Death! Leonid Stadnyk!

Not a doll house!

Not a doll house!

Tiiiiimbeeerrrr! The unofficial but clearly huge from the eyeball test World’s Tallest Man, Ukrainian veterinarian Leonid Stadnyk, ducked through his final doorway yesterday at the age of 44! Stadnyk refused to ever be measured by the Guinness Book of World Records, and thus his purported 8’5″ was never verified by that august body, so he didn’t hold the official title. But, according to the possibly unreliable and sort of ridiculous sounding Ukrainian Book of Records, he topped the competition! So – good work? I guess? It wasn’t an easy 44 years, as Stadnyk, suffering from acromegalic gigantism, continued to grow up until as recently as 2006, wore size 28 shoes and weighed something in the neighborhood of 440 pounds! Hoo boy! That’s gonna be an outrageous big coffin. Not poking fun, just stating a fact. Rest easy, Mr. Stadnyk!

And for the second time in nine days, the much maligned Buonins squad is in the chips! 66 big points – our top scoring death of the year – push the Buonins up to 11th overall and out of the basement of the Holloway! Well done! Despite waiting nearly eight whole months to get on the board, they are now within legitimate shooting distance of division competition. Good luck out there!

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