Egypt’s Strongest Man

November 12th, 2008

At first I read the headline about this video and I was like “Meh. So what this guy can bend a coin with his eyelid and tear it in half with his hands?” But then you start watching, and it just goes down a rabbit hole and ends up in crazy town. And in crazy town, Chuck Norris facts are merely facts about some fool whose lunch money you stole.

He has 35 kids by seven women. He claims to have strength equal to 260 horsepower. (Pssh—apparently his daddy peaked at 860?) He also claims to have a medical exemption from working because he’s so strong, for fear of what “bad people” might bring upon themselves by pissing him off. (Note: This is probably how we would deal with Bruce Banner in real life.) For that same reason, it’s illegal to incarcerate him—a kind of diplomatic immunity for the freakishly strong. And remember how Fonzie used to brag that he didn’t dream? This guy hasn’t slept one wink since he was born.

So yeah. His braincase is pretty much where I want to set up my living room.

Via Buzzfeed.

  • 4 Comments

Conversation:

  1. Graham says:

    Awesome. Fox News could learn a thing or two about infotainment from Egyptian TV!

  2. Preshit says:

    THIS is where CNN should use their “hologram” technology.

  3. heather r. says:

    His poor wives look downright exhausted. Guessed why even before the “15 times. It’s all in the medical report.”

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  1. [...] If the translation to English is to be trusted, Egypt’s strongest man generates 240 horsepower, is medically exempt from working because he might hurt someone in the workplace, and, well, it just gets better from there. Oh, and HE’S NEVER SLEPT. (via delicious ghost) [...]

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