Posted on Nov 12th, 2008 by Lindsay Robertson 3 Comments

Nobody expects the CBS Evening News to be hilarious, but last night’s tongue-in-cheek report on the ongoing war between three competing “largest ball of twine” makers who totally hate each other made me laugh out loud — especially when the guy with the misshapen ball inspires controversy over what constitutes a “ball” of twine:

By the way, this is what the evening news is covering now. How long do you think they were sitting on this crucial story, just waiting for the election to end?

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Comments (3)
  1. jennifer  |   Posted on Nov 13th, 2008

    i don’t usually brag about my relatives but, frances is my second cousin and weird al wrote a song about him – “the biggest ball of twine in minnesota” a classic for sure.

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  2. Elliot  |   Posted on Nov 13th, 2008

    There are a lot of things to brag about.

    This is not one of those things.

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  3. Funtastik  |   Posted on Nov 14th, 2008

    the twine ball museum.
    check, please.

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