MARATHON MADNESS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 48, 19 October 1931, Page 4

MARATHON MADNESS

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• / U- / ■ fcetober 8. -'-.Cabled .from Paris the-other day ,a,*B2f.4ayg' mojti-sto'p drihciriil ice- , eprd- Jias been achxeved — well', that's nothing. . ..Taka Arixerica for a start. :-Son\e years ago Bill Wfflifcms, of Texas) pu^ied ,a peanxit -up a mountain- side witjh.his riose -fqr', 500 dollars. -Louis Opncumo, ate rillOft - oi spaghetti iri anxhqflf. Tfie ReX^ Et*A. Sandifer,,of Loiiisiana, sp oke . f of 48 'hours wxthout break on. "Wh&t's' Wrohg witH the Church?" , . Perhaps in Australia we could bettpr tbese performarices, says the Syd$ey Buri. Il'H-' £.*' t ( .. • Fainters' Contest. "With a.dittle perse.veyance .we riught soon se,,caHes -iii Ameriean aiid Erigbsb.^apprl like %?:— • '-'Ifyo pai»%s hay^bekun a quaint race .iri ey. "fcapb( tajcing a s|de « . ^ Hartjoiir Bridge^/they afe-.figH£mg; to see who .can paint it white first wltfi. a lootHHrush; ' ,KotK cqrifideritiy expect to have -ihe jot> finlsbed by 1-987'. Puht WaitiHg. . "The Australian Society, of Statistical.Bnduiance.repprts, a.pew rpcqrd for punt waiting. It was sent up last family, ^consigt°iM'- *?i %•.$• Ht>; flobson, Geo. Blobson, their sori, and Dorothy Blpbsjob,-:.^; -tHeir ' daughter. L #IPb^ons di'Qye f o the-Milson's pppt.. oPj .Sept.eaKbejc ,13 in their caU && rpmained .there till Pctqbpr 16. . JJyery ieffort was made • HH??P ch'eerfuL. . . e m.att..who,,„ in,.the normal course of eyents, had to wait an hour .^dhPtes jto.sget ahoa^d the punt, to^d the Blo.bsons as he crawled pa§! m (the>gue.ue tha.t their .record had made his wait seem like a f©w. seconds. Marriage Proposals. "M-iss -t)orotiiy received 14 propos^18 ^f , marriage from passing drivers, Who.f Qhuinmed up .with her while awaitiqg their turn to drive aboard! She-:;accepted three. 1-, •."This is .uof . the first contest the $&>b.spn,s Jiaye taken -part ih. Geo.' •Ptdh^op. . 4 just jmissed . winnihg the Bppking . at A.nkles endurance test at Po^di-tech Ja'st year. {He gazed at h,is.{Pa.yfcaer?s ankles SS hours, just two and ahalf .less than the winner's -time. "Mjss.;.I),prpthy will b.e remembered tv°? jh^ying won- the {knitting .endiir^cp te^t early f hia year. She khitted Withoat i stpppipg , for 1 0 days, using ?,9.9 ballsvof wool,,making six jumpers^ twejve fies, eight. pairs of -socks, apd three pairs of woollen undies. The Last Trump. . vjKfrs. . .• 'Blobsop^ reeently woii fhq Sqcdefy's £50 prize for interviewirig 83 dodr-fo-door salesnien, one after the -other. The endurance test took nearly two .days. , , Mfs. Blobspn sat in the kitchen, apd.at-eacH rihg of the bell walked to the front .door, opened it,-listehed fft.fhe salesman,. and said :'Nothing to-day, thank you.' "She collapsed bef ore -she could close the door in the f ace of the 83rd salesman." . "He had come to show her a madime which aufomatically said, "Ko-to-day, thank., yo.u? when anyone. stood?oft the'froht mat."