last mission, on a cloudless day.
The picture is of Europe and Africa when the sun is setting.
Half of the picture is in night. The bright dots you see are the cities' lights.
The top part of Africa is the Sahara Desert .
Note that the lights are already on in Holland , Paris , and Barcelona,
and that's it's still daylight in Dublin , London , Lisbon , and Madrid .
The sun is still shining on the Strait of Gibraltar . The Mediterranean Sea is
already in darkness.
In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean you can see the Azores Islands;
below them to the right are the Madeira Islands ; a bit below are the
Canary Islands; and further South, close to the farthest western point
of Africa , are the Cape Verde Islands.
Note that the Sahara is huge and can be seen clearly both during
day time and night time.
To the left, on top, is Greenland , totally frozen.
READ THE TEXT BELOW TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING
OF WHAT YOU ARE VIEWING. IT IS HISTORIC TOO AS THIS
IS THE LAST MISSION FOR COLUMBIA .
The photograph attached was taken by the crew on board the Columbia
during its last mission, on a cloudless day.
The picture is of Europe and Africa when the sun is setting.
Half of the picture is in night. The bright dots you see are the cities' lights.
The top part of Africa is the Sahara Desert .
Note that the lights are already on in Holland , Paris , and Barcelona,
and that's it's still daylight in Dublin , London , Lisbon , and Madrid .
The sun is still shining on the Strait of Gibraltar . The Mediterranean Sea is
already in darkness.
In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean you can see the Azores Islands;
below them to the right are the Madeira Islands ; a bit below are the
Canary Islands; and further South, close to the farthest western point
of Africa , are the Cape Verde Islands.
Note that the Sahara is huge and can be seen clearly both during
day time and night time.
To the left, on top, is Greenland , totally frozen.
Labels:
Amazing Stuffs,
Crazy,
Interesting Stuffs
Thursday, January 4, 2007
How Many Eggs can you hold?
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Willard Wigen - Microscopic Art
Willard Wigen - Microscopic Art
Willard is a resident of
Birmingham, England.
The show is in Manchester.
He has a learning disability (Dyslexia),
but has talented hands.
He makes the sculptures out of
dust particles, sugar crystals, etc.
Works only around midnight,
and can only do some of the work
between heartbeats.
Birmingham, England.
The show is in Manchester.
He has a learning disability (Dyslexia),
but has talented hands.
He makes the sculptures out of
dust particles, sugar crystals, etc.
Works only around midnight,
and can only do some of the work
between heartbeats.
The Statue of Liberty in the eye of a needle
Elvis on a pin head
Girl with balloon is standing on an eyelash
glued to the top of a needle.
glued to the top of a needle.
Snow White & The 7 Dwarfs in the eye of a needle
(Note the wicked witch on top)
(Note the wicked witch on top)
Visitors view exhibits through a microscope
The Thinker on the head of a pin
Peter Pan & Tinkerbell etc. on a small fishhook
The royal court in the eye of a needle
Labels:
Awesome,
Beautiful,
Cool Stuffs,
Interesting Stuffs
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Big Screen Television on your nose
Rube Goldberg Officeplace Contraption
A friend and I decided to spend a night A friend and I decided to spend a night at my workplace assembling a contraption using supplies from the supply room and my basement. We started at 11p.m. on 6/26/05, and finished around 5:30a.m. This is take eight. Six of the eight worked.
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Micheal Jackson GOD? (FUNNY)
Be careful how you explain
"who God is" to your children...
(A little boy walks up to his father and asks him a question.)
Boy: Dad, is God a man or a woman?
Father: Both, son, both.
(After a short while the boy comes back.)
Boy: Dad, is God black or white?
Father: (After thinking for a short while) Both, son, both.
(After another wait, the boy comes back again)
Boy: Dad, is Michael Jackson God?
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Shakira Shows Off Her Flexibility
Latin Singer Shakira apparently wants the whole world to know she is flexible. Funny how the last thing I'm thinking about while watching this video is how good she'd be at gymnastics.
Monday, October 23, 2006
Lonely Woman’s Best Companion
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Latest Condoms Design
Trippy Mirror Illusion
Funny Mathematics
ROMANCE MATHEMATICS
Smart man + smart woman = romance
Smart man + dumb woman = affair
Dumb man + smart woman = marriage
Dumb man + dumb woman = pregnancy
______________________________
OFFICE ARITHMETIC
Smart boss + smart employee = profit
Smart boss + dumb employee = production
Dumb boss + smart employee = promotion
Dumb boss + dumb employee = overtime
_____________________________
SHOPPING MATH
A man will pay $20 for a $10 item he needs.
A woman will pay $10 for a $20 item that she doesn't need.
_____________________________
GENERAL EQUATIONS & STATISTICS
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
_____________________________
HAPPINESS
To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little.
To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.
______________________________
LONGEVITY
Married men live longer than single men do, but married men are a lot more willing to die.
______________________________
PROPENSITY TO CHANGE
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does.
_____________________________
DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE
A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.
_____________________________
HOW TO STOP PEOPLE FROM BUGGING YOU ABOUT GETTING MARRIED
Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, "You're next." They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.
World's Most Expensive Tea Bag
The diamond teabag worth £7,500 has been made by Boodles jewellers to celebrate PG Tips 75th birthday.
The tea bag took three months to make has been hand-crafted using 280 diamonds.
Pete Harbour, spokesman for PG Tips said: "As it's our 75th birthday, we wanted to do something special to remind people just how much they love the great British cup of tea."
The tea bag will eventually be used as part of a prize draw to raise money for Manchester Children's Hospitals, a charity chosen by workers at the PG Tips factory in Trafford Park, Manchester.
Friday, October 20, 2006
Japanese Indoor Beach
Ocean Dome has its own flame-spitting volcano, crushed white marble sand, and it also boasts the world's largest retractable roof, providing a permanently blue sky. Temperature, wind and humidity are closely controlled to provide an ultra-safe sea-side experience.
Every hour, the volcano erupts and the hi-tech wave machines start up, starting a few minutes of sanitised surfing. Entrance costs US$50, which seems especially expensive given that there is a free, natural beach only 300 metres away.
Imagine a beach where the sky is always blue, it's never too hot or cold, the water isn't filled with salt and pollution, and the surf is always perfect. Welcome to Ocean Dome, the world's only indoor beach.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Money Spider Art
The spider requires five bills: four for the legs, and one to wrap the body.
Start by rolling up four of the bills into tight tubes (as explained here), then fold each one in half end-to-end.
Then fold the remaining bill exactly in half lengthwise three times.
Now you have the pieces.
Then fold the remaining bill exactly in half lengthwise three times.
Now you have the pieces.
Take each of the four leg tubes and drape them over the flat folded bill near the end. As shown, leave a little bit hanging out the end, as seen to the left in the picture.
This is a close-up of the four legs draped over the flat folded bill. While holding the leg ends tightly together, tightly wrap the flat bill around the whole thing one and a half times.
This picture shows the flat bill wrapping over and trapping the end poking out from the left on the picture above. Make sure that this wrap is very tight, that the legs are squeezed tightly together, or you won't be able to make the body stay together (described later).
This is a pretty good, tight wrap. If it doesn't look like this, don't continue. Work on it until it is solidly tight.
Making sure to hold the wrap tightly closed, turn the whole thing over in your hands. While squeezing the side tightly together, kink each of the legs outward, four on each side.
Fold a ninety degree turn into the flap over the end, and then fold the remainder down between the split legs. (Just look at the picture.)
After going between the legs (top of this picture), wrap the flap around the other end and around under.
Okay, this is a rotten picture, but... Take the remainder of the tab (bottom of previous picture, middle-to-right this picture), and tuck it between the legs and the outer wrap on the side that the outer wrap is only one deep.
If all has gone well up to now, the body will hold itself together based on the previous step. For each of the eight legs, bend back toward the body.
There are two keys to having it look nice and stay together
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