SECTION 11

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/defaul...8-3-2003_pg9_16

A Welshman spent five years creating the world’s biggest rubber band ball - then dropped it out of a plane to see if it would bounce. Tony Evans, 54, from Swansea, dropped the one-tonne record-breaking ball from a mile up over Arizona. It took 20 seconds to hit the ground and created a 4ft wide crater and a 20ft cloud of dust - but did not bounce. The ball collapsed on impact and the remains stayed firmly in the bottom of the crater, reports the Daily Record. Mr Evans, who earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records with his ball, said: “It was my pride and joy.

“People were always asking me what would happened if the ball was dropped from a great height. Would it bounce or explode? No one knew. “I’d have loved to see it bounce up into the sky. But it was an incredible sight.”

A TV show paid for the ball to be dropped out of a plane above the Mojave Desert and a skydiving cameraman filmed its descent. —Ananova


What a jackass.

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Brian in Mesa

Would have served him right if the ball had bounced...really well...and taken down the plane.

Wow - what a waste of 5 years!

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SweetD

That was the last true symbol of AZ

Ryanwb

The sad fact is, that rubberband ball did more damage to United States' soil that the Iraqi Airforce did during the war.

Dback Jon

SSSSHHHH - don't let the terrorist know - they will start collecting rubber bands.....

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Mike Olbinski

And then we'll have to vote in new resolutions to the UN...a ban on WORD weapons....Weapons of Rubber Destruction, lol....

Mike

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DbaxJ

We do that and look out.. the worlds population will triple in a matter of a few short years...