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I was thinking don Bradman’s insane test average of 99 but then you said it hasn’t been widely practiced for fifty years. Is it Jesse Owens and the standing long jump

WHO IS THIS JESSE OWENS FELLOW YOU SPEAK OF, MR SKLANSKY ASSURED ME THAT I WOULD NOT KNOW WHO HE IS?!?!

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05-13-2008 , 04:21 PM

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I don't know the answer to the OP, but WikiAnswers says that the record for longest urination is 508 seconds, which I find very hard to believe.

8.5minutes of pissing hahaha

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05-13-2008 , 04:25 PM

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sklansk,

you're just making crap up

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05-13-2008 , 04:26 PM

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"David said that Babe Ruth, Walter Johnson, and Bob Beamon all had records that lasted nearly half a century, like our mystery man. We aren't trying to guess what these 3 people all had in common, since it was implied to be their fame"

It wasn't so much their specific records but rather the fact that if you put them in a time machine they would be at or near the top of the field if they emerged thirty years later. But this fellow would still probably be at THE top even now, fifty years later. At least in some aspects of the sport. And the specific record involves a very basic ability.

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05-13-2008 , 04:32 PM

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Not looking it up, is this some sort of underwater breathing record?

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05-13-2008 , 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by AJW

Is it Jesse Owens and the standing long jump

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And they are all famous. Why isn't this guy?

Owens is famous. I would say more so than Beamon.

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05-13-2008 , 04:42 PM

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Something tells me that when DS finally tells us the answer, we're going to be disappointed...then angry.

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05-13-2008 , 04:44 PM

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Something tells me that when DS finally tells us the answer, we're going to be disappointed...then angry.

I'll go find my old pitchfork. Who's got the torches?

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05-13-2008 , 04:45 PM

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This isn't, say, chess-related is it? I kind of think not from the description but I guess it could be.

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05-13-2008 , 04:46 PM

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Something tells me that when DS finally tells us the answer, we're going to be disappointed...then angry.

i get the feeling he's going to be the record holder to some obscure record loosely associated with sports. like waterboy for the cheerleaders to the badminton team

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05-13-2008 , 04:49 PM

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What's interesting is that if we followed the rules, we'd never get a definitive answer if Sklansky wanted to mess with us. Perhaps this is just some silly mind game of his.

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05-13-2008 , 04:50 PM

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grunching the thread, did suzzer post the pics yet?

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05-13-2008 , 04:51 PM

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What's interesting is that if we followed the rules, we'd never get a definitive answer if Sklansky wanted to mess with us. Perhaps this is just some silly mind game of his.

i assumed it finally just reached a point where nobody even cares about the answer any more and the thread is just used to flame

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05-13-2008 , 04:51 PM

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It's going to be some kind of track and field event that is no longer regularly competed.

For example, Martin Lauer set the record for the 200m hurdles with a time of 22.5 seconds in 1959. Obviously, the only reason the record has lasted this long is that today's athletes don't compete in the 200m hurdles anymore.

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05-13-2008 , 04:53 PM

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Do people still compete in the midget toss?

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05-13-2008 , 04:54 PM

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Did Yves hijack Sklansky's account?

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05-13-2008 , 04:58 PM

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Do people still compete in the midget toss?

The record is less than 50 years old, though.

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05-13-2008 , 04:59 PM

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there are all kinds of baseball pitching records from back in the day that will never be touched. Cy Young's wins, complete games, etc

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05-13-2008 , 05:05 PM

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there are all kinds of baseball pitching records from back in the day that will never be touched. Cy Young's wins, complete games, etc

He says that the "event" is not competed in as often these days, though...so it's got nothing to do with any of the major sports.

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05-13-2008 , 05:07 PM

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He says that the "event" is not competed in as often these days, though...so it's got nothing to do with any of the major sports.

Right, we should start here. Sports/events that were popular 50 years ago but not today. I sort of like the obselete Olympic category but from the sound of things its broader than that, ie a whole sport that's not played much, not just one event from a popular sport.

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05-13-2008 , 05:11 PM

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You are getting warmer. Except I will say again that no subsequent human was capable of beating this record. Especially without steroids.

Also I will say again that this isn't just some esoteric, unknown accomplishment. Many millions of people know about it. Tens of millions would recognize his name. I just am surprised its not more.

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05-13-2008 , 05:14 PM

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ill list some "very basic abilities" to help you guys

jumping
running
yelling
urinating
throwing
punching
breathing
eating
kicking
swallowing
seeing
standing
sitting
lying
sleeping

will add on