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    ROSEBURG, Oregon (AP) -- A retired pastor reclaimed his title as world champion phone book ripper by tearing through 39 Portland white page directories in three minutes.

    About 100 people watched Saturday as Ed Charon, 69, ripped the 1,004-page books in half during the exhibition at the Roseburg Valley Mall.

    After the first 60 seconds, Charon had already ripped through 16 phone books, three shy of the number he tore through two years ago when he originally set the world's record.

    After two minutes, he had gone through another dozen.

    Only twice did any of the books give Charon a problem. He paused slightly on the 32nd phone book and again on the 34th before splitting each in half.

    He'd almost finished ripping the 40th volume when time expired and the audience erupted in applause.

    "Oh, I wanted 40," Charon said. "I wonder how long 39 will stand up."

    Charon lost his title in late 2002, when Mike West, a fitness and judo instructor from Indiana, ripped through 30 phone books.

    He specifically chose the Portland directory because he said the paper used in those phone books seems a little thinner than in other directories.

    "Of all the phone books I've torn, I've found that the Portland ones tear better," Charon said.
    WTF
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  • #2
    Seen it done. It is quite amazing.
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    • #3
      I've seen something similar done on the tv. It was a comedy programme about 1994 or 1995 and the presenters were in a public place, asking passers-by if they wanted to win money by ripping a phone book in half. Several tried, but the person who won tore the phone book down the spine, not through hundreds of pages. Does this person who tore through 39 tear it down the spine?

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      • #4
        WTF

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        • #5
          umm...
          www.acairport.com

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          • #6
            whats so fun watching someone rip up phone books?
            Some people in today's society are so thick!

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            • #7
              Huh? WTF?

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              • #8
                Some people desperately need something odd to get the light on them
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by uy707
                  Some people desperately need something odd to get the light on them
                  Alain
                  Sex?
                  Some people in today's society are so thick!

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                  • #10
                    No
                    Some people who can't
                    -eat 146 apples/hour
                    -stay dangled for 71 hours
                    list goes on
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                    • #11
                      He who expected nothin......aint gonna be deceived-JR

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                      • #12
                        they dont like sex?
                        Some people in today's society are so thick!

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                        • #13
                          wow...I did that once...but it was at my friends house and his dad got pissed.


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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Ansett
                            Sex?
                            no.... sex on a tractor.....
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                            • #15
                              you know how much fun that is?
                              Some people in today's society are so thick!

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