Man Attempts World's Largest Ball Of Paint (1,300 POUNDS!)

[matcom]

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ALEXANDRIA, Ind. (AP) -- A man who's spent years applying layers of paint to a baseball that's grown to enormous proportions is hoping to have it declared the world's largest ball of paint.

For the past 27 years, Mike Carmichael has been painting a baseball that hangs in a shed behind his home. It now weighs 1,300 pounds, is more than 35 inches in diameter and has a 111-inch circumference due to more than 18,000 layers of paint.

On Saturday, Carmichael watched as a crew took a core sample from the green ball that's needed before it can earn a spot in the Guinness Book of Records.

In honor of Carmichael's work, Saturday was declared Ball of Paint Day in Alexandria, about 25 miles northeast of Indianapolis. It starting with a proclamation honoring Carmichael on the steps of City Hall, followed by a photo exhibit and ending with the core sample taken at Carmichael's home.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2004/03/15/man_attempts_worlds_largest_ball_of_paint/

[THUNDER HANDS]

1. well, now that steroids are out of baseball

I'm sure they'll ask this guy to make a few thousand more so Barry Bonds can keep chasin' Hank Aaron.

[GOPisEvil]

2. Life in small towns must get pretty boring...

...18,000 layers of paint? Good luck with the record Mike.