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Man who spent 8 years building replica Eiffel Tower out of matchsticks has record rejected for using the wrong kind of matches (www.dailymail.co.uk)

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Richard Plaud claims he found out his dreams had flamed out when Guinness World Records delivered their verdict without even visiting the replica.

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[–] metostopholes 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Mr Plaud, who has loved making models since he was eight, had originally bought matches in supermarkets to build the structure.

But his arduous plans to win the Guinness World Record fell away when he decided the process was too 'fastidious' – and instead persuaded French matchstick maker Flam'Up to supply him with huge boxes of filled with 190,000 headless matches.

Apparently this is that Guinness objected to. Since he didn't scrape the match heads off, they were just sticks, not matchsticks.

I would not agree, but I'm biased. Fuck Guinness.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

So he holds the world record for the largest Eiffel Tower made out of matchstick sized sticks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

It's a drinks company lol. Fuck Guinness and their fake authority.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Guinness is bullshit anyway. Someone get that man a "World's Largest Eiffel Tower out of matchsticks that was also rejected by Guinness for bullshit reasons" plaque.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

May be due to watching Happy Days at a young age but I never questioned the legitimacy of Guinness world records until I saw hbomberguy's video on Tommy Tallarico. Kinda blew my mind.

[–] jopepa 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Smells like some Billy Mitchell bullshittery. Who’s the current record holder?

[–] Anticorp 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The guy who decides if people are eligible for records or not.

[–] jopepa 2 points 7 months ago

Classic Billy Mitchell funny business