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Old 09-07-2006, 09:25 AM   #1
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September 7, 2006: World's smallest boy



Ibram finds this item. The laddie on the left is Khagendra Thapa Magar. He's fourteen. Born and lives in Nepal. He's 20 inches (50 cm) high and weighs 10 pounds (4.5 kg).



Unfortunately the Guinness people have declined to put him in the Book, saying that he has to wait four more years until age 18, when he can qualify as the world's smallest man.

His father hopes to raise money by touring the lad around Nepal.

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story denying him the Guinness entry

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Old 09-07-2006, 09:45 AM   #2
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His father hopes to raise money by touring the lad around Nepal.
Wow. This guy is better than Tiger Woods and Michael Jackson's dads combined!
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Old 09-07-2006, 09:54 AM   #3
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Wow. This guy is better than Tiger Woods and Michael Jackson's dads combined!
Yeah, but if you throw Gary Coleman's dad into the mix, it's just about even.
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Old 09-07-2006, 09:57 AM   #4
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I feel sorry for the boy on the right.

All he's heard all these years is how special Khagendra is, and why couldn't he be more like his brother and earn the family some money instead of growing and growing.....
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Old 09-07-2006, 10:31 AM   #5
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Khagendra Khagendra Khagendra.
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Old 09-07-2006, 11:07 AM   #6
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Yup, the boy on the right looks none too happy. I see therapy bills in his future!
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Old 09-07-2006, 12:30 PM   #7
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Are we pretty sure the boy on the right isn't actually his dad? It would explain a lot...
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Old 09-07-2006, 03:09 PM   #8
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His Dad could take him (the kid on the right) around to "raise money" for being the world's most depressed looking boy. Why don't they just join the circus?
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Old 09-07-2006, 04:47 PM   #9
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And to top it all off they make him wear girlie sandals. They couldn't shop in the infant BOYS section? Therapy all around!
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Old 09-07-2006, 05:46 PM   #10
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Wow - each of my cats weighs more than him!
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Old 09-07-2006, 08:09 PM   #11
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I've had it up to here(holds hand flat just below knee) with this thread.
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Old 09-07-2006, 08:30 PM   #12
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Whoo, I feel honoured!
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Old 09-07-2006, 08:33 PM   #13
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Kid's working on his Paris Hilton runway pose, in that last picture.
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Old 09-07-2006, 09:43 PM   #14
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Give the short one a break.... He's just a guy knee high to another knee high guy.
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Old 09-08-2006, 02:45 PM   #15
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OK, since no one else has said it, I will...

"What the $@#%! do they need to raise money for? It's not like he's gonna be eating much. And he can wear doll clothes!"

(I been wondering this since I first read about this kid.)
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