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French matchstick Eiffel Tower record bid ruled out over wrong matches [View all]
A French model-enthusiast who wanted to beat the world record for a matchstick Eiffel Tower has had his hopes dashed.
Richard Plaud, 47, from Montpellier-de-Médillan in western France, was told by the Guinness Book of Records that his 7.19m (23ft) tower did not qualify because he had used the wrong kind of matches.
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Realising that the most annoying part of the job was going to be shaving off hundreds of thousands of bits of sulphur from individual matchsticks, he contacted the match manufacturer.
They supplied him with kilos of sulphur-less matches - in other words sticks without the red part at the end. Perfect for building, but technically not real matches.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68226509
Richard Plaud, 47, from Montpellier-de-Médillan in western France, was told by the Guinness Book of Records that his 7.19m (23ft) tower did not qualify because he had used the wrong kind of matches.
...
Realising that the most annoying part of the job was going to be shaving off hundreds of thousands of bits of sulphur from individual matchsticks, he contacted the match manufacturer.
They supplied him with kilos of sulphur-less matches - in other words sticks without the red part at the end. Perfect for building, but technically not real matches.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68226509
Tant pis. Still, he has the satisfaction of it looking good:
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