Re: World's Oldest Chicken = 14

From: Unicorn (SomeOne_at_Somewhere.net)
Date: 06/23/04 

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 14:53:28 GMT

"Mary Fisher" <mary.fisher@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "'enry VIII" <enry@eng.com> wrote in message
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> > >> >Long a prop in a magician's show, the hen from Bessemer has been
> > >> >certified by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living
> > >> >chicken.
> > >
> > > That's an impossible thing to do with any authority - unless they
check
> > > ALL
> > > the hens in the world.
> >
> >
> > No it is not. Anyone with an older hen can get the title simply by
> providing
> > proof.
>
> I said: with any authority.
> >
> > 'enry VIII
> >
> >
>
Well ALL records in the Guiness Book are the same, someone goes to them
saying I have the biggest/longest/fattest whatever. If they can
substantiate the claim and it beats what is in the book, then we have a new
Guiness record.

i.e.. None of the OLDEST records have any more basis in fact.

Matt