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old news, but I just came across in the files:

Nfld. group hug falls short of Guinness world
record - 4,635 short

POUCH COVE, Nfld. (CP) -
Well, it was the biggest
hug ever in Pouch Cove,
possibly even all of
Newfoundland.

But organizers of a
Guinness Book of Records
attempt at the world's
largest group hug fell
short Sunday. They
needed more than 4,703
people to participate in
the communal clasp to
break the current record.
They got 69. "It would be
nice but 4,000 people is a
lot of people," said
Isabelle Fry, an organizer
of Miss Teen
Newfoundland and Labrador, one of the sponsors of the event.

"We'll try again next year. We're looking at the world's largest pillow fight."

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 3 November 2003 16:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I would totally volunteer to be in the world's biggest pillow fight.

Perhaps we could start the world's biggest virtual pillow fight?
*smacking Horace with pillow, feathers flying...*

― Sarah Mclusky (coco), Monday, 3 November 2003 16:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd almost be willing to bet that they don't have 4703 people in Pouch Cove, unless Danielle House is in town.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Monday, 3 November 2003 16:40 (twenty-two years ago)

They
needed more than 4,703
people to participate in
the communal clasp to
break the current record.
They got 69.

that's a horse of a whole different colour!

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 3 November 2003 16:45 (twenty-two years ago)

the proverbial egg in the briefcase

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 3 November 2003 16:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Ha! (to nza)

― NA (Nick A.), Monday, 3 November 2003 16:52 (twenty-two years ago)

they could just do something similar, by everybody posting "*HUGS*" comments into each other's blogs/livejournals at once.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 3 November 2003 17:04 (twenty-two years ago)

http://grouphug.us/

― D Aziz (esquire1983), Monday, 3 November 2003 17:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, it was the biggest
pillow fight ever on ILE,
possibly even on all of ILX.

But the organizer of the
virtual pillow fight failed to get
enough people to participate to
pass the world record. She got 2,
or less than 2 if you don't consider
Horace Mann being hit by a pillow
as his being an active participant.

"It would be nice, but getting
enough people is hard work," said
Sarah McLusky, the organizer.

"I'll try again in a few minutes."

― Sarah MCLusky (coco), Monday, 3 November 2003 17:12 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.flash.net/~txva/images/pillowfight.jpg

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 3 November 2003 17:14 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/mainzer/pillowfight2.jpg

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Monday, 3 November 2003 17:22 (twenty-two years ago)

this one scares me

http://64.177.70.230/img/B026A.JPG

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 3 November 2003 17:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Is that pillow full of pennies? Yikes.

― Sarah MCLUsky (coco), Monday, 3 November 2003 17:25 (twenty-two years ago)

he sorta looks like that feral ninja kid from that shitty movie with the kids and the cabin and the rash, except this kid is probably grown up to be a cop or something by now and doesn't have a supermullet

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 3 November 2003 17:54 (twenty-two years ago)

http://schweitzerhome.net/blog/xoom/photos/easter2/pillow.jpg

― Sarah MCLusky (coco), Monday, 3 November 2003 19:23 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.creatureshop.com/images/listings_images_main/john_west.gif

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 3 November 2003 19:26 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.hathawaydesigns.com/bear_pillow.jpg

* BAM!!! *

― Sarah MCLUsky (coco), Monday, 3 November 2003 19:33 (twenty-two years ago)

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/green/gpa63/custard/sparky%200400.jpg

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 3 November 2003 19:38 (twenty-two years ago)

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