There are plenty of good reasons to do this. For instance:

Wow this guy's got big balls.

Nabb1, you don't need a human pitcher, a trebuchet will do quite nicely.

What was he trying to prove? Who was he trying to impress?
Why did he build it? How did he do, it was anybody's guess.
Where did he get the twine? What was goin' through his mind?
Did it just seem like a good idea at the time?

have you seen my baseball?

about the biggest pair you've ever seen, dingleberry.

The scary thing is, Bonds can still hit it 487 ft.

No steroids in Barry. No sir.

Why in God's name would you write an article about a ball of paint or a dog-pulled wagon and not include a farking picture?

I'd hit it.

/had to be said

Hey Kid's! We're only a few short hours a way from the world's largest ball of string!!!

/Clark w Griswald

Believe me, there is nothing better to do in Indiana.

no pic?

I for one welcome the giant ball making overlords!

I have a rubber band ball here at my desk that's about the size of a softball..

/Get's alot of rubber bands

He must of pumped that thing FULL of steroids!

jarrett
What was he trying to prove? Who was he trying to impress?
Why did he build it? How did he do, it was anybody's guess.
Where did he get the twine? What was goin' through his mind?
Did it just seem like a good idea at the time?

I'm pretty sure them lyrics are for a ball of twine, man.

Cyclometh
1300 pounds and only 35 inches in diameter?
I had no idea paint was so dense.

Maybe it's lead-based paint??

Build it, and they will come...

In honor of Carmichael's work, Saturday was declared Ball of Paint Day in Alexandria, about 25 miles northeast of Indianapolis. It starting with a proclamation honoring Carmichael on the steps of City Hall, followed by a photo exhibit and ending with the core sample taken at Carmichael's home.

If we are honoring people for painting baseballs and making a holiday out of it what's next, are they going to make a Masturbation Day and honor a man at City Hall for masturbating non-stop for 27 years?

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-03-15-paint-ball_x.htm

Behold...the ball, no HTML...

Get a life!

Where's that picture of William Shatner delivering his Get a life speech at the Trek convention on Saturday Night Live?

at least CNN is nice enough to provide a pic:

for the farkers looking for the pic... CNN has a article with a pic =P

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Midwest/03/15/paint.ball.ap/index.html

Because it wasn't there?

i think this wil even top maddoxs left ball.
/obscure maybe?

They were going to use the ball in the new Sam & Max game, before th bastards canceled it.

another story with pic

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Midwest/03/15/paint.ball.ap/index.html

3horn

DIY prank:

Call said man with ball and ask:

"Do you have a 1300 pound ball?"

He will answer yes. Then,

"Doesn't it hurt to put pants on?"

Hillarity will soon ensue.

For even more effect call back and ask for Mike Hunt.


/7thgrade

The baseball admitted to accepting steroids - but didn't take them and it is this big from eating right and a strict workout program.

Wonder how much paint fumes this guy inhaled painting this thing for 27 years?!

I am pretty sure this link has a picture...

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Midwest/03/15/paint.ball.ap/index.html

d00fus, why do you think he kept painting it?

Looks like an Everlasting Gobstopper.

/got nuttin'

jarrett
What was he trying to prove? Who was he trying to impress?
Why did he build it? How did he do, it was anybody's guess.
Where did he get the twine? What was goin' through his mind?
Did it just seem like a good idea at the time?

Waiting for the rhyme tutorial, man. When we gonna see it?

Artist Eric Cameron's career is finally rendered moot.

(I was getting tired of his work anyway once the "neat-o" factor wore off)

If anyone is interested, i have included a link to the newz story with a photo..

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Midwest/03/15/paint.ball.ap/index.html


/Sarcasm

Does this jackass know that baseballs are white, not farking green?????

there was a time when we reserved world records for the truly remarkable and miraculaous, instead of the merely moronic.

BTW.. This link has a photo of the ball..

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Midwest/03/15/paint.ball.ap/index.html

there was a time when we reserved world records for the truly remarkable and miraculaous, instead of the merely moronic.

Ah, yes, like the classic world records "World's Fattest Twins" (on motorcycles) and "World's Longest Fingernails." The good old days were so much better...

Does anyone know where I might find another article about this which may include a picture?

Nassif Mob I've heard that Bonds is actually a tiny white man, but before games he becomes incredibly angry and undergoes some kind of tranformation.

/BONDS SMASH!!!

Wow, talk about not having much to do.

Guess the old "I'd rather watch paint dry" was never challenged by friends.

His profile lists his other hobbies:
washing his hair
watching the grass grow

well, the fattest twins one is pretty lame, I admit that.

I would consider the world's longest fingernails to be more remarkable than most recent world records. Billy Bob here just slapped on some paint every day. I could get the same record for "drinking coffee" on the same regular basis.

I would guess the world record books wouldb e a good place to gather a study group of obsessive-compulsive patients.

Where's my green ball?