Monday, July 23, 2007

Going Like The Clappers

Give Him A Big Round Of Applause

A Chinese man whose clapping hands are nearly as loud as the roar of a helicopter is hoping to get into the record books. Zhang Quan, 70, of Chongqing city, had his clapping monitored by local environmental protection officials. His claps measured 107 decibels - only slightly lower than helicopter blades, which measure 110 decibels. Workers from the environmental protection bureau confirmed that technically Zhang could face arrest for noise pollution if he clapped too often.

5 comments:

Victorya said...

"clap on, clap off. Clap on, clap off."

Is it a concavity of the palms thing that allows the clap to be so loud?

Mega said...

I would totally go to live golf games if my claps hit those decibels.

david mcmahon said...

Hi Victorya,

Now that's a question I will have to research very thoroughly.

I might do it on ``palm'' Sunday!

Keep smiling

David

david mcmahon said...

Hi Dan,

Tiger and Sergio have alerted security already!

Keep smiling

David

Ak-Man said...

Gotta be the best at something I guess . . . no mattter how useless it is.