By a hair, Bombardier worker sets world record

And now for something completely different . . . A bushy brow has landed Bombardier Corporation employee Frank Ames in the Guinness Book of World Records. The 43-year-old quality assurance inspector now holds the world record for having the longest eyebrow hair, measured at just over 3 inches. "I don't know why it grows like that; it just always has," Ames told the Press-Republican of Plattsburgh, N.Y. Ames' journey toward fame began almost two years ago when a co-worker at Bombardier Corp. in upstate New York noticed the lengthy brow and suggested Ames try for a record. When Ames decided to go for it, he discovered that no such category existed. So, he called Guinness and got the rules for official recognition. Ken Joy, a machinist and measuring expert at Bombardier, measured the hair in February 2004 with Plattsburgh Mayor Daniel Stewart and other city officials standing by as witnesses. Ames' record appears in the 2006 edition of the record book, in the "Body Parts" section. "It's crazy how much people want to know about this," Ames said. "I've been on radio shows all day. I could build children's hospitals all across the world, and this is what I would still be known for."