Unusual World Records

This is an image of an "Unusual World Record" called "The Most People Standing on an Inner Tube." According to Ron Jones, author of Unusual World Records and inventor of The Most People Standing on an Inner Tube, the current record stands, as it were, at 15 people. Knowing that some of the people are "handicapped" or "developmentally disabled" or "challenged" has really nothing at all to do with the, shall we call it, "feat" of Fifteen People Standing on an Inner Tube. It is a record. And to my personal knowledge a world record, unusual though it may be.

Unusual World Records is a rich concept, so similar in spirit to Junkyard Sports that it might as well be part of the same event. Using material like inner tubes, garbage can lids, paper plates and grocery tarps, Unusual World Records beckons the playful, creative spirit, in the manner of Junkyard Sports, enticing people to see things not for what they are, but for what they can become in the hands and minds of players.

Here are a few examples, from the first few pages of the book:

• Tallest Inner Tube Sandwich (people-filled)
• Highest Inner Tube Climb
• Tallest Paper Cup Tower
• Largest Skateboard
• First Human Pinball Game

You can order Ron Jones' book directly from the publisher:

Ron Jones
Unusual World Records Headquarters
Dept. HJ-3
1201 Stanyan Street
San Francisco, CA 94117

The cost: $17.50 for one copy, $28.00 for two.