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Man who spent 8 years building replica Eiffel Tower out of matchsticks has record rejected for using the wrong kind of matches (www.dailymail.co.uk)

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Richard Plaud claims he found out his dreams had flamed out when Guinness World Records delivered their verdict without even visiting the replica.

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[–] littlebluespark@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Read the fucking article, ya lazy bastard.

Also, fuck Guinness.

[–] jopepa@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Nah. Read the blurb, made a joke, moving on. I don’t care about half the stuff I see on here but I think starting conversations helps lemmy grow so I’m contributing with as much effort as I’d like to.