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Will David Blaine Succeed in Breaking the Guinness Record for Holding Breath Underwater?

Background: "If those attending The Oprah Winfrey Show on Wednesday are holding their breath in hopes of getting a bunch of Miss O's favorite things, they'll have to settle for a guy holding his breath.

Yes, David Blaine will (yawn) once again try to break the Guinness record for underwater breath holding during a live appearance on the talk-show queen’s program April 30.

As you may recall, the last time the so-called endurance artist tried but failed to pull off this stunt, he had just finished living under water for seven and a half days."

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b132509_David_Blaines_Breath.html

Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
Forecast history %
Yes
35%
No
65%
Settled as Yes on Wed 30th Apr 2008 10:07am PST

Suspend date: Tue 29th Apr 2008 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Wed 30th Apr 2008 10:07am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Tue 29th Apr 2008 11:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 70%

Action history:

Created Thu 24th Apr 2008 8:28am PST by tisha[Admin]
Suspended Tue 29th Apr 2008 11:59pm PST : Suspend date reached
Settlement requested Wed 30th Apr 2008 8:43am PST by bostongraf: Result is "Yes" http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gxsfhFmW71JZPr4OA8yqHI_v2GQwD90C8S800
Settled as 'Yes' Wed 30th Apr 2008 10:07am PST by tisha[Admin]: http://www.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUSN3022296120080430

Suspend date: Tue 29th Apr 2008 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Wed 30th Apr 2008 10:07am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Tue 29th Apr 2008 11:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details

 

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Comments (8)

Really? That's all he's got? Holding his breath?

I am now thoroughly convince that this guy is still trying desperately to compete with Paris Hilton for the "Most Talentless and Worthless Overly Publicized Person in America" award.
posted 1 year ago
hm, he may very well win that. Or maybe he's her successor?
posted 1 year ago
hm, the bottom of that article has a comment hat says when the record was around 9 minutes he only got 7 and a half, and the record is now over 16 minutes! Thats a long time to not breath...
posted 1 year ago
Blaine is a hack...smoke and mirrors...and most of his feats are pretty unimpressive...like, watch me stand atop a tower for more than 24 hours....OooooooooHHHHHHHHHH, AhhhhHHHhh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYxu_MQSTTY
posted 1 year ago
  5 gradgrind
You'll never convince the Blaintologists.
posted 1 year ago
His "feats of boredom" don't impress me, but I must admit that I love his street magic. Some of the stuff he can do with a deck of cards is fantastic.
posted 1 year ago
  7 myunion
This will be great if what ever safety device fails and we have televised suicide on film of this guy.
posted 1 year ago

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