Stock Market Sinks, Giant Pinata Swells

Wall Street is sinking. GM’s capitalization hasn’t been so low since Elvis Presley was a truck driver. But these are great days at Guinness.

We’ve got a whole slew of new records this month. The 61-foot high pinñata required a wreaking ball to knock down (At least it ended with an avalanche of 8,000 of candy. The longest chain of pizzas spanned 820-feet-long. That’s three times the height of Niagara Falls.

The largest gathering of people in underwear (featuring 116 shivering Brits in London) speaks for itself.

Yes, I’m aware that Guinness has really turned world record keeping into a PR goldmine. But in a hurting economy, the advertising industry need all the schlocky attention-snatching publicity it can get.

Photo © Guinness World Records (Upper), Getty Images (Lower)