I ran across this photo while browsing Drudge over lunch and was frozen mid mouse click. I would have thought it was some sort of Photoshop contest, but I recognized the big guy instantly.It's Bao Xishun, the tallest man in the world! What is that crazy behemoth of a Mongolian sheep herder up to now? Luckily for Mr. He Pingping it's not ventriloquism. For that, my friends, is Mr. He Pingping standing next to him. Bao's actually meeting the smallest man in the world! This is an unaltered photo folks. How weird is this scene?
The disproportionate encounter took place today in China. Curiously, both men hail from the same region of inner Mongolia. Bao Xishun, who stands 7ft. 9in. huge, was meeting the altitudinously challenged Mr. He Pingping as he was applying with the Guinness Book peeps to become the Earth's shortest man. Bao, aka: "The Mast", was Guinness certified as the longest beanstalk of a person back in Jan. '05. He beat the previous record holder, Tunisia's Radhouane Charbib, by a scant 0.078740 of an inch. However, while Mr. He Pingping stands at an astonishing 28.7401 inches high, it's not even close to the 26.5747 in. of Taiwan's Lin Yih-Chih, who is the current holder of the teensy-weensy Guinness title. So I'm not sure what the point is. Except, he did get to touch The Mast.
The disproportionate encounter took place today in China. Curiously, both men hail from the same region of inner Mongolia. Bao Xishun, who stands 7ft. 9in. huge, was meeting the altitudinously challenged Mr. He Pingping as he was applying with the Guinness Book peeps to become the Earth's shortest man. Bao, aka: "The Mast", was Guinness certified as the longest beanstalk of a person back in Jan. '05. He beat the previous record holder, Tunisia's Radhouane Charbib, by a scant 0.078740 of an inch. However, while Mr. He Pingping stands at an astonishing 28.7401 inches high, it's not even close to the 26.5747 in. of Taiwan's Lin Yih-Chih, who is the current holder of the teensy-weensy Guinness title. So I'm not sure what the point is. Except, he did get to touch The Mast.
And who wouldn't be excited to meet him! Xia Shujuan was so enthralled by the lady-killer, she married the herculean herdsman last March despite being half his age and half his height. Bao can't wait to have kids. Xia had no comment. But the pair seem happy. They wed in a traditional Mongolian ceremony after Xia was hand picked from the more than 5000 responses Bao received after his "global appeal for a bride". The Mongolian paparazzi covered the nuptial rite that was sponsored by 15 companies and held at the Genghis Khan Holiday Resort. Everything from the liquor dunk at the wedding to the 9x7 wedding gift bed & 9.5' hand made camel hair blanket was supplied by a different outfit hoping to cash in on the celebrity's union.
As if all this isn't enough: world's tallest man, world's tallest groom, inner Mongolia's biggest cheese, add tallest amateur veterinarian & hero to the dolphins to that list. Yeah, the dolphins love Bao too! It all started last Dec. when 2 dolphin at China's Royal Jidi Ocean World mysteriously ingested shards of plastic. This resulted in, according to aquarium officials, "loss of appetite and depression". When attempts to surgically extract the fragments failed, vets turned to Bao, and his 42" appendage, for help. But Bao thought it best to use him arm. So they wrapped the dolphins' teeth in towels while Bao inserted his long limb down their throats & into their stomachs to retrieve the threatening debris and save their lives. Why the dolphins' bellys didn't contract and reject Bao's extremity like they did the surgical equipment is puzzling. Must be that it was less intrusive; like pulling a woman's appendix out her natural orifice. Bao "the Mast" Xishun, someone we can all look up to.
As if all this isn't enough: world's tallest man, world's tallest groom, inner Mongolia's biggest cheese, add tallest amateur veterinarian & hero to the dolphins to that list. Yeah, the dolphins love Bao too! It all started last Dec. when 2 dolphin at China's Royal Jidi Ocean World mysteriously ingested shards of plastic. This resulted in, according to aquarium officials, "loss of appetite and depression". When attempts to surgically extract the fragments failed, vets turned to Bao, and his 42" appendage, for help. But Bao thought it best to use him arm. So they wrapped the dolphins' teeth in towels while Bao inserted his long limb down their throats & into their stomachs to retrieve the threatening debris and save their lives. Why the dolphins' bellys didn't contract and reject Bao's extremity like they did the surgical equipment is puzzling. Must be that it was less intrusive; like pulling a woman's appendix out her natural orifice. Bao "the Mast" Xishun, someone we can all look up to.
Matt, I just want to thank you! I always look forward to your posts because they are so entertaining! I learn things about my world that I might never have known! ;-)
ReplyDeleteThanks! I try my best to stay focused on the important things.
ReplyDeleteHad a great time with your husband last night! I'm so glad he was able to stop in St. Paul. Can't believe he still eats like that though. But, I guess he had a long flight and hadn't gotten in all 3 servings of his daily potato intake yet. Was hoping to see the beard too.
That's a nice sized bed. We just bought a couple of garage doors and one of them was 9x7.
ReplyDeleteHa! That's how to put things into perspective Mr. J!
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