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  • #61
    Now the longest-running show in Broadway history, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera has played to over 100 million people in 22 countries in 113 cities around the world since its first performance. The New York production alone has enchanted over 10 million audience members in its over 18-year run.
    Andrew Lloyd Webber was shocked when Phantom passed Cats, which was also his show.
    It will take quite an effort to better this mark.

    1) Phantom of the Opera
    Majestic Theater
    Previewed January 9, 1988
    Opened January 26, 1988
    Still running
    Total Performances: 7,767

    2) Cats
    Winter Garden Theater
    Previewed September 23, 1982
    Opened October 7, 1982
    Closed September 10, 2000
    Total Performances: 7,485

    3) Les Miserables
    Broadway Theater (through 10/14/1990)
    Imperial Theater (through closing)
    Previewed February 28, 1987
    Opened March 12, 1987
    Closed May 18, 2003
    Total Performances: 6,680
    Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
    "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
    He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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    • #62
      I can't exactly post these here, so I'll provide a link.

      Actually some of these probably will be broken. As it's a fairly enjoyable activity, and there is no shortage of volunteers.



      okay it seems to be from a forum, so I can't vouch for the authenticity of those records.



      GREATEST DISTANCE ATTAINED FOR A JET OF SEMEN
      Horst Schultz achieved 18 ft 9 in with a 'substantial' amount of seminal fluid. He also hold the records for the greatest height(12ft 4in) and the greatest speed of ejaculation, or muzzle velocity, with 42.7mph.
      Last edited by Dis; October 3, 2006, 21:46.

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      • #63
        ahh, I found an even better site.



        It's fairly clean, no pictures (unfortunately)

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        • #64
          How about this?

          TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese mental health counsellor recited pi to 100,000 decimal places from memory Wednesday, setting what he claims is a world record.

          Akira Haraguchi, 60, needed more than 16 hours to recite the number to 100,000 decimal places, breaking his personal best of 83,431 digits set in 1995, his office said Wednesday. He made the attempt at a public hall in Kisarazu, just east of Tokyo.

          Pi is a physical constant defined as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.

          It is usually written out to a maximum of three decimal places, as 3.141, in math textbooks. But the number, which has fascinated scientists for centuries, has no theoretical limit to the number of decimal places it can be written to. It is a constant that appears in the proofs of many equations defining the universe.

          "What I am aiming at is not just memorizing figures, I am thrilled by seeking a story in pi," Haraguchi said.

          The Guinness Book of Records currently lists Hiroyuki Goto, also from Japan, as the official record holder for reciting pi from memory. He recited the ratio out to 42,195 decimal places in 1995.

          Guinness never entered Haraguchi's 1995 feat in its record book.

          Kate White, a spokeswoman for the London-based Guinness World Records, said Haraguchi would have to make a record claim on their website and supply evidence, including video footage and witness statements to be included in the book.

          "We would review if the evidence supports the claim. If he's done it to 100,000, he would be looking at the next world record," White said.

          If he can supply evidence of his 1995 claim, that would be listed as well, White said. If he never applied in 1995, they couldn't include him in the book, White said.

          Haraguchi, a psychiatric counsellor and business consultant in nearby Mobara city, took a break of about five minutes every one to two hours, going to the restroom and eating rice balls during the attempt, said Naoki Fujii, spokesman of Haraguchi's office.

          Fujii said all of Haraguchi's activities during the attempt, including his bathroom breaks, were video taped for evidence that will later be sent for verification by the Guinness Book of Records.

          Two local education officials joined 29 conference hall staff who worked in rotation to monitor Haraguchi.

          In 2002, University of Tokyo mathematicians, aided by a supercomputer, set the world record for figuring out pi to 1.24 trillion decimal places.
          "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
          "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

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          • #65
            He must relate well to those he counsels.
            "The French caused the war [Persian Gulf war, 1991]" - Ned
            "you people who bash Bush have no appreciation for one of the great presidents in our history." - Ned
            "I wish I had gay sex in the boy scouts" - Dissident

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            • #66
              If he made a mistake does it still count?

              "Sorry dude, but the 78,245th number you recited was incorrect."
              "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
              "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

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              • #67
                What a silly thing to do.

                It reminds me of Burt Campbell of Soap who thought he was going to die and so decided to leave his mark on the world by breaking the world record for bouncing a balloon off his right hand the most times.

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