Malaysian drags train with teeth for record

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HURAKAN
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Malaysian drags train with teeth for record

#1 Postby HURAKAN » Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:40 am

Thu Aug 30, 6:58 AM ET

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - A Malaysian man with a mouth of steel on Thursday beat his own world record and dragged three train coaches 2.8 meters (nine feet) using only his teeth, his manager said.

Raja Gigi, who currently holds the Guinness World Record for pulling the heaviest weight, grappled with nearly 300 tonnes of metal (660 pounds) in an effort to beat his 2003 record and mark Malaysia's 50th year of nationhood.

"It went extremely well, he's broken the world record," said his manager Anna Chidamber, adding that 41-year-old Raja was "very happy" with his feat.

She said the Malaysian records board would verify the attempt on Monday, and they would then submit an application to the Guinness World Record book.

About 200 Malaysians and a few curious tourists gathered at Kuala Lumpur's historic railway station to watch Raja, who made three attempts to pull the coaches along the track before settling on his 2.8-metre haul.

Raja, whose real name is Rathakrishnan Velu, currently holds the record for pulling a train weighing 260.8 tonnes a distance of 4.2 metres.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070830/od ... ailoffbeat

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That's just crazy.
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#2 Postby TexasStooge » Fri Aug 31, 2007 7:16 am

You gotta have teeth as strong as steel to pull this one off.

Get it? "Pull"! :lol: :lol:
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#3 Postby Beam » Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:04 am

Congratulations on being able to pull a train with your teeth...
...and yes, I will want fries with that. :roll:

Seriously though, devoting so much time to the ability to pull heavy stuff, what do these guys do for a day job?
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Re: Malaysian drags train with teeth for record

#4 Postby ConvergenceZone » Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:09 am

My question is, how is this even remotely possible??? This still blows me away how someone can do this.....
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Re: Malaysian drags train with teeth for record

#5 Postby Ptarmigan » Fri Aug 31, 2007 4:54 pm

All I can say is Holy ****! :eek:
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Re: Malaysian drags train with teeth for record

#6 Postby brunota2003 » Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:27 pm

I do not want to see his dental bill.
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