man makes oil rig over 15 yr period....

x in the city

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/8148833.stm

4 million matches... fluck me

SV

lol, petrol and..a match (surprisingly enough) springs to mind.

just to see what a spirit actually looks like being crushed.

Tar.Aldarion

"I am absolutely sick to death at the sight of a matchstick"

Mr Reynolds' wife Julie



lmao

hiscan

Mr Reynolds is waiting for confirmation his model is a world record

Can't see it being matched:D

Karl Hungus

Jesus, if I had a wife on the rag for that lenth, I'd probably find an equally time consuming hobby to avoid her.

Capt'n Midnight

how much does a box of matches cost ?

and what could he have bought instead ??

ahara

hiscan wrote: »

Mr Reynolds is waiting for confirmation his model is a world record

Dear Mr.Reynolds,

We at the Guiness Book of Records are happy to confirm that you have attained the world record for the most utterly pointless use of 15 years of a human life.

Yours etc.,

Blah blah blah

GLaDOS

I was expecting an oil rig over a 15 year olds menstrating vagina...

I know, I'm weird

galwayrush

He had a gusher so he built an oil rig that can never gush.:rolleyes:

445279.ie

Would you be arsed? :rolleyes:

Some people have weird hobbies

ScumLord

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

how much does a box of matches cost ?

and what could he have bought instead ??

Cigarettes.

Captain-America

If that was me I'd have spent my time helping the poor and needy.

Parser

Mr Reynolds' wife Julie said: "I am absolutely sick to death at the sight of a matchstick but I think there is still more to come unfortunately.

"But at least I know where he is and what he's doing, so I'd rather have him there than down the pub."

She sounds a right cnut.

Parser

Captain-America wrote: »

If that was me I'd have spent my time helping the poor and needy.

In the end you have nothing to show if you spend your time helping the poor and needy.

At least this guy gets a piece of work in the museum, has his name in the world book of records and will make a fair sum of money from whoever buys it. Poor people can't give you that.

Pop's Diner

15 years? Pfft! I could have made that in 12! :rolleyes:

A Neurotic

15.

Focking.

Years.

citizen_p

somone is whipped and the matchs are his rebellion... or he needs to get a life

ejmaztec

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

and what could he have bought instead ??

Shell?

uprising

thats about 730 matches a day, every fukcing day for 15 years, no wonder his wife is pissed off looking at fukcing matches, although fair play to him for commitment.
His wife said she's glad he did'nt work on the fukcing QE2.

Capt'n Midnight

ahara wrote: »

Dear Mr.Reynolds,

We at the Guiness Book of Records are happy to confirm that you have attained the world record for the most utterly pointless use of 15 years of a human life.

Yours etc.,

Blah blah blah

William Shanks still owns this one.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shanks

William Shanks earned his living by owning a boarding school at Houghton-le-Spring, which left him enough time to spend on his hobby of calculating mathematical constants. His routine was as follows: he would calculate new digits all morning; and then he would spend all afternoon checking his morning's work.

Yes Billy boy spent 25 years calculating the digits of Pi

Can you imagine anything more pointless ?

Actually yes.



He made a mistake and got the wrong answer

JPA

I thought it was going to be a real oil rig.
I thought, he's just one man, I suppose it would take 15 years.

Thephantomsmask

I'm sure he'll go down in a blaze of glory.