Comments on: Quixotic (for a) cause – Updated

By: John Szarko

John Szarko — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 23:54:50 +0000

I just wanted to say, that you should be very proud of all the things you're trying to accomplish. I wish ypu the best in all your future efforts in doing whatever it takes to get your point across.

If ever I attempt one of your records, I hope that you'll understand my cause behind it. Also, I know you'll probably just take the record right back.

Well, I hope you get this e-mail. If yoou'd like, please feel free to e-mail me back. It's always good to have someone to talk to.

Take care, and the best of luck with all your future plans. JOHN D. Szarko Sr.

By: Chai

Chai — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 21:42:53 +0000

OMG. Could you imagine dancing with him for 400 hours? Could YOU imagine dancing for 400 hours period? That’s amazing. Clearly a do-er not a talker.

By: cicatrix

cicatrix — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 20:38:07 +0000

does anyone else feel that Desis LOVE setting Guinness Records??

I don't know about setting records, Kumar, but I think they ARE oddly fascinated (from the post):

Who here knew Â“Live with Grouchy and YappyÂ” had a Guinness Record Breaker Week? Raise your hand, you uber-desi, you! Suddenly the ReegÂ’s yorkiepoo face looks an awful lot like that of my Tedious-Know-It-All-Uncle who wouldnÂ’t shut up about the girl who balanced a teacup on her nose for days, or the boy who barked for a week.

By: cicatrix

cicatrix — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 20:16:54 +0000

U r inciting the wrath of a billion mutineers…u realize that rite. !!

Don’t hate, appreciate!

By: arzan

arzan — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 20:03:44 +0000

Cicatrix

I like the one-liner at the end of the post...952 for 6.

U r inciting the wrath of a billion mutineers...u realize that rite. !!

By: Kumaran

Kumaran — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 19:29:08 +0000

Aah…memories: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/gwr5/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=45412

By: Kumar

Kumar — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 17:57:38 +0000

this is totally baseless and not rooted in any scientific survey, but does anyone else feel that Desis LOVE setting Guinness Records??

By: DesiDancer

DesiDancer — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:55:48 +0000

probably he had an itch or something that wrecked the motionless record?

One can do all sorts of things while standing on one leg I mean like eat, hop around, take a bath, etc.

By: subbudu

subbudu — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:45:25 +0000

surprisingly he can stand balancing on one foot longer (71 hours) than he can stand motionless…hmmm

By: Project 37

Project 37 — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 12:20:23 +0000

He’s got another stated purpose – going after the guy that’s broken the most Guinness Records:

http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/transcripts_090905_record.html

That guy’s reasons?

“[Ashrita Furman]…was Keith Furman, a nice Jewish boy from Queens…[who] read Siddhartha…which led him to Eastern philosophy, which led him to transcendental meditation…[and] Sri Chinmoy, an Indian holy man who teaches a particularly strenuous path to spiritual enlightenment.”

He feels that the universe has dictated this path for him:

” For me it was like a spiritual experience, because right at the moment that I broke the record I did 100,001 [pogo stick] jumps I was in Central Park and this peacock started like screaming at three o’clock in the morning, and like in Indian mythology that’s like a victory cry, kind of. It was like very kind of cosmic thing.