Outsourcing the American Presidency to India

Outsourcing the American Presidency to India

Washington, DC -- Congress today announced that the office of President of the United States of America will be outsourced to India as of March 1, 2008.

The move is being made in order to save the President's $500,000 yearly salary, and also a record $521 billion in deficit expenditures and related overhead that his office has incurred during the last 5 years. It is anticipated that $231 billion can be saved to the end of the President's term. "We believe this is a wise financial move. The cost savings are huge," stated Congressman Thomas Reynolds (R-WA).

"We cannot remain competitive on the world stage with the current level of cash outlay," Reynolds noted. Mr. Bush was informed by e-mail this morning of his termination. Preparations for the job move have been underway for some time. Gurvinder Singh of Indus Teleservices, Mumbai , India will assume the office of President as of September 1, 2007.

Mr. Singh was born in the United States while his Indian parents were vacationing at Niagara Falls, NY, thus making him eligible for the position. He will receive a salary of $320 (USD) a month, but no health coverage or other benefits. It is believed that Mr. Singh will be able to handle his job responsibilities without a support staff. Due to the time difference between the US and India, he will be working primarily at night. "Working nights will allow me to keep my day job at the Dell Computer call center," stated Mr. Singh in an exclusive interview.

"I am excited about this position. I always hoped I would be President." A Congressional spokesperson noted that while Mr. Singh may not be fully aware of all the issues involved in the office of President, this should not be a problem asPresident Bush had never been familiar with the issues either. Mr. Singh will rely upon a script tree that will enable him to respond effectively to most topics of concern. Using these canned responses, he can address common concerns without having to understand the underlying issue at all. "We know these scripting tools work," stated the spokesperson.

"President Bush has used them successfully for years, with the result that some people actually thought he knew what he was talking about." Bush will receive health coverage, expenses, and salary until his final day of employment.

Following a two-week waiting period, he will be eligible for $140 a week unemployment for 26 weeks. Unfortunately he will not be eligible for Medicaid, as his unemployment benefits will exceed the allowed limit.

Mr. Bush has been provided with the outplacement services of Manpower, Inc. to help him write a resume and prepare for his upcoming job transition. According to Manpower, Mr. Bush may have difficulties in securing a new position due to a lack of any successful work experience during his lifetime.

A greeter position at Wal-Mart was suggested due to Bush's extensive experience at shaking hands, as well as his special smile.

100-year-old Woman Become The Oldest Competitor Bowling Congress Women's Championships

100-year-old Woman Become The Oldest Competitor Bowling Congress Women's Championships

Emma Hendrickson of New Jersey has become the oldest competitor in the history of the United States Bowling Congress Women's Championships. She is now 100-year-old.

It is her 50th consecutive appearance in the tournament. The organizing committee gave her a pendant with her birthstone in recognition of her status as the tournament's oldest participant & 50th consecutive appearance too.


She celebrated her birthday less than a month ago. She said her teammates sometimes help her to line up because her eyesight has diminished over the years. She rolled a 115, 97 and 106 for a 318 series during team competition at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno this year.


Hendrickson broke the record of Ethel Brunnick of Santa Monica, California, who competed in 1987 at 99.


She has 27 grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Her husband and two children have passed away. She says her family supports her very much & also gives courage to compete in 2010 event in El Paso.


"I think it's what keeps her going," granddaughter Karen Mariani, 45, told the Reno Gazette-Journal. "It's something she did with her husband, with our mother."

USS Intrepid

USS Intrepid

USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11) is one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy.


She is the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name. Commissioned in August 1943, Intrepid participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, most notably the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

School Children Should Play More Than Work

School Children Should Play More Than Work

Researchers reported on Monday that a growing trend of curbing free time at school may lead to unruly classrooms and rob youngsters of needed exercise and an important chance to socialize.

A look at more than 10,000 children aged 8 and 9 found better classroom behavior among those who had at least a 15-minute break during the school day compared to those who did not, Dr. Romina Barros and colleagues at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York reported.

The behavior assessments were general in nature and not made at any particular time of the school day, their report said. "The available research suggests that recess may play an important role in the learning, social development, and health of children in elementary school," the research team said in a study published in Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

But today many children get less free time and fewer physical outlets at school "because many school districts responded to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 by reducing time committed to recess, the creative arts, and even physical education in an effort to focus on reading and mathematics," they added. The researchers also found that children not getting recess were more likely to be black, from poor families and attending public schools in large cities.

"This raises concern in light of evidence that many children from disadvantaged backgrounds are not free to roam their neighborhoods or even their own yards unless they are accompanied by adults," the team said. "For many of these children, recess periods may be the only opportunity for them to practice their social skills with other children."

Barros told Reuters that previously published research indicates that poor children often are deprived of recess because "those schools are located in very violent neighborhoods, and there is the concern that children may get exposed to fights or gun shooting while in recess." In addition, she said, such schools are often overcrowded, with space designated for recess or physical activity turned into classrooms.

The study also said the growing problem of childhood obesity needs to be addressed by more activity, especially at school where children spend so much of their day. One earlier study found that free time has shrunk for U.S. children in and out of school since the 1970s, the report said. At the same time most elementary schools in Asia provide a 10-minute break after every 40 to 50 minutes of instruction, it added.

Silicon Valley Searching for Talented Poets

Silicon Valley Searching for Talented Poets

Computer geeks and poetry don't often go together, but the Silicon Valley is venturing to change that.

The Arts Council Silicon Valley is searching for its first ever poet laureate, according to the AP, "elevating high-tech to haiku."

Apparently, there is a vibrant poetry scene in Santa Clara County that doesn't get a lot of recognition, the council claims.

The poet program will seek to change that through community outreach and by highlighting local writers.

Applicants to the post must be published poets who have lived in Santa Clara County for five years. The chosen poet will get a $4,000 stipend.

Here's our entry, in the haiku style of five-, seven-, and five-syllabled lines:

Apples, flash and chipsCapital of tomorrowDo you know the way?

Japanese Learns English From Obama!

Japanese Learns English From Obama!

President-elect Barack Obama's speeches are proving a best-seller in Japan -- as an aid to learning English. An English-language textbook, "The Speeches of Barack Obama," has sold more than 400,000 copies in two months, a big hit in a country where few hit novels sell more than a million copies a year. Japanese have a fervor for learning English and many bookstores have a corner dedicated to dozens of journals in the language, many of them now featuring the new US leader's face.

"Speeches by presidents and presidential candidates are excellent as listening tools to learn English, because their contents are good and their words are easy to catch," said Yuzo Yamamoto of Asahi Press, which produced the best-selling text book. "Obama's is especially so. His speeches are so moving, and he also uses words such as 'yes, we can,' 'change' and 'hope' that even Japanese people can memorize," he said. Speeches by President George W. Bush and former nominee John Kerry's four years ago did not have the same appeal, however, and nor do those made by Japanese politicians, Yamamoto said.

"In Japan, we don't have politicians who have such a positive influence. That's why we have to turn to a foreign president for someone in whom to place our hopes." The 95-page paperback features Obama's speeches in English from the 2004 Democratic National Convention and during the Democratic Party primaries, in which he defeated Hillary Clinton. They are accompanied by Japanese translations. The 1,050 yen ($12) book, which includes a CD of the speeches, tops the bestseller list on bookseller Amazon's Japanese Website, www.amazon.co.jp/ "Readers have sent in postcards saying that when they heard the speeches, they were so moved and cried even though they don't understand English very well," Yamamoto said.

He said lawmakers from Japan's main opposition Democratic Party had bought the book to study Obama's speeches. Following Obama's inauguration on Tuesday, Asahi Press plans to issue a sequel that includes his inaugural address, as well as President John F. Kennedy's 1961 inaugural speech. It will also feature a reading of President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg address of 1863.

Famous Birthday on This Day

Famous Birthday on This Day

1715 - Claude Helvetius, French philosopher


1763 - Charles XIV, French marshall and king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44)


1826 - Julia Dent Grant, 1st lady


1831 - Writer Mary Dodge, (`Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates')


1880 - Gen Douglas MacArthur, he did return!


1904 - Sean MacBride, Irish statesman and minister (Nobel Peace Prize 1974)


1913 - Jimmy Van Heusen, songwriter


1918 - Nicolae Ceausescu, Rumanian president


1923 - Anne Jeffereys, in North Carolina


1925 - Joan Leslie, actress


1925 - Paul Newman, actor (Hud - Hombre - Hustler) and racer & popcorn mogul


1928 - Eartha Kitt, in South Carolina


1928 - Roger Vadim, Director


1929 - Jules Feiffer, cartoonist (Passionella)


1931 - Mary Murphy,


1935 - Bob Uecker, Sports personality


1944 - Angela Davis, black activist


1961 - Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oiler

Pooping Obama is a best-seller

Pooping Obama is a best-seller

Tiny plastic figures of Barack Obama and Gordon Brown relieving themselves in public have become online bestsellers.

They are among a host of politicians, sports stars and celebrities to be given the dubious honour of being turned into a 'caganer'.

Catalonians traditionally celebrate Christmas by placing a caganer, which translates as pooper, in a nativity scene.

People find it fun to try to spot the tiny defecating figures which are supposed to bring prosperity and a good harvest.

Traditionally, caganers would be small bearded men in full Catalan costume but these days, it's more likely to be a celebrity. Last year, Barcelona footballer Thierry Henry was the most popular figure sold.

But this year, internet orders from the rest of the world, especially the US, have made Barack Obama the best-seller.

Others immortalised into the mini figures include Mr Brown, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and wife Carla Bruni, plus Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal.

Farewell Mr.President

Farewell Mr.President

George W. Bush - heaving a legacy of bad decision-making and strange statements.
In the last eight years or so, I have never been a member of the George W Bush fan club and nothing has changed to make me feel otherwise. But I have to concede that over the years he has been the central character in many of my articles and his ability to turn a bad situation into a disaster has allowed me to express my views in no uncertain terms.

So now that it is time to bid adieu to a president who has managed to inspire me and provide me with endless topics to choose from I am almost feeling nostalgic. Almost but not quite. All I can do is look back on a tumultuous eight years of the Bush administration and acknowledge Mr. Bush one final time in one of my articles. Somehow, I have a feeling the new president of the United States will not have the same penchant as his predecessor for making gaffes nor possess such a propensity for blunders.

Stepping into George Bush junior's shoes must be quite a daunting prospect for the forty fourth President of the United States, especially in lieu of the gargantuan mess that has been left behind. I am sure when President Barack Hussein Obama takes up residence in the White House and claims the Oval Office, the extent of his responsibilities will dawn on him and even if it means being one of the most powerful men on the planet, it is not necessarily an enviable position. If the current President is to live up to his promise, he has to pull his socks up from day one and start making right many of the wrongs caused by dear old 'Dubya'. Whether it is opening dialogues with Iran, starting a new peace process in the Middle East, closing down Guantanamo or taking on the Herculean task of tackling the crisis in the financial sector and bringing the economy back on track he has an uphill struggle ahead of him. If the great depression starting in 1929 is anything to go by, President Obama has his work cut out for him as this will be a long drawn out and painful process.

Some people may accuse me of being a little too harsh on George Bush and maybe I am, but all I can do is tell it as I see the last two terms of his presidency. If I think back, in 2001 the 9/11 attacks by Al Qaeda, in the US left the world stunned and we were witness to George Bush declaring a war on terror and labeling Iran, Iraq and North Korea the “Axis of Evil”.

The counter attacks in Afghanistan did not “smoke” Bin Laden out of his “hole” and the failure to find the elusive leader of Al Qaeda sent the Bush administration on another wild goose chase, this time involving weapons of mass destruction that were supposed to be in Iraq. However this piece of intelligence proved to be baseless but despite millions taking part (myself included) in antiwar marches around the world, an attack on the despot Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi people commenced. Six years on, Saddam may be long gone and the Iraqi people free from his tyranny but Iraq is in a state of continual turmoil and economic upheaval and ongoing violence. However, President Obama has stated that there will be an accelerated withdrawal of US troops in Iraq which has proved to be contentious to say the least.

One thing the Bush administration has been exceptionally good at is imitating an ostrich by burying its head in the sand and pretending that global warming was over hyped and blown out of proportion. Considering that the US is now the world's greatest carbon emitter and that the US is also the largest economy in the world, Barack Obama needs to pull the collective heads of his new administration out of the sand and tackle this long ignored issue.

I think many people around the world are heaving a collective sigh of relief as they usher in a new era in the United States with the first ever black American President and there seems to be a sense of hope and expectancy which is much needed and refreshing to observe. Who knows, this may usher in a time where tolerance and diplomacy take precedence.

I would not want you to feel that the entire eight years of President Bush was negative --- there have been many occasions where he has provided the world with actions and statements that have confounded and befuddled his audience. I have to leave you with some of my favourites.

"We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.''

I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe I believe what I believe is right."

"I think we agree, the past is over"My job is a decision-making job, and as a result, I make a lot of decisions"

"I'm honoured to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein"And last but not least “ They misunderestimated me”!

First class all the way!

First class all the way!

Last week we presented a collage of what sort of people our government has to deal with. If you thought that is a Herculean task, spare a moment for Barack Hussein Obama, who is to be sworn in within hours of my dispatching this as the 44th president of the USA.

He is the first black to head the White House. He is the first African descendant to man the oval office. He is the first of Muslim parentage to order the withdrawal of troops from Iraq, the Vietnam of the Middle East. And indeed, he has to be first class if he hopes to take out the American nose from the problem pies they have baked, for not all those who voted for him are. Here are some anecdotes (received by email) from the country that GWB (Gone with the Wind Bush), the most unpopular US president ever, ruled for eight treacherous years.

The first black president of the US, Barack Obama.

A woman called in to the toxicology dept at Chicago's poison control centre. She was very upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants. The doctor quickly reassured her that the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into the hospital. She calmed down and at the end of the conversation happened to mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in order to kill the ants. And you thought there were no ants in America, only aunts.

Last year, some Boeing employees decided to steal a life raft from one of the 747s. They were successful in getting it out of the plane. Shortly after they took it for a float on the river, they noticed a Coast Guard helicopter coming toward them. It turned out that the chopper was homing in on the emergency locater beacon that activated when the raft was inflated. They are no longer employed at Boeing. And you thought there were thieves only in Biman.

A man, wanting to rob a downtown Bank of America, walked into the Branch and wrote this, 'Put all your money in this bag.' While standing in line, waiting to give his note to the teller, he began to worry that someone had seen him write the note and might call the police before he reached the teller's window. So he left the Bank of America and crossed the street to the Wells Fargo Bank. After waiting a few minutes in line, he handed his note to the Wells Fargo teller.

She read it and, surmising from his spelling errors that he wasn't the brightest light in the harbour, told him that she could not accept his stickup note because it was written on a Bank of America deposit slip, and that he would either have to fill out a Wells Fargo deposit slip or go back to Bank of America. Looking somewhat defeated, the man said, 'OK' and left. He was arrested a few minutes later, as he was waiting in line back at Bank of America. And you thought you have to stand in line only in Bangladesh.

A NY motorist was unknowingly caught in an automated speed trap that measured his speed using radar and photographed his car. He later received in the mail a ticket for $40 and a photo of his car. Instead of payment, he sent the police department a photograph of $40. Several days later, he received a letter from the police that contained another picture, this time of handcuffs. He immediately mailed in his $40. And you thought rightly that they make faster cars for nothing.

A guy walked into a little corner store in Kansas City with a shotgun and demanded all of the cash from the cash drawer. After the cashier put the cash in a bag, the robber saw a bottle of Scotch that he wanted behind the counter on the shelf. He told the cashier to put it in the bag as well, but the cashier refused and said, 'Because I don't believe you are over 21.' At this point, the robber gave his driver's license to the clerk. The clerk looked it over and agreed that the man was in fact over 21 and he put the Scotch in the bag. The robber then ran from the store with his loot. The cashier promptly called the police and gave the name and address of the robber that he got off the license. They arrested the robber two hours later. And you thought Scotch is good for health.

Seems this Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back knocking him unconscious. It seems the liquor store window was made of extra hardened glass. And you thought shop windows are attacked only during hartal.

In semi-rural Weyauwega in Wisconsin, a new-in-the-neighbourhood guy called the local township administrative office to request the removal of the 'Deer Crossing' sign on the road. His reason: 'Too many deer are being hit by cars out here! - I don't think this is a good place for them to be crossing anymore.' And you thought the only way to make deer extinct was to send them to the Sundarbans.

Anti Love?

Anti Love?

Times when somebody breaks your heart into so many million pieces, you really hope that the person never came in your life, don't you. They say love does not deal with the brain, yet after analyzing the brain chemistry of mammalian pair bonding, Dr. Young predicts that it won't be long before there will be actual drugs that will trigger your brain to fall in love with anyone you want to!

That's just not the only good news! They can actually trigger this drug to make an anti love penotion that can heal anybody from the agony of their sad lonely life.

In his Nature essay, Dr. Young speculates that human love is set off by a “biochemical chain of events” that originally evolved in ancient brain circuits involving mother-child bonding, which is stimulated in mammals by the release of oxytocin during labor, delivery and nursing. 'Some of our sexuality has evolved to stimulate that same oxytocin system to create female-male bonds,” he says.

This doesn't mean there will soon be magical elixirs causing you to instantly fall in love with anyone! These drugs are uncertain and might cause a lot of controversies in the future. Yet, just imagine a life without any pain and heart breaks and any drama…and no love!

Miracle Flight

Miracle Flight

Hesley Sullenberger spent practically his whole life preparing for the five-minute crucible that was US Airways Flight 1549.

He got his pilot's license at 14, flew fighter jets in the Air Force, investigated air disasters, mastered glider flying and even studied the psychology of how cockpit crews behave in a crisis.

When the ultimate test came on a descent over the Hudson River, he spoke into the intercom only once and gave perhaps the most terrifying instruction a pilot can give — "Brace for impact" — with remarkable calm.

And as the 150 passengers of Flight 1549 marveled at their hero pilot's skill and cool head, they learned what friends and relatives of Sullenberger say they have known all along.

"This is someone who has not just spent his life flying airplanes, but has actually dug very deeply into what makes these things work, and I think he proved it," said Robert Bea, a civil engineer who has known Sullenberger for a year.

"He is, how should I call it, a humble man," he added. "But he is damned smart."

Miracle on the Hudson'

On Friday, the 57-year-old pilot fielded a congratulatory call from President George W. Bush. His wife said he was still in New York and probably would not return home to California for several days.


The engineer of what Gov. David Paterson called "a miracle on the Hudson" had yet to speak publicly, but the accolades piled up. Mayor Michael Bloomberg showed off a key to the city for the pilot. Congress took up a resolution paying tribute. The governor said someone had offered $10,000 to build a statue of Sullenberger.


His wife, Lorraine, appearing outside their Danville, Calif., home, called her husband a "pilot's pilot" who "loves the art of the airplane." She described him, as almost everyone else had, as controlled and professional.

"This is the Sully I know," she said. "I always knew how he would react. So to me this is not something unusual. It's the man I know."

Sullenberger grew up in Denison, Texas, about an hour north of Dallas. In those days, he went by his middle name, Burnett. People remember he made headlines in the local paper for flying a crop duster at age 15.

His sister, Mary Margaret Wilson, said Sullenberger built model airplanes, taking care to paint even the most minuscule details on the faces of the pilots.

"He was in the brainiac clique," said Robert Brady, who graduated from Denison High with Sullenberger in 1969 and is mayor today. "I knew who he was — a nice guy, the kind of guy you wanted to sit behind in class so you could cheat off him."

Sullenberger served in the Air Force from 1973 to 1980 and flew F-4 Phantom II fighter planes. The Air Force said he was a flight leader in Europe and the Pacific and led war-game exercises over Nevada.

He became a commercial pilot in 1980 for an airline later bought by US Airways. In the cockpit with Sullenberger on Thursday was a 49-year-old co-pilot, Jeffrey Skiles, whose life story bore some of the same marks: Skiles' father said he had been flying since age 15, and had been with US Airways almost 26 years.

"I know he did everything he could," his mother, Deloris Skiles, said Friday at her home in Verona, Wis. "He's a modest fellow and a very modest man."

'Always looking to get better'

Two years ago, Sullenberger started a California consulting firm, Safety Reliability Methods. It advertises itself as offering companies ways to apply the latest safety advances from "the ultra-safe world of commercial aviation."

Bea, who co-founded the Center for Catastrophic Rick Management at the University of California at Berkeley, said Sullenberger had approached him about a job after he retires as a commercial pilot.

He said Sullenberger, who has degrees in psychology from the Air Force Academy and Purdue University, had been studying how crews react in a crisis.

Wilson, recalling her brother's childhood crop duster flights, said she was usually nervous flying in small planes — but never with him. She said he was always professional and never cut corners.

"I think Burnett is a very duty-oriented person," Wilson said. "He is always looking to get better. He would be the one person who could land a plane in the water without any engines."

'Brace for impact'

On Thursday afternoon, as Sullenberger banked his crippled Airbus A320 left over the Bronx, steered it over the George Washington Bridge and down the Hudson River, his life and 154 others depended on his expertise. The jet's twin engines had apparently been disabled by a collision with a flock of birds.

The cabin was almost completely silent when Sullenberger came on the intercom seconds before the plane hit water.

"I can tell you verbatim: 'Brace for impact,'" said Mark Hood of Charlotte, N.C., who was flying home after a work trip. "He said it in a calm, cool, controlled voice. It was a testament to leadership."

"Had he let any tension leak into his voice," Hood said, "it would have been magnified in the passengers."

As the cabin took on water, Sullenberger climbed out of the jet only after the four other crew members and 150 passengers made their orderly exit. When he reached a raft, someone on a ferry tossed him a knife, and he cut away the tether to the jet.

One by one, the passengers were plucked to safety from the rafts, Hood and Sullenberger the last ones left. The passenger insisted the pilot get off first, but Sullenberger refused. He had been the last off the plane, and he would be the last off the raft.

Bodybuilders compete for Mr and Mrs Muscle Beach title

Bodybuilders compete for Mr and Mrs Muscle Beach title

The world's most famous bodybuilders gathered in Venice Beach in California to compete for the title of 'Mr and Mrs Muscle Beach' last week, The Telegraph reports.

Competitors flexed their muscles in a series of mandatory poses to impress the judges in a range of categories including events for both men and women, novices and for the over 60s.

Venice Beach has a long tradition of bodybuilding and made headlines around the world when Arnold Schwarzenegger, Californian governor and former bodybuilder, moved to the area to train at the famous Gold's Gym. It was also the setting for the 1977 film, Pumping Iron, which starred Mr Schwarzenegger.

As early as the 1930s, young men and women would gather at the original Muscle Beach site in Santa Monica to practice acrobatics. Muscled men showed off their physique by weightlifting sunbathing girls rather than dumbbells.In 1959 Muscle Beach Santa Monica was closed and relocated to its current site in Venice, where it remains one of the largest attractions in the Los Angeles area.

Modern bodybuilders sculpt their bodies through a combination of weight training and diet and with oils and tanning lotions which accentuate the definition of their muscles. A panel of judges awards points based on the aesthetic appearance of competitors.

Chickens From Another Space

Chickens From Another Space

One small step for eggs and one giant leap for chickens.

The Beijing Daily reported the three chickens hatched from a batch of eggs, which orbited the Earth 108 times aboard China's third unmanned spaceship "Shenzhou III."

According to state media, China plans to have manned space flights by 2005.

If successful, they will join the United States and former Soviet Union as the only countries to put a person into space.

Making New World Record

Making New World Record

Ashrita Furman, 47, of the United States, wiggled his hula hoop as he walked to a world record of five miles.



"I'm very dizzy and a bit shaky," Furman said after two hours and 30 minutes of hula-hooping.



The new record still has to be verified by the Guinness Book of Records, but is likely to enter unchallenged.



Furman also has set 70 other records including once walking 33 miles in Thailand with a full milk bottle on his head.