3/29/2004: Record-setting painted ball

Coulda sworn the IotD covered this guy before, but I couldn't find it. Anyway, the guy on the right there has been painting his ball. For a very long time.

He started by painting a regulation baseball with a coat of paint in 1977; he found that he enjoyed it so much that he kept on coating it, regularly. And now it has over 18,000 coats of paint.

So the guy on the right there - an arborist by trade - is taking a "core sample" of the painted ball, to kinda sorta verify that it IS a baseball with 18,000 coats of paint for the Guinness folks.

They both look so excited.

Man, when he threw that baseball in, it looked like a watermelon :)

That's probably the only baseball I'd actually be able to hit. Boy I sucked.

I guess that wet paint sign was in constant use.:)

Why on earth would you bother painting the ball in the first place, I can think of many other ways to get in the Guiness Book of Records.:confused:

Why on earth would you bother painting the ball in the first place

More importantly, what in the hell is on the wall behind him? Clowns? In his garage? This guy has more mental issues to worry about besides applying a coat of paint to a baseball everyday.

What this guy needs is a PS2. Poor guy cant think of anything better to pass the time than paintin a ball. I'd hate to live in his town :p

Originally posted by Kitsune
Why on earth would you bother painting the ball in the first place

More importantly, what in the hell is on the wall behind him? Clowns? In his garage? This guy has more mental issues to worry about besides applying a coat of paint to a baseball everyday.

Hmm, odd personal hobby. Fixation with clowns. I thought they executed John Wayne Gacy.

Originally posted by richlevy
Hmm, odd personal hobby. Fixation with clowns. I thought they executed John Wayne Gacy.

I'm a little troubled by the point of view of the photograph also.

I found it in the Quality Images...back in 6-14-02

...and I remember when it was posted too....guess I really have been lurking around here _WAY_ too long.

http://www.cellar.org/showthread.php?threadid=1688

You've been lurking since 2002 and this is only your 20th post?!:confused:

What...you don't like us? :rar:

Originally posted by Elspode
You've been lurking since 2002 and this is only your 20th post?!:confused:

What...you don't like us? :rar:

Sorry :( I mainly just read... I had thought about trying to become more active...but I just can't get ahold of this whole message board thing. I miss the good old days of BBSes, IRC, and USENET.

Originally posted by Beestie
I'm a little troubled by the point of view of the photograph also.

if you look carefully at the top of the ball, it appears to be suspended by a rope of some sort. considering that the ball with 14,000+ coats weighed 515lbs, I would imagine that this ball is quite heavy.

now lets do the math

if we make the assumption that this weinie put one coat on the ball per day, it would take him 49.315 years to do the 18000 coats

assuming TWO coats per day, that's 24.66 years worth of painting.

3 a day is 16.44 years.

any way you shake it, this guy has too much free time, and not much imagination.


ok....edit: I just noticed that he's been at it since 1977....that's 27 years, or 666 coats per year, or 1.82 coats a day, every day. how fucked up is that?

And possibly a mild case of OCD.

mr paintball goes to heaven:

GOD:
well, my son, what have you accomplished in your lifetime?

WEENIE:
uh, I have this really big green ball?

GOD:
.............................erm, ok....................anything else?

WEENIE:
well, no, I spent so much time on the ball, that I missed raising my kids and deid early from paint fume induced lung cancer.


GOD:
well.........uh.....have you beensaved?

WEENIE:
oh, most definately

GOD:
ok, great, welcome to heaven.

Originally posted by Emrikol


Sorry :( I mainly just read... I had thought about trying to become more active...but I just can't get ahold of this whole message board thing. I miss the good old days of BBSes, IRC, and USENET.

Hey, you were there when we needed you. They also serve, who only read (and remember) and wait.:beer:

Yeah, I know I've mentioned it before, but I love "readers". However anyone wants to participate is perfectly fine.

Why is the ball now lumpy? It's not in any of the other photos ...

Originally posted by Elspode
You've been lurking since 2002 and this is only your 20th post?!:confused:

What...you don't like us? :rar:

Ahem. 30th post. 2001. :)

Way to ChrisD, baby. Woo hoo.:beer:

They have a website for the ball of paint. Also a movie about the town, their paintball, and the giant "hairball" that clogged the pipes ten years ago. The resurgence of the town is due to a pair of giant balls. ;)

I been lurking here for a while, but never bothered to register until I found that picture of the three-headed frog. Go IOTD.

Anyways, why a baseball? Why not... a tennis ball, or a pineapple? I'd love to see a paint-layered pineapple.

i'd like to see a paint layered......bust of richard nixon?

Originally posted by YellowBolt
I been lurking here for a while, but never bothered to register until I found that picture of the three-headed frog. Go IOTD.

Anyways, why a baseball? Why not... a tennis ball, or a pineapple? I'd love to see a paint-layered pineapple.

After 10 or 15 thousand coats of paint, it wouldn't make any difference.;)